IN CASE IF ONLY ONE THING IS MISSING – NOTHING EXISTS! - PLATON
IN CASE IF "THE SMALL MONTMARTRE OF BITOLA" WAS MISSING, THE MACEDONIAN CULTURE WOULD BE VERY POOR.
THE EYE IS A GUARDIAN OF THE BODY, THE EYE LAST GO TO SLEEP. IT’S OPEN ONLY WHEN OTHERS ORGANS ARE CLOSED.
THE TEAR IS ANOTHER THING, SHE ABANDON THE BODY, BUT THE EYE NEVER.MY EYE WANTS TO SEE "THE SMALL MONTMARTRE OF BITOLA" ALWAYS IN JOY AND FOLLOWING SUCCESSES!
POPOVSKI ALEK
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.
Prof. D-r. Bogomil Karlavaris
Prof.d-r Bogomil Karlavaris(1924-2010) is confirmed friend of "The Small Montmartre of Bitola". He wrote and published many epigraphs in domestic and foreign professional magazines about the work and the success of "The Small Montmartre of Bitola". By all that he gave a hugh contribution for affirmation of "The Small Montmartre of Bitola" in eks yu-republics, in Europe and worldwide. With his long term expirience and expertness, Prof.d-r Bogomil Karlavaris two full decades contributes for quality of the international exhibition "Bitola" and many of his suggestions are builtin the programme contents of "The Small Montmartre of Bitola".
Bogomil Kralavaris always comes with love to Bitola where he has a lot of sincere friends. The years and the long distance wre never the obstacle for him. He always talks and writes with admiration for Bitola, calling her a cosmopolitan town, world center of the children art creation, town where the young people are coming with pleasure and makinf efforts for peace and tolerance between people from all countries in the world.
Humanitarian activities of the Studio
MORE THAN 1200 PAINTINGS DONATED
During the last 3 decades the Children Art Studio presents a substantial humanitarian activity, which consist of donation of paintings of its abundant collections to the children hospitals, schools, institutions, companies and individuals…. More than 1200 paintings are donated origin from the collections named as "The Pearls of the Small Montmartre of Bitola" and "Pelister Rhapsody".
A great number of Paintings are granted to the foreign delegations and ambassadors who had visited Bitola, to some important individuals (politicians, scientists, writers, sportiest etc) from Bitola and from Republic of Macedonia. This noble mission of the Studio is foreseen to continue.
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