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Фондация “ДИЗЕ” и частно училище "Малкият принц" представят от 22 до 26 май за трети пореден път детската изложба “Малките художници на Варна”. На откриването бяха връчени номинациите и статуетките "Златната ръчичка" на най-младите таланти на града. Тази година "Златната ръчичка" получиха Мартина Цонева и Деница Чернева - живопис, и Надежда Стефанова за малка пластика, а специални награди - Лора Янакиева и Николай Богдев. Изложбата се провежгда под егидата на Алианс Франсез във Варна и е посветена на 100 -годишнината от рождението на патрона на училището - Антоан дьо Сент Екзюпери. В нея са показани най-добрите произведения на младите художници от проведения през месец май пленер под мотото "Заради общите духовни пространства" в който взеха участие варненски ученици от 18 училища в града. Техни творби - рисунка, живопис с акварел, темпера и смесена техника, пластика, графична рисунка с туш, молив и фулмастер, компютърна графика и анимация, показват големите възможности на новото поколение във визуалните и пластични изкуства, да обединят традиционните стилове и похвати с нови технологии и идеи. Посланията на детските творби са отразени в чудесния каталог на изложбата. Най-важното е, че ние четем техните записани мисли така, както четем думите на малкия принц на Екзюпери, защото те не само са мечти, а духовни послания, изречени и сътворени в изкуство. И ако оживеят детските рисунки, ние ще заживеем в един друг свят, нов свят, в който има много красота.

Пламена РАЧЕВА ИЗКУСТВОВЕД

BULGARIA SCHOOL ART ON DISPLAY

When Long Beach resident Molly Byers visited Varna, Bulgaria, recently she fell in love with an art exhibit by students of The Little Prince School. As a gift, the school later mailed her the entire 25 - piece exhibit.
As Tom Hennessy noted in his column Tuesday the exhibit is on display through June 21 at the Long Beach Museum of Art, 2300 E. Ocean Blvd. From 10 a.m. to noon today, Tom and debbie Hennessy, the Duchess, will host a special showing of the art works. They will also be collecting donations towards the purchase of an English-language teaching system for the school.

KIDS' SPIRIT, NEED SPANS AN OCEAN

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye."
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Some of the world most magic moments occur when people on one side of the globe touch the lives of people on the other side.
This column is an invitation to create one of those moments.
First, meet Molly Byers, of Lond Beach. A year ago she accompanied her husband, Dick, on a business trip to Varna, Bulgaria, a city of about 320,000 on the Black Sea. While there, she was invited to an open house at an elementary school with a charming name, The Little Prince School. It is located in a building from another time - the 1850s, perhaps. "The building reflects the grand old days in Bulgaria", says Byers. "Windows from floor to ceiling, and a large, winding staircase."
The conditions of the building seems not to matter much. What does matter is that after decades of communist misrule, education is beginning to flourish again in Varna, as evidenced inside The Little Prince School. An art exhibit was in progress - works by some of the school's nearly 100 children, kindergarten through sixth grade. "I was smitten by the art", Byers recalls.
And by the children. "They're beautifully educated. And their manners are exquisite. But they have nothing." Nothing of material value, that is. But they apparently have spirit - and, among other things, a desire to speak English. So says Tatiana Petrova who opened the school in 1993 and is its headmistress.
"She said she knew that for the students to be competitive in the world, they would have to speak fluent English", says Byers. "And she knows their current English program is weak. She asked if I knew of a system for teaching English. I didn't, but said I would look. I came home with that mission in my heart."