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A unique project is being held in the center of Kyiv until August 20. It is an exhibition of the winners of the MUSIC.UA.WAR International Music Festival, which presents video clips about Russia's insidious war against Ukraine. The open-air exhibition in the Central Park of Culture and Recreation of Kyiv near the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People (Volodymyrsky Uzviz, 2) brought together the works of musicians of various genres aged 6 to 79 from three countries - Ukraine, Canada, and the United States.

At the exhibition, you can see footage from the clips, next to each one, a QR code with a link to the winner's video on the festival's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@MusicUAwar

The festival is organized by the Association for the Development of International Relations ADRUM and STUDIORAR under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine and the Kyiv City Government.

The opening of the exhibition of children's drawings "Colors for draw Peace" took place (a total of 10 events in 10 cities in Italy). The exhibition is organized with the support of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Italy in Ukraine and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turin.

Each drawing is a story of a child who experiences the horrors of war. We left one stand for blank sheets - a tribute to those who will never be able to pick up a pencil again. It is a reminder of the price we pay for freedom.

The exhibition was organized by: Colors for Peace, NGO VITAUKR, VITAWORLD, Scuola d'arte di Kherson, Lilea Onlus, Malve di Ukraina APS, Cifers Foundation (USA) and the NGO "Center for Public Communications".

On October 20, the conference "Winning the peace in Ukraine" was held in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, where the works of the participants of the MALYUY.UA.WAR International Art Festival were presented. The forum was opened by the Minister of Defense of Bulgaria Todor Tagarev, as part of the event, government officials and experts from Bulgaria, the USA and Ukraine discussed security in the Black Sea region, the response of NATO and the European Union to the war against Ukraine and the future of the European security architecture. The event was organized by the Sofia security forum with the assistance of the US Embassy in Bulgaria. Embassy Sofia and the participation of the Embassy of Ukraine in Bulgaria / Embassy of Ukraine in Bulgaria, to whom we sincerely thank for cooperation.

Cifers Foundation is one of the sponsors.

At the Parliament of Ukraine is hosted an exhibition of children's art works from the USA, with the support of MP Maria Mezentzeva and the Charity Fund "Mriy". That is the art of sincerity, friendship and peace between the American and Ukrainian people through the eyes of AMERICAN schoolchildren. In this way, children from small towns in the USA express solidarity with the challenges that Ukraine is experiencing today.

This collection is called "Side by Side with Ukraine" and contains about 100 drawings created by American children aged 7-15 - students of Fuqua School and their families, as well as participants of the Ukrainian festival Kids for Peace: Farmville Ukraine Day (state Virginia) to express the sincere support of Ukraine from the American people. It is extremely important for these children to be heard in their desire to support Ukraine.

Cifers Foundation expresses its sincere thankfulness to Maria, as well as to Juanita Giles, Emily Grabiec, Chance Reynolds, Audrey Sullivan, Cainan Townsend, Robert Russa Moton Museum, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Virginia Children's Book Festival, as well as to all young artists of this country.

Note that this action is a reaction to the exhibition in the USA "My Ukraine", which was created by UKRAINIAN refugee children (ages 5-14) and includes more than 300 works of art. The drawings are evidence of the children's deep understanding and feeling of the difficult times of Ukraine, as well as sincere hopes for a quick victory, peace and revival of Ukraine. From June to August 2022, this exhibition was presented at the London Center for the Visual Arts (Farmville, Virginia, USA). From September 2022, part of the exhibition is currently presented at the largest airport in Washington, Dallas, where it popularizes the ideas of a free world through the prism of Ukrainian children's drawings.

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