Exhibition "One city, three religions, seven ethnicities - from the past to the future"
16 November, 17:00
Plovdiv Gallery

At 5 p.m. on November 16, the exhibition "One city, three religions, seven ethnicities - from the past for the future" will be officially opened, with works by the youngest artists of Plovdiv from different ethnic communities. It will be arranged in the Plovdiv Gallery on ul. "The gallery will be located in the Plovdiv Gallery, 20 Aksentiy Veleshki Street (Plovdiv City Council building). Children and young people from 5 to 18 years old from different nationalities living in Plovdiv and the region participated together in November in their first joint plein air painting. The message they send from the Bulgarian capital of culture is to preserve the bridge between generations and to pass on the example of peaceful coexistence of ethnic groups in Plovdiv from the past to the future.

The main partner of the event is the National Art School "Tsanko Lavrenov", whose graduates will also present their works. Children from the Art Studio "Adventure" of the Ukrainian artist Varvara Karnaukh in the town of Plovdiv also took part in the creative process. The participants of the event were from the children's school of Karnau and the children's art group of the artist Karnau. The participants present their view of the life of the communities connected to their history in the oldest living city in Europe. The exhibition is realized with the support of Plovdiv Municipality and the Society of Plovdiv Artists. Teachers from the National Art School "Tsanko Lavrenov" - Polina Todorova and Diana Papazova are the leaders of the plein air and the exhibition. The author of the poster for the event is Petya Anastasova - a specialist in Computer Graphics at the art school.

The events are part of a project of the "Together" Foundation of the National Fund "Culture" under the Program for the restoration and development of organizations in the field of amateur creativity. The name of the project "One City, Three Religions, Seven Ethnicities" is borrowed from the idea of the famous writer and screenwriter Angel Wagenstein, who wanted to create a museum of tolerance in Plovdiv. In 2022, the artist celebrated his 100th birthday and was awarded the Golden Century Necklace by the Ministry of Culture.