Traveling Exlibris Exhibition

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In order for more people to be able to touch the fabulous world of small graphics and bookplates and in fulfillment of the mission of the International Exlibris Competition Varna, its organizer, Largo Gallery, presents each edition as a traveling exhibition in different cities of the country. Thus, in the years from 2014 to 2024, expositions with the selected works from the various editions of the competition were shown for a month in different locations - galleries, schools or universities of the arts, museums, community centers.

Thus, the vast, aesthetic world of graphics was touched by students and teachers from the National School of Arts "Dobri Hristov" Varna, the National High School for Plastic Arts and Design "Acad. Dechko Uzunov", Kazanlak, the National School of Fine Arts "Ilia Petrov" in Sofia, the National Art High School "Tsanko Lavrenov" in Plovdiv, the National Art High School "Dimitar Dobrovich" in Sliven. In 2014, we visited the "Vidima" gallery in Sevlievo and the "Aspect" gallery in Plovdiv. The Exlibris competition is hosted by the students and teachers of the Faculty of Fine Arts of VTU "St. St. Cyril and Methodius", the Branch of the National Academy of Arts in Burgas and the Faculty of Pedagogy of the "Konstantin Preslavski" Univercity.

Gallery Largo received a kind invitation from the management of the "Graphics" section of the Union of Bulgarian Artists and presented the works from the first edition of the International Exlibris Competition Varna during the third International Forum "Small Graphic Forms" Sofia 2014, held in the "Seasons" gallery.

In 2016 and 2018, the works of the competition were guests for one month each in the galleries of two Varna community centers - "Prosveta 1927" in Asparuhovo and "P. R. Slaveykov 1928" in the "Vladislav Varnenchik" district.

In the month of March 2020, the collection of the International Exlibris Competition Varna was a guest at the Historical Museum - Peruštitsa. In 2022 and 2023, the exhibitions of two of the editions of the competition were presented at the Center for Contemporary Art and Library - Burgas, and in 2024 we visited the Municipal Art Gallery "Peter Persengiev" in Novi Pazar and the City Art Gallery "Dechko Stoev" in Pomorie. The organizers received an invitation and in 2022 a selection of works from all the editions of the competition were presented at the prestigious graphic gallery “Épreuve d Artiste” - Antwerp, Belgium. A collective collection of the five editions of the competition was shown as a side event within the framework of the XXII edition of the International Biennale of Graphics at the Boris Georgiev City Art Gallery - Varna

The travel of the exhibitions of the International Exlibris Competition Varna in 2022 and 2024 was carried out with the financial support of the National Culture Fund.