In 2021, on UNICEF’s 75th jubilee and the 40th anniversary of the ‘13 Centuries of Bulgaria’ National Endowment Fund, these two organisations involved in causes that support children, families, and the development of opportunities for everyone, launched the second National Youth Competition for Digital Drawings. The contest is entitled ‘Together in Art for a Better Future— Let’s Rebuild Our Children’s World.’
The COVID-19 pandemic overturned our lives, challenging us to seek fresh solutions in order to emerge stronger than before. We, the partners, believe that, after the pandemic, we can build a better world for every child. That is why we encourage the participants to focus their creative energy on five opportunities for children around the world, which are also the five global advocacy priorities around which world organisations and leaders have united. They are also lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic on how to rethink a better future for them, as reflected by the voices of young people.
Pupils of visual arts schools in Kazanlak, Plovdiv, Sliven, Sofia, and Troyan took part in the competition. In their digital compositions, they had the opportunity to interpret freely any of the themes according to their interests and inner feeling, as well as to express the ways art has helped them in times of challenge. Each school nominated their winning young artists.
The participants awarded in the 2021 competition are:
Academician Dechko Uzunov National School of Plastic Arts and Design, Kazanlak
Ivan Ivanov, 11th class: First Prize
Kristiana Dzhingova, 10th class: Second Prize
Katelina Kandarasheva, 12th class: Third Prize
Radoslava Chakarova, 11th class: Incentive Prize
Bozhidara Nikolova, 11th class: Incentive Prize
Tsanko Lavrenov National Secondary School of Art, Plovdiv
Maria Cholakova, 12th class: First Prize
Kristiyana Grozdanova, 11th class: Second Prize
Kremena Blagoeva, 11th class: Third Prize
Zornitsa Boneva, 9th class: Incentive Prize
Theodora Uzunova, 12th class: Incentive Prize
Thodora Ilieva, 10th class: Incentive Prize
Mary Kadirova, 12th class: Incentive Prize
Dimitar Dobrovich National Secondary School of Art, Sliven
Velina Alexandrova, 11th class: First Prize
Tsvetomira Karagyozova, 11th class: Second Prize
Lidya Alexandrova, 9th class: Third Prize
Katerina Kalcheva, 9th class: Incentive Prize
Ralitsa Apostolova, 12th class: Incentive Prize
Iliya Petrov National School of Fine Arts, Sofia
Yana Novakova, 10th class: First Prize
Raya Mitova, 11th class: Second Prize
Lillian Vladimirova, 11th class: Third Prize
Alexandrina Gerasimova, 12th class: Incentive Prize
Mina Separevska, 10th class: Incentive Prize
Rada Skumova, 12th class: Incentive Prize
St Luke National School of Applied Arts, Sofia
Arina Razorenova, 8th class: First Prize
Andrea Halacheva, 10th class: Second Prize
Raya Stamenova, 10th class: Third Prize
Sylvia Atanasova and Gergana Petkova, 12th class: Incentive Prize
Iren Stancheva, 11th class: Incentive Prize
Prof. Venko Kolev National School of Applied Arts, Troyan
Siyana Tsekovska, 12th class: First Prize
Victoria Todorova, 11th class: Second Prize
Desislava Shamova, 12th class: Third Prize