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The international contest of designers and artists for the best costume of the heroes of Pushkin's works "Pushkin Ball" dedicated to the 225th anniversary of Alexander Pushkin's birth was launched in St. Petersburg with the support of Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives.

The contest will become a bright event in the cultural life not only of St. Petersburg, but also of Russia. Young, ambitious, talented and daring fashion designers, fashion designers, jewelers, shoe and accessories designers, photographers from all regions of the Russian Federation, CIS and BRICS countries will be able to touch and immerse themselves in the heritage of Alexander Pushkin, in the world of his literary heroes and fairy-tale characters, show their creative, professional skills and competencies in the field of costume design in order to create fantastic images, theatrical and masquerade costumes, unusual spectacular accessories and highly artistic posters and photo posters, using the latest technologies and trends.

The aim of the contest is to realize the creative potential of the young generation in the field of culture, art and design and to create conditions for strengthening, friendship and development of further professional ties with talented young people from near and far abroad. The main objectives of the contest are popularization and promotion of Pushkin's creative heritage in the world, growth of in-depth study of Russian classical literature among young people and youth, creative comprehension of the best examples of Russian poetry.

The Pushkin Ball competition continues the tradition of the Grand Ball of Pushkin's heroes, which was first held in 1899 in the Tavrichesky Palace - in the year of the centenary of the birth of the great Russian poet.

The designers' works will be evaluated by the members of the Expert Council: professionals of the fashion world, famous cultural and art figures from different countries.

The results of the international contest of designers and artists for the best costume of the heroes of A.S. Pushkin's works "Pushkin Ball" will be summarized in early June 2024 within the framework of the final Gala-show. The works of the contest winners will be presented at the unique event, which will be held in one of the iconic places of St. Petersburg in the traditional format of balls of the late XVIII - early XIX centuries. The heroes of A.S. Pushkin's most famous works will come to life to the sounds of the famous melodies of Pushkiniana music.

Young designers from 14 to 45 years old who share a love for the cultural heritage and works of the great Russian poet are invited to participate in the contest.

Applications are accepted from February 01 to March 15, 2024 on the .

The founder of the contest is the St. Petersburg Pushkin Culture Foundation.

Organizers:

• ROO "Scarlet Sails",
• All-Russian Pushkin Museum,
• St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design - International Festival of Fashion, Art and Design "Admiralteyskaya Igla".

Sergey Mikhailovich Nekrasov, Director of the All-Russian Pushkin Museum, academician, writer, scriptwriter, historian, educator, Honored Art Worker of Russia noted that the project supported by the PFCI - International Competition of designers and artists for the best costume of the heroes of Pushkin's works "Pushkin Ball" will be an important and large-scale event of the northern capital in the anniversary year of the great poet. It will be a grandiose ball, which will partly repeat the famous ball, which was held in the year of the centenary of Alexander Pushkin in the Tavrichesky Palace with the participation of heroes of Pushkin's works.

Alexey Vyacheslavovich Demidov, Chairman of the Council of Rectors of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region universities, Rector of St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, Deputy Chairman of the Public Chamber of St. Petersburg believes that the team of the International Festival "Admiralty Needle" and in general the participation of the University "PromTechDesign" will be able to make a bright creative contribution to the organization and implementation of the project. An important part of the educational process is to expand the outlook of today's students, including in the direction of Russian national culture, poetry and the development of national creative industries. I am sure this ball will be truly spectacular and unforgettable!

According to Lyubov Dzhikiya, Artistic Director of the International Festival of Young Designers "Admiralteyskaya Igla", - "Pushkin even in his works about 84 times drew attention to fashion, in particular, in the novel "Eugene Onegin", and, of course, if you consider the view of our classic on the phenomenon of fashion from this perspective, then for the guys, of course, there will be a lot of discoveries in the Competition, because the very era of Pushkin - classicism, empire gives a great imagination for creativity".

Elena Demidova, Director of the St. Petersburg Pushkin Foundation, noted that the project was supported by the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives. The prize fund of the contest is 600,000 rubles. An open competition for the development of the logo and identity of the International Competition of Designers, Fashion Designers and Artists "Pushkin Ball" is also announced. The best entries will be presented at exhibitions in museums and other cultural centers associated with the name of A.S. Pushkin in different regions of Russia.

Anton Alfer (Moscow), General Director of ALFER GROUP* (IT-partner of the project "International contest of designers and artists for the best costume of the heroes of Pushkin's works "Pushkin's Ball"), producer, visionary, president of the Association of fashion industry participants "Fashion Network", founder of MODA.RU portal and  platform told about the unique possibilities of the platform in holding the contest.

Vera Ivanova (Moscow), Program Director of SOYUZLEGPROM business events, Chairman of SOYUZLEGPROM Committee on Communication and Media Relations characterized a wide range of opportunities for development of specialists engaged in the fashion industry, the expert is sure that participation in this project will give positive experience to young designers.

Igor Ivanov (Minsk, Belarus), Head of the Fashion and Design Department of the National Center for Artistic Creativity of Children and Youth, organizer of the Republican Festival-Competition of Fashion and Photo "Fashion Mill" expressed readiness to involve students and creative youth of Belarus in the project, as the anniversary of Pushkin and his creative heritage will be a great opportunity to create new author's collections and deep study of the national Russian culture.

Botagoz Aldongarova (Almaty, Kazakhstan), co-founder, executive director of the National Fashion Week Kazakhstan Fashion Week and New Generashion-Open way contest for young designers, proposed to strengthen cooperation on the participation of students of the two countries in creative cultural projects, which always contributes to the creation of unique design projects with the study of national and world culture.

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*Project is realized with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives *IT-partner: ALFER.GROUP: this platform will be used for jury voting and all information about the contest.

Project partners:

• Russian Historical Society,
• Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo),
• Aurora Publishing House,
• Russia My History Park,
• VGTRK "Russia 1",
• St. Petersburg branch of the Union of Journalists of Russia,
• Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "St. Petersburg Information Support Center" (House of Journalists of St. Petersburg),
• Severnaya Zvezda news agency,
• LLC Interservice,
• LLC "Kunzhut",
• Community of young designers "Excellent!",
• Modeling agency "H&A",
• International Public Foundation for Culture and Education,
• RTSRK (Russian Creative Union of Cultural Workers),
• Association of Fashion Industry Participants,
• Autonomous Non-Profit Organization for Assistance to Development of Information Technologies and Social Media (ANO SRSM),
• Saransky Distillery,
• Community of Pushkin Museums,
• Museum of Education "Wolfson Book Gallery",
• LLC "Saransky Distillery".
• magazine "Rare Lands",
• GREY CHIC magazine,
• information agency "Musical Klondike" and others.

The author of the illustration is Alhussein Gamal, a student of 草榴短视频