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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.

Although national initially, this exhibition became an international one in 1973 and since then it has become well known among children and teachers not only in our country but literally all over the world. In late years, circa 25,000 very good works of art have come regularly by children not only from the Czech and Slovak republics but also from other 60 - 70 countries, including exotic ones such as China, India, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, Srí Lanka or Zimbabwe.

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After closing date and after jury

15. 4. 2012

The panel of judges of the 40th ICEFA Lidice 2012 met on 5. - 7. April to assess 26,064 entries by children from 67 countries of the world, including CR and SR. Considering the enormous participation, it was no easy job. There have been more than 1.400 winning entries, including the medals awarded to individuals and schools for collections. Here you can view pictures from the jury.

Since thorough and exacting check of the information related to the list of the child winners is involved, particularly the names and addresses of participants from abroad, the list of the winners has not yet been completed. However, we work hard to make it available on our website on 10 May.

The ceremonial opening will take place at the Lidice Gallery at Lidice on 30t May, 2012 at 11 a.m. Detailed information will be made available.

Ivona Kasalicka, curator

Do not miss - an ICEFA exhibition at the castle Blatná

14. 4. 2012

On Sunday April 1st, 2012 was opened at the castle Blatná a traveling exhibition of the best cross-winning work of the International Children's Exhibition of Fine Arts from years 1999 - 2009. Panels with children's drawings were accompanied by ceramic works of children from Basic Art School Blatná. Photos from the opening ceremony here.

The exhibition will opened be at the castle in Blatná until May 15, 2012.

The closing date is here or puppets in many styles!

13. 3. 2012

To date, more than 10,000 entries by children from 44 countries of the world were accepted for the 40th edition of ICEFA Lidice. Russian and Estonian children are the most active ones this year. Our storerooms are getting full with collections of puppets, marionettes and fairy creatures.

As a large amount of consignments comes to the Lidice Gallery each day, a big proportion of entries has not yet been processed and registered in the database. Therefore, we apologise to all questioners from the Czech Republic and abroad for our being unable to confirm the receipt of their entries. The reason can be clearly seen on the photographs.

Ivona Kasalicka, curator of ICEFA

Closing date is getting near

27. 2. 2012

Closing date for 40th edition of ICEFA Lidice 2012 is getting near - send your works to:

40th International Children's Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice 2012
Lidice Memorial, Lidice Gallery
Tokajická 152
273 54 Lidice
Czech Republic

before 15 March 2012!

Distribution of awards and reports from prize awards in abroad

27. 12. 2011

By the end of November consignments containing awards for children in various countries were sent in to the respective Czech diplomatic missions. As early as September, but more often in October and November 2011, ceremonial awards of certificates and medals were taking place at Czech embassies or directly at winning schools in participating countries. Here you can see photos from the ceremonies.

We are very pleased when we receive any report or photograph from these ceremonial programmes. It is a very important feedback for us, the result of our work at Lidice. We thank very much to all staffs of embassies for organizing and implementing prize awards to winning children, disseminating information on the exhibition and promoting the exhibition in their destinations.

Ivona Kasalická, curator of ICEFA

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