Exhibition of the best works submitted to the 21th Children’s Fine Arts Contest “The Labors of Heracles” in the Branch of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture

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Exhibition of the best works submitted to the 21th Children’s Fine Arts Contest “The Labors of Heracles” in the Branch of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture

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On March 25, the National Greek Holiday of the Independence Day, there opened an exhibition of 78 best children’s works of the total of 560 works submitted to the 21th Contest “The Spirit of Hellas in Among Us” on the theme of “The Labors of Heracles”.
Admission is free of charge.

The largest collections of highly artistic works of children were submitted from:                    

  • Odessa Children’s School of Fine Arts №1 (70 pieces), director V.F. Tokarev
  • Yuzhny Children’s School of Arts (60 pieces), director Yu.R. Vlasova
  • Artsiz Children’s School of Fine Arts (56 pieces), director V.N. Afanasiev
  • Odessa Children’s School of Fine Arts №2
  • Illichivsk Children’s School of Arts
  • Izyum S.I. Vasilkovskiy Children’s School of Fine Arts (Kharkov Oblast)
  • Chuguev I. Repin Children’s School of Arts (Kharkov Oblast)
  • Odessa Children’s Schools of Art №4, №5 and №6
  • Ovidiopol Children’s School of Art
  • Kiliya Children’s School of Art
  • Children’s Schools of Art №8 and №15
  • “Zhemchuzhinka” Children’s House
  • A. Gaydar Children’s Library

For the first time there were submitted works executed in very different techniques: paintings, graphics, batiks, wood carvings, ceramics, collages and computer graphics.

Twenty five children were awarded with diplomas and presents. The main prizes, two-week vacations in the Island of Crete in Greece, were awarded to the first prise winners in the age category from 9 to 12 years:

  1. Viktoria Antipenko, 12 y.o., “Liberation of Stymphalus” (ink), Ovidiopol Regional School of Art, teacher N.G. Dynko
  2. Maksim Yuzlenko, 11 y.o., “The Sixth Labor of Heracles”, Odessa K.K. Kostandi Children’s School of Fine Arts №1, teacher T.N. Ishchenko
  3. Masha Kostina, 9 y.o., “Lernaean Hydra”, Odessa K.K. Kostandi Children’s School of Fine Arts №1, teacher A.A. Filipenko

The contest is supported by the Panagiotis Giannakos Cultural Foundation (Greece). The director of the foundation, Mr. Christos Giannakos was in person present at the award ceremony and congratulated the prize winners.The Branch of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture presented its letters of gratitude to the following teachers:                  

  • V.F. Tokarev, Odessa K.K. Kostandi Children’s School of Fine Arts №1
  • K.E. Milkin, Izyum S.I. Vasilkovskiy Children’s School of Fine Arts
  • V.N. Afanasiev, Artsiz Children’s School of Fine Arts
  • Yu.N. Loseva, Odessa K.K. Kostandi Children’s School of Fine Arts №1
  • T.N. Nikoryak, Yuzhny Children’s School of Arts
  • V.Yu. Leventsova, Kiliya Children’s School of Art
  • V.V. Shapovalova, Kharkov Children’s School of Arts
  • E. Skoblinskaya, Chernomorsk (Odessa Oblast)

We once again would like to thank all children, their parents and teachers for participating in the contest. Come to visit the exhibition. The admittance is free of charge. The exhibition will last for two months.

 

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