which will last from 01/15/2025 to 04/05/2025

Two categories – masters and beginners

Sponsors and partners:

Open Art Academy – the only Ukrainian online platform for creative people;

ROSA – the leading Ukrainian manufacturer of professional painting materials;

Art-Express Ukraine – the official distributor of exclusive brands;

Monet – a leading manufacturer of professional art materials, a Ukrainian brand and painting stores

“Museum of Arts” of the Kirovohrad Regional Council, Kropyvnytskyi;

“SvitLytsia” Cultural and Educational Center, Brovary, Kyiv Region;

The Circle of Free Artists is a community of craftsmen.

Competition works are evaluated by the jury:

Jury Chair – Svitlana Schiel – economist, artist, painter, graphic artist, designer, curator of the online platform for creative people OPEN ART ACADEMY, organizer of international art projects and charity events;

• Tetyana Tkachenko-Sukhanova – director of the Museum of Arts, Kropyvnytskyi;
• Natalia Didenko – graphic artist, illustrator, teacher, works with art objects, sculpture, book graphics, carving, paper plastics;
• Lilia Zorkina – craftswoman of Ukraine, teacher of decorative and applied arts, participant in international projects to popularize folk art;
• Liliya Gorbel – Easter egg maker, craftswoman of Ukraine, teacher of decorative and applied arts, participant in international projects to popularize folk art;
• Valentina Nagotnyuk – folk craftswoman of Ukraine, teacher of decorative and applied arts, participant in international projects to popularize folk art;
• Halyna Seredyuk – Easter egg maker, craftswoman of Ukraine, teacher of decorative and applied arts, participant in international projects, popularizes folk art in Barcelona;
• Dora Wald – freelance artist, curator of the Circle of Free Artists, curator of exhibitions of folk art of Ukraine, organizer and active participant in charity projects.

Announcement of winners 05.04.2025

Prizes in two categories separately: Easter egg painting, Slobozhansky, Petrykivsky, Samchykivsky paintings and vytynanki.

• by type of painting and category of participants – 1st place – gifts from sponsors
• the next 20 (twenty) are noted, respectively – 2nd, 3rd places
• All participants will receive a certificate of participation
• The first 30 works – winners will take part in exhibitions (live – not online)

The exhibition of works-winners of the Competition during April-June 2025 will be hosted by:

• “Museum of Arts of the Kirovohrad Regional Council” city of Kropyvnytskyi;
• Cultural and Educational Center “SvitLytsia” city of Brovary, Kyiv region
• (additional locations are possible)

Printing a calendar with works of competition participants

The competition is aimed at encouraging creativity. Everyone once studied and created their first drawings. But you have to dare and move on. The competition is a great incentive for this. There are no limits to folk art.

 

‼️❣️‼️ You can read the terms of the competition at the link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xPF7AfsruN0uhR0Nzgf6HvuVRWU5st-y/edit

Terms and procedure for filling out the application for the competition
If you are interested in participating in the “Easter Egg” competition, you need to take the following steps:
1) To go to the terms – click on the link (it is highlighted in blue);
2) On the Open Art Academy website you will see more detailed information about the competition;
3) At the end of the text you need to click on the link You can read the terms of the competition at the link (it is highlighted in blue);
4) in the Google document you will see the terms of the competition and the application form;
5) After reading the terms of the competition, you must copy their text and application forms and save them as a Word document on your own computer;
6) now you can fill out the application in Word document format;
7) the completed application must be saved on your own computer;
8) then the completed application, together with a receipt for payment of the fee and high-quality photos of the competition works, is sent to the email: oartacademy@gmail.com.

P.S. If at the time of application you can send a photo of only one work, and you plan to send the rest later, then the application should indicate the total number of works that corresponds to the amount of the paid fee.
A registration number is reserved for the remaining works submitted to the competition. When sending photos of works, there is no need to pay an additional fee, as for a separate competition work.

On the poster: works by the master of Ukraine Liliya Gorbel. Font Ruthenia, Vasyl Chebanyk.