On May 30, 2018 festive events on the occasion of awarding of the winners of the Art competition “Youth palette” named after Leonid Bondar to the International Children Day took place in O.O.Osmiorkin Art-Memorial Museum. The theme of the competition was “World of children creativity” and dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Merited Cultural Worker of Ukraine L.I.Bondar. Also a presentation of the exhibition of works by winners and participants of the competition was opened. The exposition of the exhibition included more than 150 works – numerous drawings made in watercolors and gouache, crayons, pastel, gel ink pen and decorative works in different techniques: carpet, stuffed toys, motanka-dolls, quilling, sculpture compositions from playdough and salt dough, textile goods.
    The competition was held in such genres of fine art: painting, graphic art, sculpture, decorative and applied art. 284 works of 246 pupils and students from 18 educational establishments of Kropyvnytskti were applied for the competition: Children Art School named after O.O.Osmiorkin, Fine Arts Department of Children School of Arts, clubs and studios of fine art and decorative and applied art of regional and Center of Children and Youth Creativity, secondary schools #2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 32, 35, Art and Graphic Art Department of Art Faculty of Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after Volodymyr Vinnychenko, and also pupils of individual teachers of fine art.
    According to the decision of the jury 29 participants, aged 7-22, became winners. Their works were awarded with the diplomas of I, II, III degrees in three nominations. More than 50 participants of the competition received Certificates of Acknowledgement and new, introduced this year, Honors of the jury and organizing committee. so, members of the jury - head of Culture and Tourism Department of Town Council of Kropyvnytskyi Anna Nazarets, head chairman of the board of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Andrii Khvorost, Art and Graphic Art Department of Art Faculty of Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after Volodymyr Vinnychenko Olena Kyrychenko, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Ludmyla Demydenko and Merited Artist of Ukraine Andrii Nadezhdin, who is the head of the jury, had personally selected works in their sole discretion and awarded their authors with personal presents – interesting art albums and books. Teachers, whose pupils won the competition, also were given Certificates of acknowledgement. All the participants whose works were noted by the jury received recognition gifts from the Department of Culture and Tourism – paints, brushes, albums, materials for decorative elements and other items for artists.
    The winners and all the participants of the competition were congratulated by head of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Town Council of Kropyvnytskyi Anna Nazarets, head of the jury of the competition, leading researcher of the museum, Merited Artist of Ukraine Andrii Nadezhdin and director of Children Art School named after O.O.Osmiorkin Hanna Tymofiienko.
    The organizers of the competition also received acknowledgements at the event. The teacher of Children Art School named after O.O.Osmiorkin Tetiana Bondar mentioned that the competition is a decent honor of her father – a talented artist and a prominent pedagogue who devoted all his life to children developing their creative skills and promoting love to fine art. And a famous painter, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Yurii Vintenko, who has been the head of the Department of Fine Art of Children School of Arts, expressed sincere thanks to the Department of Culture and Tourism for the support of the creative initiative of the museum. He and a well-known poet and collector, a member of the National Union of Poets of Ukraine Volodymyr Mohyliuk gave to the museum funds rare post cards published in the 1960-s. The post cards depicted posters, whose author is O.O.Osmiorkin’s student – a famous graphic artist Nina Vatolina. By the way, one of the posters was dedicated to International Children Day.
    The event ended with a traditional photoshoot of the winners and participants of the competition together with their teachers near the museum building.