The awarding ceremony for the winners of the "In My Homeland" contests and the opening of the final exhibition of the 21st International Painting and Graphics Contest will take place on April 25, 2026 at the educational center of the Green Cross Belarus (Smolevichi district, Minsk Region).

Young artists, cartoonists and photographers, winners of three contests, as well as their teachers and parents, at the invitation of the project team, will be able to visit a place where experienced art teachers annually review and select children's drawings, cartoons and photographs from around the world, and as a result, an exhibition of children's creativity is born.

This year, the exhibition will include more than 400 works that have received Diplomas of I and II degrees in the categories "My relative and his favorite profession", "The world of insects around us" and in the traditional free theme "In My Homeland". As usual, the jury had to make a difficult choice from 6,770 submissions from 24 countries. The works of representatives from 20 countries can be seen at the exhibition: Belarus, Bulgaria, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Poland, Russia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey, Uzbekistan.

On this day, the winners of painting and graphics, cartoon and photography contests will receive their awards from the organizers of the contests, jury members and partners of the Green Cross Belarus during a solemn ceremony.

Children and adults will also be able to get to know the center, "travel" around Belarus, try their hand at an art history quiz, take part in herbarium collection, learn about herbs and aromas, dance to music from different times and peoples, and also get to know the inhabitants of the mini-farm (you can take a treat with you: cabbage, carrots, seeds).

The ceremony will be attended by representatives of ministries of the Republic of Belarus, diplomatic missions, public figures, artists and members of the jury.

Registration starts at 10:30.

The grand opening of the exhibition at 11:30

Start of the award ceremony at 12:00

To attend the awards ceremony, please submit the application by 20 April 2026 (in Russian)

See the results of the Art and Graphics Contest

See the results of the Cartoon Contest

See the results of the Photography Contest

The award ceremony and the exhibition are organised by Green Cross Belarus NGO with the support of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus and the International Union of Teacher-Artists (Moscow, Russia).

Organised groups will be able to visit the exhibition on weekdays by appointment. Entrance is free.

Additional information

Yulia Zhukovskaya
tel.: +375 29 627 79 23

E-mail: info@children-art.org

Internet: children-art.org
greencross.by

Picture: "Young painter", Bulchik Valeria, 10 y.o., Belarus, 2d Degree Diploma of the 20th International Art and Graphics Contest "In My Honeland" (2025)