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The number of works submitted for the 2022 competition is indeed a considerable total of 439
\npaintings and drawings for all age groups. Undoubtedly, students, teachers, including parents,
\nwho have promoted the involvement of children and young people, go deep into the difficult
\ntopics of Latvia’s history. In the continuous and inexhaustible flow of information, it is important
\nthat someone is able to speak more deeply. Looking at the works of children and young people,
\nit is impossible not to think about the reality that we are all “breathing in the back of our head”
\ntoday, in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its consequences. It remains
\nalmost physically unfortunate, noticing a frighteningly similar episode, a situation embedded in
\nthe drawing that seems to have just been seen in one of the current news channels.
\nEven as adults, it is impossible for us to step out to distance ourselves and try to grasp what is
\nhappening so fast. What happens to children, in the minds of very young people, when they
\nbegin to notice a certain “repetition of history” in a geographical area close to them, we can
\nonly guess. The members of the jury are also just people. People who are most addressed in
\nchildren’s work by direct emotionality, a confident handwriting and a composition whose
\npersuasiveness lies in the true desire to tell the “Siberian story” more clearly. When evaluating
\nthe works not for the first year, it must be repeatedly admitted that the works submitted by the
\nyoungest and middle group children are the most disarming. There, the participant has not yet
\nbeen overwhelmed by the paralyzing fear of drawing a “wrong” hand, foot or nose, but the main
\nthing is to feel the “skin” of the event, which opens a living expression. A child’s talent (and
\nwell, if delicately guided by a skilled teacher) then allows for stroke dynamics, saturated active
\nor restrained coloring – depending on intent. Imaginations created by the imagination of events
\nthat
\nhave come to this day through the stories of eyewitnesses. The children of the older group,
\nwho are naturally expected to have both a more thorough understanding of history and a more
\nmature focus on the technical performance of their work, can no longer “get through” with the<\/p>\nnaive directness of childhood. Painting and graphics also demonstrate not only the
\nmanagement of means of expression but also thinking. Therefore, the jury is pleased to find a
\nrather rare, but noteworthy, original view of the topic each time.
\nThe competition is a competition, it highlights the brightest examples, but it should be borne in
\nmind that behind each of the other works there is a certain young person who has for some
\ntime hindered his or her thoughts on a topic important to the Latvian nation. Probably thinking
\nabout where we come from and where we go.<\/p>\nIeva Jurj\u0101ne, artist<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
2022 essay competition for students<\/strong>
\n“Children of Siberia 1941\/1949 – Children of Exile 1944”<\/strong>
\nRESULTS<\/strong><\/h2>\nWinners of the 2022 composition competition
\nGroup 1
\n1st place. Nellija Tiesnese<\/strong>
\n2nd place. Elizabete Mieze<\/strong>
\n3rd place. Elizabeth Vasilyeva<\/strong><\/p>\nGroup 2
\n1st place. Linda Kalni\u0146a<\/strong>
\n2nd place. Marianna Laime-Babre<\/strong>
\n3rd place. Paula Bi\u010dka<\/strong><\/p>\nGroup 3
\n1st place. Denise Marta Medinika<\/strong>
\n2nd place. Klaudija Dembovska<\/strong>
\n3rd place. Anna Jansone<\/strong><\/p>\nSpecial awards
\nDzintra Geka-Vaska – Gabriela Misi\u0146a, Em\u012blija G\u016btmane <\/strong>
\nIna Druviete – Ilya Alexeyenko<\/strong>
\nKaspars P\u016bce – Amanda Bl\u016bma, L\u012bga Zaremba, Evel\u012bna Paula \u0136er\u0137e<\/strong>
\nAivars Ozoli\u0146\u0161 – Ance Lu\u012bze Bumbiere, Dita Hada\u0146onoka <\/strong>
\nElita Veidemane – R\u0113zija Romanovska, El\u012bza Kurcalte<\/strong>
\nValdis L\u016bri\u0146\u0161 – Em\u012bls Zandersons, Loreta Lazdi\u0146a<\/strong>
\nUndine Adamaite – Eva Evelina Klavina<\/strong>
\nLiveta Spr\u016bde-Kalme – Everita Lape\u0161ko, Alina Ma\u0161kovska<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sorry, this entry is only available in Latviski. 2022. gad\u0101 skol\u0113nu sacer\u0113jumu konkurss \u201cSib\u012brijas b\u0113rni1941\/1949\u201d atkal par\u0101d\u012bjis, ka vis\u0101 Latvij\u0101 ir daudz talant\u012bgu skol\u0113nu, kuri sp\u0113j \u013coti p\u0101rliecino\u0161i spriest, secin\u0101t, izteikt savas emocijas, bie\u017ei no ori\u0123in\u0101la redzes le\u0146\u0137a. Ies\u016bt\u012bti se\u0161desmit se\u0161i darbi, gan proz\u0101, gan dzej\u0101, no kuriem \u013coti daudzi ir aizkustino\u0161i, skumji, s\u0101p\u012bgi, tra\u0123iski … Continue reading “Results of the 2022 essay competition”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-info","category-jaunumi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sibirijasberni.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Emils_Kroics-e1653031387778.jpg?fit=138%2C133&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2UUg9-Xi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibirijasberni.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibirijasberni.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibirijasberni.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibirijasberni.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibirijasberni.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3676"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sibirijasberni.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3786,"href":"https:\/\/sibirijasberni.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3676\/revisions\/3786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibirijasberni.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibirijasberni.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibirijasberni.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibirijasberni.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}