Opening of the exhibition "Magic of Amber"

On 26 January the opening ceremony of works of the annual regional contest of children's and youth creativity "Magic of Amber" and awarding of the winners took place at the Amber Museum. Students of children's art schools and studios of Kaliningrad and the region partook in the creative competition. They submitted over 200 works for the jury's judgment.

Children's works were considered by:

Oksana Pupisheva – chairperson of the jury, head of the Department for Scientific- and Museum-Educational Work of the Amber Museum;
Natalia Voronova – director of the Kaliningrad Children's Art School;
Valeriy Kovalyov –artist, sculptor.

The works were considered in two age groups – senior and junior, and in two categories – painting and drawing. In addition to that, some works were distinguished with special jury diplomas.

Young artists-contestants were greeted by their age-mates – students of the D.D.Shostakovich Children's Music School. We express gratitude to Diana Volodina, Vladimir Trunov, Maksim Zadornov, Aleksey Sungatullin, Roman Salenkov, Egor Dubrovin and to the teachers Yulia Trunova, Viktoria Kudryavtseva, Larisa Sovrikova. The young musicians played music pieces written by famous composers.

After the event, children had an excursion through the museum's halls and made a quest through the permanent exposition of the Amber Museum.

The contest exhibition "Magic of Amber" will work in the "Amber House" space until 8 February 2017.

Amber Museum expresses gratitude to the project partners:

The Branch "Kaliningrad TPP 2" of the "INTER RAO – Electric Power Plants" 
Shop "The Handicraft House"
D.D.Shostakovich Children's Music School

Winners of the contest "Magic of Amber

Junior Age Group

category "Best Drawing"

1st place – Nadezhda Naglyuk, "The legend of two suns", Children's Art School, Kaliningrad

2nd place – Rita Bespalova, "Amber fishes", Children's Art School, Kaliningrad

3rd place – Yaroslav Ivanov, "At the excursion through the Amber Museum, E.T.A.Hoffmann Children's Music School

Junior Age Group

category "Best Painting"

1st place – Ekaterina Dubitskaya, "In the distant centuries", Art Studio "Beam"

2nd place – Polina Balyaikina, "Amber City", Kaliningrad Children's Art School

3rd place – Nikita Pantyukhin, "The ancient stone", E.T.A.Hoffman Children's Music School

3rd place – Alisa Fedotova, "A good catch", Art Studio "Beam"

Senior Age Group

category "Best Drawing"

1st place – Valeria Kapachaeva, "A trip to the world of amber", Kaliningrad Children's Art School

2nd place – Olesya Borisenko, "The sea bottom", Svetlogorsk Children's Art School

3rd place – Evgeniy Trush, "Emotional warmth of creativity", Kaliningrad Art School "St.Andrew Naval Cadet Corps"

3rd place – Alina Kucheryavikh, "Alatyr", Gusev Children's Art School

Senior Age Group

category "Best Painting"

1st place – Zhanna Makarenko, "Amber fishes", Kaliningrad Children's Art School

2nd place – Sonya Kazachkova, "Legend of the Gauya Bird", Kaliningrad Children's Art School

3rd place – Eleonora Kloss, "Amber daydreams", Children's and Youth Center "In the Molodyozhnaya Street"

3rd place – Anna Lemeshko, "Baltic wave", Children's Art School "Kaliningrad"

Special Jury Diplomas

For creativity – Elisaveta Berch, "Sea worlds", Kaliningrad Children's Art School

For the use of computer graphics – Anita Alikova, "Jurate's tears", Children's and Youth Center "In the Komsomolskaya Street"

Special diploma from the Amber Museum – Varvara Safrutina, "In the Amber Museum", Art studio "Beam"

For decorativeness – Viktoria Tumilova, "Amber solstice", Kaliningrad Children's Art School

For the colours – Tatyana Kardapoltseva, "Amber winter", Kaliningrad Children's Art School

For the good theme interpretation – Nina Marusenko, "The legend of Kastytis and Jurate", Gurievsk Children's Art School

For the skills – Uliana Strizheusova, "Mosaic", school No 7

For the positive colours – Erik Nushtaev, "Amber Castle", Studio "Pencil"

For the skills – Gultazh Eldarzade, "The tale of the Gauya Bird", boarding school in Sosnovka

For the skills – Bogdan Zhelobkovich, "Amber deja vu", Kaliningrad Art School "St.Andrew Naval Cadet Corps"