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In December Studio started with the programme “Children’s Art”. This festival gathered over 120 pupils from the 11 primary schools of Valjevo region. They competed in literature, painting and music art. With the help of City Municipality and many donors Studio printed also the newspapers “Children’s Art” where were published prose texts, poems, interviews with young musicians as well as black and white and color reproductions of painted works. The festival was consisted of the afternoon concert in the Art Hall of Cultural Centre, where talented children presented themselves, than paintings exhibition opening ceremony in the Studio and winners annunciation in all categories. Also, the winners were awarded with books, games and specially printed diplomas for this occasion. Jury made by prominent reviewers and artists judged children’s works. Young painters were evaluated by famous artist and Professor Stanko Zecevic and academic painter Mile Petrovic. The best three works were selected to be printed and sold as New Year’s cards. Writers Radovan Beli Markovic and Velibor Marjanovic assessed the most successful prose text and poems. Music producer Olga Markovic, music Professor Sladjana Torbica and our famous singer Djordje Marjanovic judged young musicians. Most successful participants Dragan Sredojevic (violin) from Valjevo and the vocal group from the primary school “Saint Sava” from Popucke, will represent our country at the 2003 Slovenian Festival in Belarusian city Vitebsk.
Festival “Children’s Art” gave a great contribution to artistic expression of the youngest citizens and the organizers wish for encouragement and affirmation of children’s art totally came true.

The exhibition season at the International Art Studio started in May with the show called “Works on paper”. Nine avant-garde Swiss artists presented themselves: Nadia Honarchian, Claude Steiner, Hanes Bosert, Ljiljana Hirsl, Kirila Faeh, Manuel Khazar Halpern, Radovan Hirsl, Kurt Haas and Urs Huber Uri. This was the first time that this group of artists gathered in a team where three of them have Serbian origin and had the first exhibition together. After the premiere they had in Valjevo this show was moved to New York. The guest of the Studio was Kirila Faeh, Swiss artist who has Belgrade Academy’s PhD. With her work, Kirila annotates present time and announces future in the painting. The exhibition had very positive art reviews and because of very big audience interest stayed open till the end of July.

In Septembre the exhibition of paintings and objects called “From the imagination to reality” by Radovan Trnavac Mica was open. This show presented his latest work, 12 paintings and objects originated in 2000 and the year 2001. Before Valjevo this show was previously presented in the National Museum of Belorussian city Vitebsk as well as in the International Friendship Gallery in Moscow. In both these cities this show excited hige publicity and great interest.

In Septembre the solo exhibition of Cuban painter and sculptor Armando Marino was open. Ten of his big format paintings and ten small sculptures were presented. Lightmotive of this Cuban artist who lives on Havana-Madrid relation is colonial age slave, in fact black body in the white universe. This is satiric way for him to look in the past and to describe Cuban historical wounds. The main topic of his sculpteres is black man’s head. The exhibition was very well accepted by the audience as well as by art critics. Also, it excited huge publicity. At the end of his staying in Valjevo Mr. Marino left the painting “Bad Influence” as a gift for Studio’s collection.

At the end of June the exhibition of the two most different Russian art school presentors, two Moscow painters Natalia Bazhenova and Mara Daugaviete was open. The show was opened by Studio’s Art Manager Mr. Trnavac in the presence of many art lovers and art respectors. Natalia Bazhenova presented twelve portraits all painted while staying in Valjevo. She named this opus “Portraits of my friends from Valjevo” and gave it to the Studio as a gift. Mara Daugaviete presented ten middle format works done by firm colours, where human figures have splendid despatch and strong loading. The show was extremely well accepted by visitors, audience, media and got very good art critics.

At the begining of October the group exhibition of 25 academic Macedonian artist was open. The exhibition characterized different styles, poetics and age. The youngest artist was not thirty yet and the oldest one had nearly eighty. Following artists presented thier works to our audience: Tome Serafimovski, Djoko Matevski, Vanco Djordjievski, Alexandar Risteski, Saso Popovski, Jovan Sumkovski, Ivan Velkov, Mile Korubin, Vladimir Georgievski, Trajce Jancevski, Kole Manev, Gligor Cemerski, Elizabeta Avramovska, Zoran Jakimovski, Dijana Tomic Radevska, Slavica Janeslieva, Lidija Vujisic, Djordji Culakovski, Boro Mitriceski, Ilija Adzievski, Angel Nacevski, Petar Hadzi Boskov, Lidija Grujic, Zaneta Vangeli i Atanas Atanasoski. This exhibition represented the historycal idea of connecting people from both sides as well as the creative art dialogue between cultures. In addition to many artists and journalists from Serbia and Macedonia at the opening ceremony attended Macedonian Ambasador in Belgrade Mr. Slavko Miloslavevski and Serbian Ambasador in Macedonia Mr. Zoran Janackovic. The guest of the Studio was painter Alexandar Risteski who finished Art Academy in Belgrade and who done oil on canvas “Serbia and NATO” while one month staying in Valjevo. World’s well known sculptor Tome Serafimovski gave his sculpture “Skoplje ’63” as a gift to the Studio. The exhibition was very well accepted by the audience as well as by art critics. Also, it excited huge publicity.