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
UNFORGETABLE TOUR IN SLOVENIA
At the beginning of month of March 2001 "The Small Montmartre of Bitola" visit Republic of Slovenia for the first time. The tour was on an invitation of the Republic Institute for Scholarship of Republic of Slovenia, and by this actually started the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Bitola's Montmartre.
During this tour "The Small Montmartre of Bitola" was represented by an impressive exhibition with more than 1500 paintings from the international competition "Bitola".
The exhibition was accommodated into the magnificent city-mayor festive hall of Municipality of Kranj. This exhibition was a great event for the citizens of Kranj and surrounding towns. Among numerous devotees of children art creation on the opening ceremony attend a great number of popular guests: Mr. Mohor Bogataj the mayor of Kranj with his wife, M.D. Shtefan Kadic deputy-mayor of Kranj, Mrs. Jozica Puhar former ambassador of Slovenia in RM, Mrs. Olivera Causevska-Dimovska First Secretary of Maceodnina Embassy in Slovenia and others.
Delighted from what she saw the President of Republic Institute for Scholarship of Republic of Slovenia Mrs. Metka Zevnik on the opening ceremony said: "This is the most magnificent exhibition I have ever saw".
The celebration mood from the city-mayor hall of Kranj was transferred to the Education Institute "Franjo Milcinski" in Smeldnik (the kids from this institution took part in "The Small Montmartre of Bitola" many times and win many awards). There was a true cordial reception for the Studio delegation. On the celebration table there was a birthday cake with a trade mark of Bitola's Montmartre and inscription: "Happy 20th Anniversary jubilee"
After the opening celebration in Kranj, this exhibition visited Ljubljana, Piran and Maribor.