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Edition 38

Dear friends,

as the year 2010 was declared the Year of Biodiversity, the UNESCO proposed to dedicate the 38th ICEFA Lidice 2010 to a theme relating to BIODIVERSITY – VARIETY OF LIVING NATURE. Children could draw inspiration from many sub-themes: beetles and butterflies in my country, who lives in rivers and lakes of my country, trees and forests in my country, wildflowers and graminoids in my country. This year’s theme Biodiversity prove to be a very inspiring one – both the 2D and the 3D entries depicted living nature in its diversity – the pictures were full of beetles, butterflies, marine and freshwater fish, birds, wild and domestic animals, trees, graminoids and flowers. The international panel appreciated the resourcefulness and the style of the entries, comparing their degree of elaboration as well as the inventiveness and the creative contribution of a child or a group of children, and as the last but not least, the emphasis on national traditions and features of their respective countries. The sad fact about it is that, in spite of the recommended theme, the children from war-stricken countries painted pictures that are full of suffering, pain and despair.

The 38th edition received more than 25,000 entries by children from 61 countries, most of them coming from Russia, Belarus and Turkey. We are pleased to say that thanks to enhanced publicity this year witnessed 383 participating schools from the Czech Republic and 77 ones from the Slovak Republic Moreover, we received entries from foreign countries that did not participate in previous years, e.g. from Bangladesh, the Cape Verde Islands, Cuba, Estonia, Ethiopia, Mongolia and Paraguay.

Out of the total 25,132 entries from 61 countries 1,463 were selected by the Panel of Judges to win prizes. Children from abroad received 624 prizes, out of which 65 were individual medals and 28 were medals to schools for their collections of works of fine arts. Most of them were won by children from Belarus, Latvia, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine. Besides the traditionally interesting works from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines and the Republic of Korea, the photo collections by Croatian children merited extraordinary attention from the panel of judges.

Czech schools were awarded 655 prizes, out of which 48 were individual medals and 29 were medals to schools for their collections. Among the most successful were children from the Primary Art School Kolín, the Primary Art School Strakonice, the Primary Art School Most and the Primary Art School Plzeň. Slovak schools won 184 prizes this year, out of which 16 were individual medals and 4 were medals to schools. The most successful were children from the Primary Art School Banská Bystrica, the Primary Art School Holíč, the Primary Art School Martin and the Primary Art School Spišská Belá. The prize of the Panel of Judges 2010 was awarded to the Primary Art School Spišská Belá.

The 38th International Fine Arts Competition culminates in the exhibition of winning works, which will be opened ceremonially at the Lidice Gallery at Lidice on 26 May 2010, in the presence of many ambassadors and political and cultural figures of the Czech Republic. As has become a tradition, also laureates from abroad were invited to the ceremonial opening. This year Lidice will see the arrival of the laureates from the Slovak Spišská Belá and of the eight-year-old girl Skaisté Tamošaityté and her lady teacher from the Art School at Trakai in Lithuania.

The exhibition at Lidice will continue till 31 October 2010, then, in a reduced extent, it can be seen at other places of the Czech Republic – at the Primary Art School Most Gallery or at the Museum of Trades and Building at Drnovice. The touring sets of exhibits are available for loan to schools, libraries or other cultural facilities. You are cordially invited to visit these ICEFA venues.

Ivona Kasalická, Head of the Lidice Gallery and Curator of ICEFA Lidice
May 2010 

Rules for the 38th edition of the International Children´s Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice 2010

Taking into account the new Constitution of the International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice of 26 Sep 2006 in force and its provisions regarding the organization of the exhibition, in order to ensure and achieve the aims contained in the Constitution as the fundamental document on the organization of the relevant project, the Organizer issues the following rules (conditions):

1. The announcing date of the 38th edition of the International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice 2010 (hereinafter ICEFA Lidice): May 2009.
2. The closing date for accepting entries: 15 March 2010.
3. The proposal for the budget of ICEFA Lidice 2010:
   Until the proposal for the budget of 2010 is presented to the promoter, i.e. the Ministry of Culture of the CR, pursuant to its dispositions, the Organizer is entitled, if needed, to reimburse the travel expenses related to the ceremonial announcement of the winners of the current edition of the ICEFA Lidice competition at the Lidice Gallery to selected child winners and their accompanying person (i.e. one adult) under the following conditions:
   a) reimbursement of travel expenses under 500 km: by train, by bus, by car or by public transport,
   b) reimbursement of travel expenses over 500 km: by train, by bus, by car, by public transport or by air from the international airport nearest to the place of residence of the winner to Prague and back.
4. The date of the session of the expert panel of judges: 6 and 7 April 2010.
5. The date of announcing the outcome of the 38th edition of the Exhibition at the ICEFA web site www.mdvv-lidice.cz: 10 May 2010 at the latest.
6. The date of the ceremonial opening of the exhibition and the competition prize awards: 26 May 2010
7. The date of the deinstallation of ICEFA: 1 November 2010.
8. The main exhibition at Lidice Gallery: runs from 27 May to 31 October 2010.

These rules come into effect on 7. January 2009

At Lidice on 7 January 2010

JUDr. Milouš Červencl
Director of the Lidice Memorial