Invitation for Children to Take Part in the 37th International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Art Lidice 2009
The International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice is organized to commemorate the children from the Czech village of Lidice who were murdered by the German Nazis in 1942. Every year children from dozens of countries of all continents participate in the exhibition, well known in our country as well as all over the world. We will be pleased if you join them in accepting our invitation to the 37th edition of the exhibition.
We are looking forward to all works we will receive.
Ivona Kasalická
Head of the Lidice Gallery and Curator of the International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice
ORGANIZERS:
Lidice Memorial supported by
Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Czech Republic
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
Czech Commission for UNESCO
THEME:
On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei’s use of a telescope UN declared the year 2009 the International Year of Astronomy. The international organization UNESCO proposed to dedicate the 37th edition of the International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice to themes relating to:
THE UNIVERSE – YOURS TO DISCOVER:
· Discovering the universe
· How to fly to the stars
· I wonder what is there on the other planets
· Sky and stars over my country
· What an astronomer looks like
CATEGORIES:
· drawing, painting, graphic art
· photograph
· ceramics
· combined techniques (sculptures, works made of metal, ceramics, wood, glass, textile and paper)
REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMPETITIVE PART:
· The exhibition is opened to children at age of 4 to 16.
· The maximum format of a 2D work is 60 x 50 cm.
· Number of works from an organization is not limited.
· The panel of judges takes into account the adherence to the theme fixed for the current edition of the exhibition.
· Works of art must be identified exactly the way set out in the instructions below.
TIME SCHEDULE OF THE EXHIBITION:
· 15 March 2009 – closing date of the 37th edition
· April 2009 – The panel of expert judges will award honourable mentions to the selected works and “Rose of Lidice” commemorative medals and certificates to the best works.
· Late May 2009 – ceremonial opening of the exhibition, publishing the results of the exhibition at www.lidice-memorial.cz
· June - October 2009 – exhibition of the awarded works at the Lidice Gallery
· After the main exhibition is finished smaller exhibitions will be created from the works, meant to tour other Czech towns and abroad.
IDENTIFICATION OF THE WORKS OF ART:
1. Every work must have directly on its reverse side the following information (Label the works of ceramics etc. directly on them):
· Name and surname of the child (please, give it in the following order: name, surname)
· Age and sex of the child
· Full name and address of the school or organization of which the child is a representative.
· Give the address in the following order: name of the school, street, number, postal code, town, country. An announcement of a prize will be sent to this address. It is not necessary to give private addresses of children
· An e-mail address of the organization for correspondence related to the exhibition. Please, give an e-mail address of the school or organization or any other e-mail address you can be contacted at.
2. Descriptions must be legible, written in capitals and in roman alphabet. Works not complying with this requirement will be excluded.
3. Please send the data indicated on the reverse side of works also by e-mail to: kasalicka@lidice-memorial.cz
CLOSING DATE FOR THE 37TH EDITION: 15 March 2009.
(works must be delivered to the Lidice Memorial by that date).
Works received after 15 March 2009 will be accepted for the next edition in 2010.
You can use the following table to label 2D works:
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PLEASE SEND THE WORKS TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
Památník Lidice, Lidická galerie
37. International Children Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice 2009
Tokajická 152
273 54 Lidice
Czech Republic
The organizer reserves the right to use received works for other non-commercial exhibitions and events
and for their reproduction in the press. Work sent for exhibition will not be returned.