International Contest

As Riga's 800 aniversary is approaching, one of the most excellent ways of widely presenting the opinions of Riga City's young people is an art exhibition. The Organisation of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) has initiated an international drawing contest "City of Culture for Peace". Participants were invited to make a drawing, illustrating how this theme inspired them in relation to their own city and its heritage.

Mayors were invited to organise city's own contest-round. The result of the children's work was seen in a beautiful exhibition that thanks to financial support of the City Council was a unique event of Riga's cultural life. The Culture Dept entrusted the Riga School of Arts to organise this exhibition and to form its graphical setting: poster-booklet with the information about the convention of World's Cultural and Environmental Heritage protection and Manifesto 2000 which stands for peace and non-violence culture. The exhibition was opened on 8^th Sept.– the day of World's Cultural Heritage. The first place went to Stefânija Vektere – a student of Riga Hanza school and Riga School of Arts (RMS). The second prize went to Roberts Cikuls and the third prize to Ginta Petraskevica and Veronika Sesenina who also got the UNESCO Commission in Latvia special prizes.

The works of the laureates were sent to the international contest, where the international jury will call the international winner at the end of 2000.