A new volume of the competition will be announced in January 2009

Vernisáž výstavy Malujeme po síti 2009Foto: Lenka Kupková

The announcement 2008 took place in Museum of Prague on Monday 16th June. All seats were fully occupied, mainly by children from all the corners of our republic. whose artworks - pictures or handcrafts - fought their way to the exhibit. There were 4000 works signed for the competition from all over the world (Czechia, Slovakia, Austria, Finland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Russia, Belorussia, China, India, Indonesia and Africa). It was really a big honor to have one´s work among 290 exhibited artworks!

Vernissage visitors were coming to the museum more than one hour before its opening. This year, in contrast to the previous year, we had quite cold and rainy weather, so visitors were permitted to view the exhibit before the official ceremonial, they could pick up their presents and also view the primeval and medieval exhibitons. 

Before 3 p.m. the museum was fully occupied. We helped the disabled to get seats, where they could see everything clearly and the event started. Moderating was taken over by Václav Žmolík instead of Honza Pokorný, who could not come for serious reasons. Václav Žmolík succeeded in creating pleasant atmosphere during exhibition opening and during announcement of competition winners. 

Dreamy music was provided by a very interesting musical instrument called termin. Children received their presents from famous celebrities of Czech cultural life, who were members of the commitee or donors of presents. At the end, a small refreshment for children was prepared.