Festival of Young People in Art – Burgas 2023
2023.10.06
THE DEEP BLUE SEA
10–14 October 2023, Burgas Port Complex
Organisers
National Academy of Art
Burgas Municipality
Marina Hotel – Burgas
Port of Burgas
Festival project manager
Prof. Svetozar Benchev, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, National Academy of Art
The third edition of the Festival of Young People in Art – THE DEEP BLUE SEA – BURGAS 2023 – will take place in the area of Burgas Port Complex.
"Festival of Young People in Art – Burgas 2023" is a project whose main objective is to have an aesthetic environment built by forming of an arts centre in the areas round Marina Hotel and the Branch of the National Academy of Art in Burgas, which is located on the territory of the Port of Burgas. This festival edition in itself is an exchange of artistic practices between young and established artists from Bulgaria and abroad. New friends and like-minded people in the field of arts from the Burgas region will be attracted by means of workshops. Also, the establishment of connections between the National Academy of Art and the secondary schools in the Burgas region will be an excellent prerequisite for the young people to continue their education at the Academy.
The concentrated energy of young people will make the areas round Marina Hotel and the Port of Burgas a centre attractive to the cultural community, youth and tourists in Burgas. The printmaking base located in the seafront park is the place where workshops on various graphic techniques, work with clay and other activities will be carried out. It will also be possible to purchase artworks by both Burgas artists and students from the National Academy of Art outside the printmaking base building. In the area surrounding Marina Hotel and at other locations round the Port of Burgas, the artists will be creating temporary art installations and sculptures. .
In some Port of Burgas areas, students from the National Academy of Art and students from secondary art schools will create murals. The festival programme also includes art films screenings followed by discussions; meetings with famous Burgas cultural figures; visits to studios of artists and photographers; presentations and lectures by festival participants. The Center for Contemporary Art and Library – Burgas will host an exhibition of students from the Department of Wood Carving, the subdepartment of Ceramics, the Department of Metal, and the subdepartment of Porcelain and Glass Design at the National Academy of Art. An exhibition of the participants in the Blown Glass international project will be presented at the Chengene Skele Cultural and Tourist Center, whereas "The Deep Blue Sea" exhibition will be opened at Todor Atanasov Printmaking Base – Burgas.
FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
10–14 October 2023 (Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat)
10:00 am – 5:00 pm Plein Air, Burgas
10:00 am – 5:00 pm Mural painting, Todor Atanasov Printmaking Base – Burgas
11 October 2023, Wednesday
4:30 pm Premiere of short films (Cinema class in Burgas), Center for Contemporary Art and Library, 1st floor
5:30 pm Opening of exhibition with works by students from the National Academy of Art – Department of Wood Carving, Subdepartment of Ceramics, Department of Metal, Subdepartment of Porcelain and Glass Design, Center for Contemporary Art and Library, 4th floor
National Academy of Art
12 October 2023, Thursday
11:00 am – 5:00 pm Plein air, Chengene Skele Cultural and Tourist Complex
6:00 pm Opening of exhibition: Blown Glass International Project, Chengene Skele Cultural and Tourist Complex
13 October 2023, Friday
3:00 pm Presentation of short feature film within "The Challenge" project, Center for Contemporary Art and Library, 1st floor
4:00 pm Presentation of short feature film within "The Challenge" project, Center for Contemporary Art and Library, 1st floor
5:00 pm Opening of exhibition: The Blue Deep Sea, Todor Atanasov Printmaking Base – Burgas
14 October 2023, Saturday
4:00 pm Literary party and presentation of the completed art installation, Marina Hotel – Burgas
The project is implemented through the open competition for the Scientific, Artistic and Creative Activities of the National Academy of Art, Year 2023, with the support of Burgas Municipality and American Foundation for Bulgaria.
Centre for Prоtection and Development of Traditional Applied Arts in Bulgaria at the National Academy of Art
Festival of Young People in Art THE DEEP BLUE SEA – Burgas 2023