"Peace" Children's and Youth Art
Competition - Exhibition 2024
The “Peace” Children’s and Youth Art Competition-Exhibition held in 2024 aimed to discover talented children in the field of visual arts, promote the development of their creative abilities and self-expression, and create an appropriate environment for them. The competition played a significant role in Armenia’s cultural life, attracting 500 applications from art, fine arts, creative, and aesthetic centers in Yerevan and the regions of the Republic of Armenia.
Competition Process
In the first phase, a thorough selection was conducted, excluding works that showed teacher intervention. The decisive phase included 160 participants who were provided with the necessary art materials to create their own works. The jury chair, T. Matulyan, emphasized that to encourage children’s independent work, teachers should not interfere in their creative process.
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Award Winners
Maria Hovhannisyan
Award
First place
Diploma and a cash prize of 100,000 AMD
Age
8
Vagharshapat Community’s E. Tadevosyan Art School
Teacher
Mariam Papoyan
Hasmik Nalbandyan
Award
Second place
Diploma and a cash prize of 80,000 AMD
Age
9
“Metzamor Community Culture House and Library”
Teacher
Rita Sargsyan
Sargis Hovhannisyan
Award
Third place
Diploma and a cash prize of 70,000 AMD
Age
9
“Garni Art, Culture, and Sports Center”
Teacher
Alina Stepanyan
Emili Kachatryan
Diploma and 50,000 AMD for purchasing art supplies
Age
9
“Gegharkunik Province’s Sevan Community Hovhannes Aivazovsky Art School”
Teacher
Emma Galstyan
Syuzanna Poghosyan
Diploma and 50,000 AMD for purchasing art supplies
Age
9
Masis City Art School
Teacher
Lusya Deli – Sargsyan
Jury Sympathy Awards
Ariana Harutyunyan
Age
9
Masis City Art School
Teacher
Lusya Deli – Sargsyan
Mari
Papayan
Age
11
Yerevan Zakaryan Art Center
Teacher
Vardan Zakaryan
Arina
Mkrtchyan
Age
8
H. Igityan National Center for Aesthetics
Teacher
Alina Stepanyan
All 160 participants received certificates, while the winners’ educational institutions and teachers were awarded in the categories of “Best Teacher” and “Best Educational Institution.”
The “Peace” competition-exhibition not only fosters the creative potential of children but also contributes to the development of Armenia’s cultural life by discovering new talents.
Members of the Jury of the “Peace” Children's and Youth Art Competition - Exhibition 2024
Tigran
Matulyan
Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia
Lilit
Soghomonyan
Artist of the Republic of Armenia
Arman Hambardzumyan
Armenian sculptor, painter
Nana
Martirosyan
Organizer of children’s events, member of the “Union of Artisans of Armenia” cultural foundation