A reminder about the art contest - „Ericalia 2025”!

Its theme is plants of the Ericaceae (heath) family, including rhododendrons and azaleas, heathers and heathers, pieris, enkianthus, crowberry, blueberry and others. We presented many plant silhouettes on our FB profile tagged with hashtags: #ericaceae, #ericalia. 🎨
The deadline for submitting competition entries has been extended to 𝟯𝟬 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. The results of the contest will be announced by 𝟭𝟮 𝗴𝗿𝘂𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. The contest is open to elementary and high school students from the districts of Otwock, Piaseczyn, Pruszkow, Warsaw and Warsaw West. Participation in the contest is free of charge.

🏆 Awards will be presented in the following categories:
▪ Class I-III elementary school,
▪ Class IV-VIII elementary school,
▪ High school.

📌 Competition entries:
▪ Should depict a plant or group of plants from the heath family (Ericaceae),
▪ They can be a detailed drawing depicting the morphological features of a particular plant made by a young botanist or an artistic impression on the subject,
▪ can be made using any art technique (e.g., pencil, crayon, poster paints, watercolor, tempera, dry pastels, oil pastels, collage). Only flat art forms are allowed for the competition,
▪ They should be made on paper of the bristol or technical block type. A3/B3 or A2/B2 format,
▪ be made independently,
▪ Their topics should be closely related to the theme of the competition,
▪ on behalf of the student sends Parent/Guardian. It is allowed to send several works by the Teacher (tutor or teacher of the thematic circle, e.g. art, nature),
▪ Each student may submit one entry to the competition.

The works should be delivered to the Organizer in an envelope or folder via mail/courier to the following address: Polish Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden - Center for the Preservation of Biological Diversity, 2 Prawdziwka St., 02-973 Warsaw with the note: „ERICALIA” art contest.

The rest of the details can be found in the REGULATIONS on our website at the link: Regulations - ERICALIA 2025