UBC International Art Competition "Dreams without Limits..."

In order to continue the realisation of both the Social Campaign and the UBC Social Charter as well as in response to announced by the Council of European Union the European Year of People with Disabilities, UBC Commission on Sport has announced an International Art Competition entitled "Dreams Without Limits."

The competition is addressed to disabled children and youth at the age of 10-16, coming from the 105 Union of the Baltic Cities members. It is undoubtedly an ideal occasion to show artistic potential of children with disabilities, and to let them express their own desires and feelings hidden at the bottom of their hearts. The main objective of the competition is to raise consciousness of UBC member cities in respect to the rights of disabled children and youth to equal education. Moreover, the competition aims to support full integration of the disabled with the society as well as to promote their development by means of art.

The competition will be organised in two stages: local and international ones. Each city chooses one Local Coordinator who will be responsible for collecting works and them sending them to Gdynia. The international stage will be co-ordinated by the UBC Commission on Sport whose Secretariat is located in Gdynia.

After the final which will take place in Gdynia, the works of young Baltic artists will be displayed in September within a post-competition exhibition in Gdynia (Poland), then in Klaipeda (Lithuania) during VII UBC General Conference. It is also our intention to demonstrate this "tinerary" exhibition in other UBC member cities.