11th BIENNALE – Call for competition

11th BIENNALE OF CHILDREN’S PAINTING

Xanthi 2024-2025

“ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE”

          The Museum and the Academy of Children’s Art ΄OIKOUMENI΄ organize the 11th BIENNALE of Children’s Painting, advocating love, peace, friendship, and solidarity among the citizen of the world. By building bridges of culture between children and teenagers all over the world, we try to make them think about the common future of humanity, while promoting respect for the particularities and traditions of peoples and their religions.

The theme we have chosen for the 11th Biennale 2024-2025 is:

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

We live in an era of rapid change, with our thoughts, actions and even our lives regulated by “smart” devices such as mobile phones, TVs, cars, and all kinds of gadgets.

Artificial Intelligence has invaded communication, Computers, Medical Science and Space Technology. Automation and the use (and teaching from a young age) of Robotics are our new reality, while their inevitable evolution is shaping a new civilization for humanity.

The modern citizen of the world is running at great speeds to catch up with the flow of technological development and children are born and raised in a new, wonderful world full of electronic devices, toys, and robotic applications.

We therefore ask the children and teenagers who are going to take part in the 11th BIENNALE of Children’s Painting to capture in their works their impressions, their excitement or their fear, their favorite objects and constructions related to artificial intelligence.

Our main pursuit is the detection of their perspective regarding life and shaping their future through modern developments.

Awards

The management of the Museum and the Academy of Children’s Art will award diplomas to the works that will be distinguished. The evaluation will be done by a special committee which will consist of artists and child psychologists from Greece and from foreign countries.

Prizes will also be awarded to the teachers, for the good participation of their students!

Terms of participation

All children between the ages of 4 and 17 can participate.

Duplication of works and third-party interventions in children’s works are not allowed.

Dimensions and techniques

The works to be sent must be painted on canvas or paper with dimensions of 45X45 or 60X40 cm.

The materials that can be used are watercolors, markers, temperas, inks, dry pastels, oil pastels, pencils, acrylics, collages, mixed media.

Caution

It is not allowed to write any words on the face of the work, not even the child’s name.

Please include a detailed list of the names of the children participating in the competition with the seal of the organization (school, workshop, cultural club, etc.) when sending the group projects.

The Academy of Children’s Art makes efforts for good cooperation and communication between the friends and the institutions of the countries that declare participation.

 

Please observe the terms of participation:

• Write clearly all the information we ask for.
• Write in capital letters or Times New Roman font.

 

We are confident that you will honor us with your participation.

Thank you in advance!

GOOD LUCK!

Delivery Dates of the Projects

The last date for sending the projects is May 30, 2024.

After this date, no other projects will be accepted.

Please take care of sending your works on time.

Sending Awards

Award diplomas will be sent electronically. For this reason, it is necessary to indicate the email of the teacher or the school.

Sending the projects

Please pack carefully, without crushing the work.

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