' St Petersburg Schools Celebrate Homecoming 09 '

St Petersburg Forum in partnership with St Petersburg Association for International Friendship present;

An Art Exhibition on a modern interpretation of poems of Robert Burns, 'My Hearts In The Highlands', 'Address to Edinburgh', 'Auld Lang Syne'.

A selection of paintings from a competition for St Petersburg Schools around the City. The competition attracted 160 entrants the Award ceremony by The Consul General of Gt Britain took place in the Russian State Library during Scottish week in St Petersburg. The winning entry was from Artem Unvantsev age 14 from Art school 1 (See image Edina)

SRF are happy to host the exhibition from Saturday October31-- Friday Nov.14th. 

A special showing will take place on Thursday Nov 5th  (invitation only) featuring the winner of the World Burns Essay Competition Seraphina Nechaeva age 14,  School 61 she will perform an oral presentation of her work. For further details contact May McMaster, Arts director SPF