Mental organization

Report from the flower arranging contest

Passing the gallery

A photo: Evgeny Luchin

Text: Anna Hatckevich

Magazine: (41) 2000

"Our main asset over the past 10 years has been and remains the fact that we are not a commercial organization, but a spiritual one," Nina Afanasyevna Lozovaya, the organizer and inspirer of this association, defined the main distinctive quality of Art-Flora. As she herself recalls, a passionate desire to rally like-minded people on the basis of love for flowers and creativity led her to the Ministry of Culture just at the moment when societies of collectors of stamps, badges, fans of birds, etc. were registered there. And under the thirteenth “happy” number The Art-Flora Flower Arranging Society was recorded. Later they decided to establish contacts with the international organization WAFA (World Association of Flower Arrangers), which is similar in goals and objectives. Deal with her English office in London, which was headed by Julia Clemens. It was 1991. Upon learning that Julia, who at the time was almost 85 years old, was going to Russia, to Moscow to help Nina, her friends were horrified: "They are shooting there ..." What a sin to conceal, the August coup scared almost the whole world , but a request for help in organizing the case, to which she devoted the last 50 years of her life, could not leave indifferent a real enthusiast. The exchange of ideas began, the learning process improved, contests and exhibitions became annual events for Art-Flora members living throughout Russia. Participation in the exhibition provides many advantages: firstly, it is communication and joy of meetings, which art-art workers value above all because of their distance from commerce, and secondly, it is an exchange of ideas, an opportunity to demonstrate their creative level and see the achievements of others. The jury's opinion is also important: self-esteem by self-esteem, but, as a rule, it is not entirely objective. Contestants could choose any of the 11 topics proposed by the organizers. The most interesting were the works in the nominations "Dance of Fire", "Green Fantasy" and "Millennium", which was noted by the jury, and then by numerous visitors to the exhibition. "Dance of Fire" is a very expressive topic: you can show the movement of flames, its fascinating beauty and danger at the same time. "Green Fantasy" is one of the already traditional tasks of the art-Flor competition, brought to us by French colleagues, long-time admirers of compositions in the green gamut. This type of work provides an opportunity to reveal the beauty of plant material, and white blotches add elegance and freshness. Without the theme "Millennium" now does not do any self-respecting competition. It is very beneficial for people who are not deprived of imagination, who can clearly imagine the future and show it to others.

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