2020-09-24
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2020 – 2021
1. General provisions
1.1. The present Regulation determines the status and implementation procedure of the international contest and exhibition named “We Are Responsible for Those Who Have Been Tamed” (hereinafter “Project”).
1.2. The integral parts of this Regulation are the following appendixes:
Appendix No.1 – Application Form;
Appendix No.2 – Label Form.
Project Goal and Objectives
The main goal of the Project is to build up younger generation’s moral culture and active life position concerning the problem of cruelty towards domestic and homeless animals.
Objectives
- To raise environmental awareness of young people;
- To form careful and humane attitude towards domestic and homeless animals;
- To draw public attention to the existing problems of humane treatment of domestic and homeless animals;
- To encourage and develop students’ creative potential;
- To develop children’s cooperation based on exchange of experience in various creative and environmental activities;
- To popularize careful attitude towards domestic animals by means of fine art;
- To stimulate and develop creative potential of young people through the study of natural, historical and cultural heritage.
Organisation of the Project
3.1. Founder
The founder of the Project is the Museum and Education Center “Otrazhenie” (“Reflection”), subdivision of the Municipal Budget Institution "Center for Culture and Sports", urban settlement Talinka, Oktyabrsky region, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra, Russia (hereinafter “Museum”).
3.2. Co-Founders
The co-founders of the Project (by agreement) are the Executive bodies of state power of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra:
- The Service forControl and Supervision in the Sphere of Environmental Protection, Wildlife andForest Relations of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra (hereinafter “KhMAO – Ugra”);
- The Department of Culture of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra;
- The Department of Education and Youth Policy of the KhMAO – Ugra;
- Bodies of local self-government of municipal district formations of the KhMAO – Ugra,
- Institutions of education and culture of the Autonomous Okrug – Ugra.
3.3. Information Partners
The information partners are:
• District Broadcasting Company “Ugra”;
• Regional Branch of the State Broadcasting Company “Ugoria”;
• Socio-Political regional newspaper “Novosti Ugry” (“News of Ugra”);
• “Ugra”, regional news magazine (social, political, economic, history and culture news);
• “In the Animal World” (a popular periodical about nature for children and grown-ups);
• “Arts at School” (social, pedagogical, scientific and methodological magazine);
• “Arts” (a methodical journal for teachers on the World Art Culture, Music, Fine Arts);
• “Sketch” (an art magazine for children).
3.4. Commercial Partners
Commercial partners are the Oil companies carrying out their activities on the territory of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra and a number of private entrepreneurs.
Project implementation period
4.1 Implementation period of the Project is 2020 – 2021.
4.2 The Project will be implemented in 3 phases:
First phase – correspondence competition of creative works until 1 March 2021;
Second phase – jury work on review and evaluation of creative works until 1st October 2021;
Third phase is the publication of an album with the best creative works (the Project’s Laureates) – 20 December 2021.
4.3 Mobile exhibitions in cities and towns of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra and the Russian Federation (2020-2021).
Project participants
5.1. Students of general education institutions, institutions of primary and secondary vocational education, supplementary education institutions (art schools, studios, and clubs) aged 6 - 17 from Russia are invited to take part in the Project.
We welcome students from other countries to participate in the Project, too.
5.2. Adults (teachers, managers) participate in the Project as advisors, experts, jury members.
Project nominations
Children’s creative works should be based on personal impressions from watching situations outdoors, at home, from reading books, and when watching movies.
The nominations of the Contest are the following:
- Painting,
- Graphic art,
- Sculpture,
- Photography,
- Decorative and applied arts,
- Essay,
- Poetry
Works made of plasticine, seeds, dough or natural fur are not welcomed.
7. Criteria for the evaluation of creative works submitted for the Contest:
- Relevance to the subject matter of the Project;
- Value orientation;
- Expressiveness;
- Compositional solution;
- Esthetic qualities;
- Emotional qualities;
- Individuality;
- Text accuracy;
- Imagery (figurativeness);
- Originality;
- Novelty;
- Environmental awareness;
- Orderliness and neatness.
Project implementation procedure
8.1. First stage – correspondence competition of creative works until 1 March 2021 (postal stamp of receipt date).
Each creative work is to be accompanied by Application for the participation in the Project in Russian or English (please fill in a special form – see Appendix No.1 to the Regulation). In case of a group of participants, one common list of application is formed and is enclosed in a file (A4 format).
Creative work must have a title (on a label) and application form (information about the author) written in BLOCK Letters (in English or Russian) on the backside of work.
8.1.1. Requirements to contest works format:
- Creative work in nominations Painting and Graphic art can be made in any technique on A3 size sheets, without any passe-partout;
- Creativeworksin Decorative and Applied arts technic should have a passe-partout or frame;
- Works in the category Photography are issued on sheets of A3 or A4 format;
- Works in categories Essay and Poetry are executed on sheets of format A4 (Times New Roman font, size 14, no more than 1 page).
Each creative work is to be accompanied by a label which is filled in block letters (please see Appendix No.2 to these Regulations). You need to place the label on the backside of a work. Work must have a title.
8.1.2. Works in categories Painting, Graphic art, Sculpture, Photography and Decorative and Applied arts are accepted at the following address:
Town Talinka, Oktyabrsky region, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra, Russian Federation, 628195
To: The Museum and Education Center “Otrazhenie”
Contest “We Are Responsible for Those Who Have Been Tamed”.
The paper option of the work in category Photography should be directed to the aforementioned address, and the electronic version of the work should be sent to the following E-mail: museumtalinka@mail.ru and accompanied by a note Contest “We Are Responsible”, a Labeland an Application form.
Works in categories Essay and Poetry are sent to E-mail: museumtalinka@mail.ru. Each work should be accompanied by a note Contest We Are Responsible, a Label and an Application form.
8.2. The 2nd phase – review and evaluation of the contest works by the jury until 1st October 2021.
An independent jury will be established for the evaluation of creative works submitted for the Project, including founders and co-founders of the Project, representatives in the fields of education, ecology, environmental protection, culture and art.
The jury shall not include employees of organizations representing authors of creative works submitted for the Contest.
The jury will:
– provide expert evaluation of creative works submitted for the Contest in accordance with the above criteria,
– determine the best Laureates in two areas (Art and Literature) according to seven nominations (paragraph 6 of the present Regulation).
The jury will record and post its decision on websites of the aforementioned founders and co-founders of the Project, published in print media of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra and the Russian Federation, and on the website of the Museum and Education Center “Otrazhenie” http://ckstalinka.ru/muzej/
8.3. The third stage – publication of an Album/ Book with the best creative works of the Project Laureates until December 21, 2021.
The publication of the Album (the Book) will be done both in hard copies (A4) and in electronic form (CD). Albums and CDs will be distributed among founders, sponsors, libraries, educational institutions, museums, in establishments of specially protected natural areas and other organizations and institutions of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra and the Russian Federation.
Each participant of the Contest will be able to get an electronic variant of the Book.
8.4. Organization of mobile exhibitions in cities and towns of the KhMAO – Ugra and the Russian Federation, in the countries of near and far abroad will be carried out in 2020-2021.
The Project organizers will agree on the route, timeline of demonstration, locations of the exhibitions in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra and the Russian Federation, in the countries of near and far abroad additionally.
Rewards
Competition winners will receive Project Laureate Diplomas. Project participants receive project participant Certificates. Teachers will receive Letters of Appreciation.
