Dear teachers, dear children

Please accept our invitation to participate in the 42st International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice 2014, which was established in 1967 to commemorate the child victims from the Czech village of Lidice, who had been murdered by German Nazis, as well as other children who had died in wars.

Although national initially, this exhibition became an international one in 1973 and since then it has become well known among children and teachers not only in the Czech Republic but literally all over the world. Thanks to good co-operation with the Embassies of the Czech Republic abroad we have had over 25,000 entries from upwards of 60 countries of all continents in recent years.

Hoping you will find an inspiration in this year’s theme, we are looking forward to your entries.

Mgr. Ivona Kasalická, Curator of ICEFA Lidice

Organizers

Lidice Memorial under the auspices of

• Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
• Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Czech Republic
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
• Czech Commission for UNESCO
• Czech Centres

Theme

As 2014 has been declared by the United Nations the International Year of Family Farming, the Czech Commission for UNESCO has suggested dedicating the 42nd edition of the exhibition to the theme:

FAMILY FARMING, or OUR GARDEN AND FIELD

• The plants grown in the fields by my family, my grandma and grandpa, my neighbours
• What we get from our field, orchard, vegetable or herb garden, what we grow and why
• What I can grow myself (may it be only in a flower pot)
• What farmers do and what is the life of farmers like (also in contrast to city life)
• What machines help in the garden, in the farm?
• Domestic animals, their dwelling, what they are fed with, how they are kept and what they bring us and how they help us in turn
• Enemies of our orchard, field, garden or domestic animals
• The past and present of farming – how our ancestors ran their farms
• Changes in our field or garden in the course of the year
• Farmers’ market or Grandma’s pantry – what can be made of the fruits for winter season
• We care for the landscape, we live in harmony with it

Art techniques

• Drawing, painting
• Printmaking
• Photography
• Pottery
• Mixed media (metal, pottery, wood, glass, textile, paper)

Films, video recordings, photographs documenting art events or projects as well as series of entries that need to be installed together are ineligible for the exhibition.

More detailed information you can find on the webpage of the organizers.