In our archives there are also a lot of other art works on different themes and in different techniques, which came to the archive through different ways of cooperation. People have admired the awarded art works from our competitions at 174 exhibitions (62 of them were abroad in 26 countries).
Art creativity always brings new challenges, also this time.
 
The theme - ETHNOLOGICAL dresses AND FOLKLORE DANCES OF MY PEOPLE
 
Who are my people and what kind of cultural legacy have I inherited? What do we want to preserve for our future generations? Identity of my people. At the time our planet is becoming a global village, you can contribute something special to this village as a gift of your people, your nation, and you can say with proud:

I would like to encourage you to visit the museums, find out something about your family relics, lumber room and visit folklore festivals of your people; I am sure you will find something that deserves to be preserved for our future generations, as a memory of the time that is gone and of the artistic creativity of your nation.

Ethnology, folklore, dance and national costumes are always a part of history of all nations in the world, also yours. Select the best, select something what represents your people for centuries, ethnological dresses and folklore dance of your nation. On the reverse side write down the name of the dress, dance, era in which it was important for your people and maybe also write down at what occasions dress was used, dances were preformed and send it to us.

So go for it! 50 best art works from each age group will be awarded with unique prizes; the best three authors from each age group will be awarded also with special gifts. Mentors who will have one awardee awarded with first prize or two or more with unique prize will also be awarded with an unique prize. Put the entries of different age groups in separate envelopes:
 
1st group: up to 10 years,
2nd group: from 11-15 years,
3rd group: from 16 - 20 years
All techniques on a paper are allowed. Art works should not exceed 30x42 cm.
On the reverse side of the artwork you should put the following details in capital letters and in Latin alphabet:

• the date when the art work was created,
• name and surname of the mentor,
• the full address of the school, or author, if sent individually,
• e-mail address of the school, or author, if sent individually,

Please consider the conditions of the competition, as the jury will not appraise the works not respecting them. The received entries will not be returned to the authors, they will become part of the archive of The World of Art magazine. After appraisement it is possible to borrow the art works from the archive for school exhibitions.

May I ask you to add some table flags of your towns and states, some bank notes or coins of small face value and some used stamps of your country to the shipment of your pieces of art? Thus you will contribute to the collection of souvenirs of participating countries of our competitions, being collected for some years now.Part of the collection can be seen on our web page. We wish you good luck and a lot of pleasure in creating.