‘Spectra 2019’ to be held next month

The Indian Community Relief Fund (ICRF), under the patronage of the Embassy of India, Kingdom of Bahrain, will organise this year’s art carnival titled ‘Spectra 2019’ next month.  The art carnival aimed at encouraging and honouring artistic skills among the youth, is the largest art competition for students in the Kingdom.

The Faber Castell ‘Spectra 2019’ carnival will take place on Friday, 13th December 2019 at The Bahrain International Exhibition Centre, Sanabis.  The response from the Schools in Bahrain during the last Ten years has been overwhelming, the organisers said. The first carnival was held in the year 2009 with around 700 participants and last year during the 10th edition of the carnival, more than 4,500 students participated, they added.

This year a total of about 4,000 children from various schools in Bahrain are expected to participate in the competition after being selected in the preliminary rounds organised in their respective schools.  This annual event aims at unearthing artistic talent among the youth and creating a future generation who would be catalysts for social change.  Participants are divided into four age groups - five to eight years, eight to eleven years, eleven to fourteen years and fourteen to eighteen years. 

All the participants would be put through a qualifying round in their respective schools. These qualifying rounds would be administered by the Schools independently. The top participants selected on the basis of their performance in the qualifying test would move to the finals.  Participation will be allowed only through Schools/ Institutions.

All participants will be provided with drawing paper and materials at the venue. Top 50 winners in each age group would receive medals and certificates.  Top five winners in each category would receive individual trophies and certificates.  All participants would be issued with a participation certificate. 

Rolling trophy to the schools will also be presented. The winners will be honoured at an Award Function which will be held on the same day at 7.00 pm at Bahrain International Exhibition Centre. For any public relation related queries please contact Pankaj Nallur on 39653007. Please visit ICRF website http://icrfbahrain. com/spectra for more information.