On June 2, 2017 festivities on the occasion of awarding winners of Art competition “Youth palette” named after Leonid Bondar took place in O.O.Osmerkin Art-Memorial Museum. The event was held to International Children’s Day in 2017 and the topic of the competition was “Classic genres of Fine Art”; it was dedicated to 125th anniversary of O.O.Osmerkin. Also the exhibition of the winners’ and participants’ works was opened.
   This year competition was held in such genres of fine art: painting, graphic art, sculpture. In the competition took part 197 works of 159 pupils and students from 15 educational establishments of Kirovohrad: Children Art School named after O.O.Osmerkin, Children School of Arts (Fine Arts Department), clubs and classes of fine art and decorative and applied art of comprehensive schools and professional-technical educational establishments №5,6,7,11,18,19,24,31, lyceumsof sphere of service and of public services, and also Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after Volodymyr Vynnychenko (Art and Graphic Department of Art Faculty) and Kirovohrad Construction College (special field “architectural design and interior”).
   According to the decision of the jury of the competition the winners became 32 participants, aged from 8 to 22. They received Diplomas of I, II and III levels and recognition gifts – items and materials for creative work of the artists (paints, brushes, pencils, albums etc). Letters of acknowledgement were given to 6 participants, 1 group and all the teachers whose pupils became winners of the competition. Also all the winners and their teachers received a theme booklet “Winners of the Art competition “Youth palette” named after Leonid Bondar to International Children’s Day in 2017 on topic: “Classic genres of Fine Art”, dedicated to 125th anniversary of O.O.Osmerkin”, a museum booklet and souvenir calendar with reproduction of O.O.Osmerkin’s work “Self-portrait”, 1912. The theme booklet contains not only the reproductions of works of the winners of the competition, but also biographic article and photo portrait of L.I.Bondar.
   While awarding the winners head of Culture and Tourism Department of Kirovohrad Town Council A.F.Nazarets mentioned the significance of the foundation of such art competition that encourages the development of children and youth creativity, gives pupils and students an opportunity to fulfill their potential and also discovers and supports talented youth and teachers. Merited Artist of Ukraine A.M.Nadezhdin, who is the head of the jury of the competition, and Art History PhD, associate professor of Art Department of Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after Volodymyr Vynnychenko O.I.Kyrychenko stressed prestige value that the competition is held in the memorial building of a prominent artist and pedagogue O.O.Osmerkin.
   L.I.Bondar’s daughter Tetiana Leonidivna Bondar – teacher of Children’s Art School named after O.O.Osmerkin –expressed deep gratitude to the competition organizers and mentioned that this competition is a considerable honour of her father – a wonderful artist and talented pedagogue, who devoted all his life to children, teaching them fine art and implanting them high aesthetic sense. And the director of Children’s Art School named after O.O.Osmerkin H.V.Tymofienko gave to the museum funds a sculpture work of a pupil Ehor Bublik “Socrates. In memory of L.I.Bondar” (teacher O.V.Kryvko) ad mentioned that L.I.Bondar was a real philosopher in life and also a creative person and wise teacher.
   At the close of the event a performance of the winner of the competition Olha Shlapak was a music gift for all the present. Olha Shlapak is a pupil of Children School of Arts, who studies at two departments at the same time – learning fine art and playing on the traditional Ukrainian musical instrument bandura.