The International Exhibition organized annually by the “Lidice Memorial”, a semi-budgetary organization of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, was held in Lidice Gallery under the auspices and with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, the Czech Commission for UNESCO and the Czech Centres. This year exhibition took place under the theme “Chemistry”. Organizers received all together 15,336 artworks from more than 70 countries, 433 were awarded a prize and 41 won medals.

One of the 433 prize winners was Ms. Yesui Oyunbat from Mongolia, who is taking drawing classes at Mongolian Children’s Palace in Sukhbaatar district of Ulaanbaatar. She came to the Czech Embassy in Ulaanbaatar to pick up her prize together with her proud mother, who studied design in Ulaanbaatar in the past. It was Yesui’s first time ever participating in this contest and she shared her goal to be prepared more and win a medal from the next year’s contest.

Mr. Oldřich Zajíček, Deputy Head of Mission, had a small talk with her about her talents and future goals, and he has informed her about the possibilities to study arts in the Czech Republic. Then, he congratulated her for her successful participation in the Exhibition and wished her future success and all the best.

The “Lidice 2020” Contest will be announced on the Embassy website soon.