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31 Aug 2022

Travel drawing contest results

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The Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR) is happy to announce the results of the travel drawing contest 'Young Travellers in the 21st century, Cyprus through your eyes' which was organized in collaboration with the Deputy Ministry of Tourism and successfully ended on 31 July 2022.

The contest ended with 154 participations from primary school children from all over Cyprus.

Firstly, we would like to thank the children for the time they devoted to this contest, their creativity, and imagination, and also the teachers and parents for their support. We are thankful to the Deputy Ministry of Tourism for the collaboration and for supporting the contest for the second year in a row, for obtaining the prizes, and for organizing and funding the awarding ceremony. A big thank you to the companies AXIA Chartered Surveyors and The Brown Box for contributing to the prizes.

Members of the committee:

Eleni Neophitidou, Artist

Dr Maria Socratous, Tourism Officer-Special Interests Sector, Deputy Ministry of Tourism

Andreas Constantinou, Tourism Officer-Marketing Sector, Deputy Ministry of Tourism

Andri Tomasidou, Assistant Tourism Officer-Exhibitions Sector, Deputy Ministry of Tourism

Natasa Charalambous, Education Officer CVAR

Award Ceremony and Exhibition:

  • The award ceremony will take place on Saturday 24 September at 18.00 at Eleftheria Square (under the bridge).
  • All the drawings will be exhibited at Eleftheria Square on the weekend of 24-25 September.
  • On Saturday 24 September a free guided tour will take place at the museum at 16.00.
  • The drawings will also be exhibited in a special online exhibition on the museum’s website.

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