Entry submissions for 5th Architecture of Diplomacy Open Creative Contest to conclude on June 10

The 5th Architecture of Diplomacy Open Creative Contest is underway. Just a few days remain until the entry submission deadline (June 10)!

The contest follows the open format for the second time this year. Young artists aged 12 to 35 from all around the world, including professional artists and amateurs, university and college students, trainees from creative courses and schools, can participate.

This year’s topic for the contest is "The Matryoshka Doll — a Conversation of Ornaments and Colors." Artists are invited to reimagine one of the most recognizable phenomena of Russian culture, the Matryoshka doll, as a symbol of family, unity and prosperity, using pictorial arts, decorative and applied arts and crafts.

Participants may use the basic idea and shape of the Matryoshka doll as a starting point, making it a canvas for the following stylistic interpretations:

– recognizable images from their own national cultures;

– the peoples of Russia and their diversity on the occasion of the celebrated Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia;

– historical periods through which the countries passed;

– inter-cultural or international communication ideas;

– images that reveal the idea of connecting the inner and the outer—the understanding of oneself, one's own people, or country;

– other visual images, at the discretion of the authors, emphasizing the originality and universality of the Matryoshka doll image for different peoples, cultures, and countries.

The image of the Matryoshka doll itself has to be recognizable (even if its initial parameters change to accommodate the participant's creative vision and concept).

For the first time in the competition's history, there will be winners in three categories. In addition to the traditional Child Artist (age 12 to 18) and Young Artist (age 18 to 35) categories, the jury will also evaluate works submitted in the Author of Small Sculptural Composition category.

The winners will be awarded prize money and commemorative gifts from GlavUpDK under the MFA of Russia.

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Please contact us with all contest-related issues at: 8 (495) 695-03-56