Awards of 45th International Children?s Exhibition of Fine Arts  Lidice to  be presented in Yerevan on January 26  

ArmInfo. Winers  of 45th International Children?s Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice to  awarded in Yerevan on January 26  (ICEFA Lidice).

According to the information shared  to Arminfo at the press office  of the Czech Republic Embassy, the special Award ceremony wil take  place on Friday Jan 26, 2018, starting at 15:00, at the Temporary  Exhibition Hall of the Genocide Museum - Institute, Tsitsernakaberd  Hwy., Yerevan. The winner Armenian artists will receive their prizes  from hands of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the  Czech Republic to the Republic of Armenia, H. E. Mr. Petr Mikyska.

To recall, the International Children's Exhibition of Fine Arts  Lidice (ICEFA Lidice) was established in 1967 to commemorate the  child victims from the Czech village of Lidice murdered by German  Nazis, as well as all other children who have died in wars.  The year  2017 has been declared the International Year of Sustainable Tourism  for Development by the United Nations. Therefore the jubilee 45th  edition of the competition was dedicated to the theme of TRAVEL.

This year edition saw over 25 600 children from more than 1 800  schools from 82 countries. Among those who traditionally take part in  the competition, this year new countries have entered such as  Palestine, Ecuador and Uruguay.

In the first round the judges from the Czech and Slovak Republic  selected and recommended works to the second round in which the  judges awarded honorable mentions and medals for the best artists.  Well-known and popular photographer Robert Vano took part for the  second time.  Other judges from the Czech Republic, Bulgaria,  Lithuania, Russia, Hong Kong and the USA joined him.

This year's event  received 25,690 entries from 83 countries and  1,834 organizations and schools, out of which 1,289 ones from 76  countries were awarded a prize by the panel of judges, while the best  248 received medals.  Out of 17,188 foreign entries from 1,316  organizations, 531 won prizes including 94 medals. Most awards went  to children from Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, India, Iran,  Latvia, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Serbia, Thailand and Ukraine.

Armenia was represented by 13 schools with total of 224 works. This  year too, H.  Sharambeian Art School of Dilijan was among the most  active ones. This year 2 young artists from this school, and art  students from Nerqin Getashen, Kapan and Yerevan were among  Honourable Mentions. Nare Tovmasian (8 years) from H. Sharambeian Art  School was awarded the highest award - Lidice medal. In total  Armenian children got one medal and five Honorable Mentions.