New Year's souvenir toys created according to the traditional patterns of folk crafts are recognised as the World Heritage of Humanity by the international organisation UNESCO. These days in many cities of the world New Year and Christmas fairs open, where you can see figures for the creche, Santa Claus in the national dress of the country and region of origin, as well as sweet gingerbread, candy and ... kind smiles of passers-by. In recent ...

Today, 21 March, the International Day of Puppetry is celebrated around the world. Since 2003 it has been considered a professional holiday of the World Puppetry Day. The history of the event began in 2000 at the XVIII Congress of the International Union of Puppet Theatre Artists (Union Internationale de la Marionnette, UNIMA) in Magdeburg. Jivada Zolfagariho, an Iranian puppeteer ...

International Day of Humor When is it? April Fools 'Day or April Fools' Day is a fun holiday celebrated around the world on April 1st. On this day, it is customary to play pranks on relatives, friends and just acquaintances, cheerfully making fun of them. The origins of the holiday Where this tradition comes from, from France, England, Mexico or Sweden - a mystery shrouded in the darkness of obscurity. One version ...

An artist is not a vocation ... And not a state of mind. It is God's gift to want (and preferably be able to 😉) talk to people! Using different tools, different languages and dialects, gaining knowledge and learning incessantly. And the one who has chosen this way of speaking like a doll at the call of the soul must also be very responsible and wise. Because his ...

When the International Day of Puppetry, or World Puppetry Day, is celebrated, the whole world has celebrated in early spring, March 21, since 2003. History of the holiday The history of the holiday began in 2000 at the XVIII Congress of the International Union of Puppet Theater Workers (Union Internationale de la Marionnette, UNIMA) in Magdeburg. Exactly ...

The largest doll exhibition in the world. The largest exhibition in the world was held in the historical center of the Russian capital "Gostiny Dvor". More than 1000 masters from 26 countries of the world took part in the unique exhibition "The Art of Dolls". Visitors are presented with tens of thousands of exhibits. Guests of the exhibition saw the whole variety of dolls: classics, experimental collections of contemporary artists, porcelain, soft, articulated dolls. Toys ...

New project. How you want sun, warmth, beauty, love and delight from works of art! Many of you may have already repeated this phrase many times in different interpretations and forms. Yes, we missed the wonderful positive emotions. That is why the Art Dolls section of the Creative Union of Artists of Decorative and Applied Arts presents their new project “Bella Italia”! The project will be shown ...

What a holiday - New Year! New Year is undoubtedly a universal holiday, because in one way or another every nation has it. True, not for everyone, it comes on January 1. There are countries where New Year is considered a holiday of spring (by the way, it was once so in Russia). Somewhere New Year is celebrated at the end of the rainy season. Many Muslim countries ...

    Is it possible to see angels? Have you ever met angels? So that after the meeting you can confidently describe their appearance and be confident that now you can easily recognize the heavenly assistants and immediately accept their wise advice? I will assume not. It is impossible to see something that does not have a material body and does not obey any earthly laws. Then from where a stable image was formed ...