The winners of the Dream Melodies Painting Contest, which was held for the second time this year, have been announced. The winners of the competition themed Tchaikovsky “Yevgeny Onegin” opera received their awards with a ceremony held on May 11, 2023. Paintings that won the exhibition award until May 18, 2023 Kadıköy It can be seen at the Municipality of Yeldeğirmeni Art between 11:00-18:00.
The awards of the “Dream Melodies Painting Contest”, which was organized for the second time this year by EMART Young Talents Foundation, found their owners at the ceremony. Emre Tura, a student of Marmara University Department of Painting and Business, won the First Prize, while the Second Prize was given to Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Painting Department Student Ali Duman, and the Third Prize was given to Yeditepe University Plastic Arts and Painting Department Student Sena Gündüz.
The Special Jury Award of the competition was presented to Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University Fine Arts Faculty Painting Department Student Oğuzhan Ulutaş.
Kadıköy At the award night at the Municipality of Yeldeğirmeni Sanat, after the concert with pieces from Yevgeni Onegin's opera and the speeches, the opening of the exhibition, which included 4 works deemed worthy of the award and 22 works worthy of being exhibited, was opened with the participation of many art lovers.
Support for fine arts students
Making evaluations about the competition, EMART Young Talents Foundation Board of Trustees Member Burcu Altay Doğan said, “It is very valuable for the future to support young people in every aspect. Our foundation tries to support talented young people in their artistic production. The interest they show in the competition and the beauty of the works reinforce our hopes. In addition, the support of institutions and organizations to our foundation and to the arts encourages us. Yeditepe University was with us as a stakeholder. Kadıköy Municipality of Yeldeğirmeni Art gave space support. The official sponsor of our competition, AKPA Aluminum, provided moral and economic support to art students. Our other sponsors are DM Travel, ABBA Architecture, Design by SLIN, Tütüncübaşı Attorneyship and Humicontrol. We would like to thank all institutions and organizations individually.”
Contributing as a stakeholder in the organization and dissemination of the competition, Yeditepe University Faculty of Fine Arts Dean Prof. Gülveli Kaya said, “Because this competition is open to art students studying at faculties of fine arts, I think that it will have a positive contribution to the education process of art students. I believe that especially after the earthquake disaster we experienced on February 6, it offers an opportunity for all fine arts students to get away from the negativity of this disaster, embrace life, and heal by producing.”
Emre Tura, a student of Marmara University Art Teaching Department, who came first in the competition, said that he thanked everyone who contributed. Tura said, “The art of opera is a rich source of inspiration for artists as it includes all fields of fine arts. The realization of such a competition is very developer in terms of creating a bridge between the arts. For me, Yevgeni Onegin's opera contains melancholy and inner drama. In my work, I aimed to convey these feelings. It is like a stage where we make sense of our existence, with good and bad returns in life.”
About Dream Melodies Painting Contest
The Dream Melodies Painting Competition was organized as a painting competition open to the participation of students pursuing their undergraduate or graduate education in the art education departments of universities in Turkey and painting departments of education faculties. Participants were asked to transform Tchaikovsky's Yevgeny Onegin opera itself or any part, song or melody in the opera into pictorial expression.
Competition Selection Committee; Baksı Museum and Baksı Foundation founder Prof. Dr. Hüsamettin Koçan, Head of ITU Fine Arts Department Assoc. Dr. Oğuz Haşlakoğlu, Head of Painting Department of Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty Assoc. Dr. Devabil Kara, Yeditepe University Faculty of Fine Arts Dean Prof. Gülveli Kaya and EMART Young Talent Foundation Chairman of the Board Serkan Şahin.
19 students from 42 different universities participated in the competition. While 4 works were awarded, 22 works were deemed worthy of being exhibited.
Among the owners of the works that are worth exhibiting are Beyzanur Soner, Burak Uyanmaz, Cansu Tanrısever, Edanur Melek, Emrah Yağcı, Elif Özkan, Elvan Güven, Harun Reşit Sargın, Helin Ateş, Imprachim Matzir, Mehmet Berk Demir, Melike Çatkın, Mine Yenerkol, Nurdan Altuntaş, There are names such as Oktay Özbek, Ömer Bozoluk, Rojbin Özüoral, Şahin Beki, Sefer Tan, Şeyma Mol, Uğur Avcı, Yusuf Ağım.
About EMART Young Talent Empowerment Foundation
The Foundation for Empowering Young Talents is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established to support the artistic production of art students across the country, and to contribute to the country's art and cultural life by bringing diversity. The founding president of the foundation, Serkan Şahin, has a book named “Dream Melodies-A Journey to the Opera”, which bears the same name as the competition.
The exhibition will be held on 12-18 May 2023 Kadıköy It can be seen at the Municipality of Yeldeğirmeni Art between 11:00-18:00.