The best works of "Art Session" will be exhibited in Polotsk, the cultural capital of Belarus-2010

May 21, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The best works of the XIX International Competition-Exhibition of Visual Arts of students of art specialties of higher educational institutions "Art Session" will be exhibited in Polotsk, the cultural capital of Belarus in 2010. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Larisa Lysenko, Chairperson of the jury and Director of the Polotsk Art Gallery. The exhibition of 40 works will be displayed at the Polotsk Art Gallery for a month. In addition, these works will be included in a catalog, which will be published for the first time based on the results of the competition. "Art Session" opened in Vitebsk on May 20. This year, students from 14 educational institutions from Belarus, Latvia, and Russia took part in the competition, presenting works in the sections "Painting," "Graphics," "Sculpture," "Decorative and Applied Arts," "Design," in a separate competition "Linen Dress," and in the specially approved nomination "The Tale of Bygone Years. Continuation," dedicated to Polotsk in connection with its declaration as the cultural capital of Belarus in 2010. For winning in these categories, "art scholarships" for one day were awarded to students of the Vitebsk State Technological University (VSTU), Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov, and the Latgale branch of the Latvian Academy of Arts. It is noteworthy that no award was given in the nomination dedicated to Polotsk. "The participants lacked knowledge about the spiritual pearl of Belarus to create sincere, deep images and reveal this theme," noted the chairperson of the jury. Special prizes from the Belarusian Union of Designers and the Belarusian Union of Artists, as well as from the city council of Rezekne, were awarded to students representing VSTU and the State Institute of Management and Social Technologies of Belarusian State University at the competition. In Vitebsk, the exhibition of the best works of "Art Session" will be open until May 22. The organizers of the event are the Department of Culture and the Department for Youth Affairs of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, the Department of Culture of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, the Vitebsk Cultural Center, with the assistance of the Belarusian Union of Artists and the Belarusian Union of Designers. -0-