THE 26th INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR ARTWORKS MADE BY CHILDREN, ENTITLED “ THE ANIMAL KINGDOM”
We sucesfully finished the 26th international competition for artworks made by children, entitled “THE ANIMAL KINGDOM”.
The competition that was carried out by the »Mihailo Lišanin Institution« from 1995 is since 2018 continued by Museum of Recent History Celje under the name »Heman’s Gallery«.
The international competition for children aged 6 to 12 was open from September 2022 until March 2023. We recieved 1177 artworks from 17 different countries all over the world.
Children were placed in two age groups: I. (6 -9 years) and II. (10 -12 years). We awarded 10 artworks and granted 50 special recognition awards in each category, all children received an electronic certificate attesting that they participated in the international competition.
Expert comission, which consisted of art historian Urška Todosovska-Šmajdek, fine artist Suzana Senica and Melanija Grahovac did the selection of awarded artworks.
All awarded artworks will be exhibited in Childrens Museum Herman’s Den but they are also on view on Herman the Fox e-gallery.
All awarded artworks are also part of museums collection Herman’s Gallery.
New 27th international competition for artworks made by children will start in September 2023.
