The third shift starts at Artek International Children's Center — Spring. Inspiration. Creation»

CrimeaPRESS reports:

International Children’s Center «Artek» meets Artek students of the 3rd shift of 2023 «Spring. Inspiration. Creation». More than two thousand schoolchildren from different regions of Russia became its participants. The change will help Artek residents to reveal their creative potential and emphasize their individuality more clearly.

According to the press service of the ICC «Artek», on the days of arrival and during the stay of children in the children’s center, special attention is paid to safety. A full range of security measures has been organized at the points of arrival and departure (railway station, bus station). The protection of public order at the railway station is carried out by employees of the transport police of the Crimean Linear Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for transport, as well as transport security officers. The traffic police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Republic of Crimea provides escort for organized groups of children on their way from the evacuation base in Simferopol to the Artek International Children’s Center.

Also, for the safety of children at the points of departure and arrival (railway station, bus station), a «Green Corridor» has been organized. The four-threshold entrance medical control over the state of health of each child continues to operate: at the places of arrival, at the medical center of the Artek base-hotel in Simferopol, upon arrival at the children’s camp and at the camps’ first-aid posts after being assigned to detachments. To strengthen control over the state of health at the race, an infectious disease specialist is involved.

The educational program of the shift is addressed to art, theatrical play, creativity and is aimed at the formation of aesthetic feelings, tastes, ideals, and views. Pupils of «Artek» will develop the skills of effective work in a group, learn to listen to other opinions, formulate, defend and argue their point of view. The events of the change will help Artek residents to show their creative abilities, motivate them to create their own creative projects and create conditions for their implementation, which will undoubtedly enrich the spiritual world of every child.— notes the director of Artek Konstantin Fedorenko.

In the 3rd shift, Artek workers together with the whole country will celebrate the anniversary of the Crimean Spring. Festive events dedicated to the ninth anniversary of the reunification of Crimea with Russia will start on March 15. A celebration-rally “Crimean Spring – 9 Years Together” will be held on Artek’s Palace Square, and a grandiose City of Masters “Crimea – History and Pride!” will unfold in the Sports Palace, which will introduce schoolchildren from different regions with the traditions, crafts of the peoples of Crimea and Russia will help to join the cultural diversity of our country. In children’s camps, a virtual tour and a competition of creative works will be dedicated to the Crimean peninsula.

In the center of the events of the shift is also the Caravan of Creativity «Magic Mysteries of Art»: from March 24 to 27, the marathon «NDK — 80. A Story with a Continuation» will be held (as part of the Children’s Book Week); musical performance «Snowstorm»; performance «The Tale of Tsar Saltan»; mini-performances «Theatrical stage of creativity and inspiration». Also planned are the Week of Music for Children and Youth and the artistic and educational cycle of creative workshops “Three days of theatrical spring”.

In cooperation with the State Budgetary Educational Institution of the City of Moscow “DShI named after M.A. Balakirev” the program “Music for Everyone” will be implemented. Artek residents will be able to get acquainted with various genres of the art world, learn how to play the musical instruments they are interested in, discover the ability to sing or read art, prepare an artistic performance and perform at the final performance in front of their peers.

FSBEI HE «Pskov State University» has prepared an additional general developmental program «Russian style in modern fashion». During the classes, schoolchildren will learn about the traditions and characteristics of the costume of residents of different regions of Russia, learn the basics of sketching, develop a collection of clothes, and gain experience working with sewing equipment.

Each shift in the children’s center pays great attention to patriotic education and the preservation of historical memory. March 19 at Artek is the theme day “Memory is stronger than time”. As part of the educational project «Without a statute of limitations», which will enable the younger generation to master the theoretical and practical skills of working with the topic of the genocide of the Soviet people by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War, there will be a trip to the «Red Concentration Camp» Memorial and a premiere of the film «Nuremberg». The events are implemented jointly with the thematic partner — the Russian Society of Historians and Archivists.

In addition, each children’s camp will hold events dedicated to the upcoming 100th anniversary of Artek. As part of the One Hundred Years of Dear Childhood project, quests, intellectual games, musical and poetry evenings, theater performances and competitions will take place.

Photos and materials: press service of ICC Artek.