On February 20, 2021, O.O.Osmerkin Museum hosted a meet and greet event with the authors of the online exhibition “Kropyvnytskyi is the Town of Lovers”, which was presented within the art project founded by the museum “The Town of Kropyvnytskyi through a Camera” at the museum website in the Section “Some Exhibitions” on February 14, 2021.
    The museum director Vita Chernova thanked for the creative cooperation to the authors of the exhibition – news photographers of the local printed and electronic media Merited Artist of Ukraine Ihor Demchuk (the regional sociopolitical newspaper “Kirovohradska Pravda”), a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine Oleksandr Shuleshko (edition of the territorial community of the town of Kropyvnytskyi “Vechirnia Hazeta”), and Oleksii Kaprytsia (mediaportal DOZOR) and handed them the booklet of the exhibition, developed by the museum, Letters of Acknowledgement, and sweet souvenirs.
    The event started with the presentation of the booklet of the photo exhibition prepared by the leading researcher of the museum, Merited Artist of Ukraine Andrii Nadezhdin who told about the idea and goal of the new museum project “The Town of Kropyvnytskyi through a Camera”. It presupposes the organization of the personal and group exhibitions aimed at covering the historical heritage of the town of Kropyvnytskyi and the cultural, social, economic life of its dwellers.
    The authors of the exhibition supported the museum idea to initiate a new photo project, which will promote the creative work of Kropyvnytskyi photographers, the majority of whom are the laureates of the art awards – the Regional Award in Journalism in the nomination “Photo Journalism” and the Town Award among Photo Artists named after Vasyl Kovpak; as well as modern photo artists who have high professional level in photo art.
    The creative communication took place in the informal setting and ended with a traditional autograph session of the participants of the exhibition. The first booklet of the exhibition with the autographs of its authors was given to the chief curator of the Museum of Music Culture named after Karol Shymanovskyi, a laureate of the Regional Award in Local History named after Volodymyr Yastrebov, a well-known guide Olena Klassova. She mentioned that a new art project “The Town of Kropyvnytskyi through a Camera” will promote the popularization of our town not only among Kropyvnytskyi citizens but also among numerous tourists.