The opening ceremony of an exhibition of works by finalists of 2009 Armenian President’s Youth Prizes competition in Fine Arts and Cinema took place in the Artists’ Union of Armenia on Tuesday, March 30.
“We organize this competition jointly with Boghossian Foundation for the third year. In 2010, 53 young people participated in it with 250 works, out of which the jury selected 19. 63 works were presented for the final stage. During the exhibition, the jury will select the best works, the authors of which will take part in the awarding ceremony due on May 13, 2010,” Aida Khachatryan, assistant to the director of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, said in her opening remarks.
“It is too important to gain such an honorable prize in youth. Besides, the competition has another positive aspect, i.e. the participants can submit their works on a theme and in a style they choose themselves, there aren’t any restraints,” added Galents Saro, a member of the competition’s jury and lecturer of Yerevan State Art Academy.
There were nine participants in the painting competition, three in graphics, four in sculpture and photography, design and cinema sectors were represented by one participant in each.
