IDEOLOGISTS & CREATORS
Mr. Kosta Hadzi Antonovski
The ideological creator of "The Small Montmartre of Bitola", Mr. Kosta Hadzi Antonovski this year marks his two important jubilees: 76 year of his life and 55 years career as a painting artist and art pedagogue educator.
Born in Bitola on 22. 05. 1935, he graduated at School of Applied Arts in a class of the most famous Macedonian fine arts artists Borko Lazeski and Lazar Lichenoski. Since 1981 he is the manager of the Children Art Studio St. Cyril and Methody - Bitola. Although since 2001 Mr. Kosta went on a deserved rest, the retirement, he continue to work with the members of the Studio and at the same time he continue to organize the festival The Small Montmartre of Bitola. These and many more obligations after his retirement he performed voluntary.
Kosta Hadzi Antonovski has given a precious contribution in the field of children education and artistic creation of Macedonian culture. He is an exceptional and very genuine person, a great enthusiast of the art, idealist but also a practitioner. At the same time he is a born pedagogue, someone with untold love for the children.
For his lasting and fruitful wirk, Kosta Hadzi Antonovski has been awarded with great number of domestic and international appreciation. He is a winner of the Ministry of Education of R. Macedonia "St.Climent award", twice he is awarded by the highest recognition of the city of Bitola, the award of "4th of November" (once for the art education and the second time for a life achivment award). For his exceptional training work he has been procalimed as a "distinguished pedagogue of Yugoslavia"…He was granted with the highest recognition - Medal of Honor of the City of Paris (France) as well as the award of the Festival Montmartre of Europe - Paris for the great contribution given by The Small Monmartre of Bitola for the multimedia festival Montmartre of Europe held in Paris. Order of Republic of France for culture,Nehru Award for culture and award by Television “Orbis” - Bitola for lifetime achievment.
For the restless art pedagogue - educator Kosta Hadzi Antonovski it is of great success that "The Small Montmartre of Bitola" exists for 30 years.
THREE ART MAPS
The Children Art Studio "St. Cyril and Methodi" Bitola posses an over wealthy fund of children art works gathered from the participants of the international competition "Bitola" and also from the participants of "The Small Montmartre of Bitola", as well as from its additional manifestations such as art caravans, summer art schools etc. The best art works from those manifestations are published into three magnificent art maps.
The Studio published both art maps in 1998, on the occasion of visit of "The Small Montmartre of Bitola" in Stockholm the cultural metropolis of Europe. On the pages of this art map there are 30 "pearls" of "The Small Montmartre of Bitola" made in color technique. An appropriate article could be read in this map (on English and French) about "The Small Montmartre of Bitola".
This map along with other advertising material was distributed to visitors who visited Stockholm exhibition, among who there were ambassadors, ministries of culture and other popular persons.
The third map was published by the Studio in 2004 consisting works from the collection entitled as "Pelister rhapsody" which shows the magnificent landscapes of Pelister.
Those three art maps of the Studio are very well accepted by the art devotees of Europe and worldwide.