World Public Assembly Showcases Global Art Exhibitions of Peace, Happiness, and Unity
An unforgettable atmosphere and a variety of colors will define the World Public Assembly through a series of art exhibitions.
Visitors will experience a photo exhibition dedicated to the activities of the World Public Assembly and joint projects with its partners, including the Russian Foundation for Assistance to Africa Her Voice and the Zambian foundation Girls of Kalingalinga.
One of the most striking highlights will be the exhibition of art objects titled Belt of Peace. This exposition features symbolic belt links, each representing crafts and cultural codes of various regions known for their decorative and applied arts.
Large-scale exhibitions of two international projects will also become an important cultural component of the World Public Assembly: the International Festival The World Draws Happiness and the Art Project Angels of Peace.
The International Festival The World Draws Happiness has been organized since 2023 by the Center for Socio-Cultural Development Aggregator of Happiness and the World Peoples Assembly. Combining live creativity and digital technologies, the festival presents drawings, posters, photographs, and essays on themes such as The Emblem of Happiness, Happiness of Loving the Motherland, Happy Family, and The Happiness of the Peoples of the World.
This year’s exhibition will feature about 60 works created by children, teenagers, and youth aged 7 to 20 from Africa, Belarus, Guinea, India, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan, South Ossetia, and other countries.
The Festival’s ambassador is People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, Nikas Safronov, while the jury is chaired by Oleg Artemyev, a test cosmonaut and Hero of Russia.
Marina Volkova, Head of the Department of Happiness of the World Peoples Assembly and Director of the Aggregator of Happiness, explained the festival’s international appeal:
“Our goal is to create a community that connects different countries of the world through feelings, emotions, and the experience of happiness. This community may have different sources, but the feeling is the same. Personally, when I saw the drawing by children from South Ossetia, I wanted to go there, and it came true. Art opens up the world and new possibilities.”
Another centerpiece is the Angels of Peace International Art Project, supported by the World Peoples Assembly. The project brings together paintings by 366 artists from 25 countries, united under the theme Guardian Angel.
A distinctive feature of the project is its unique art object — a single calendar painting made up of 366 works, representing each day of the year, including leap years.
Project leaders Natalia Yatsenko and Oleg Rovda from Krasnoyarsk have engaged artists and poets, professionals and amateurs, adults and children, in creating vivid and inspiring works. The project is not tied to any particular religion, instead highlighting universal values that help people endure life’s challenges with dignity: love, gratitude, and unity.
Since 2014, the project’s paintings have been displayed across Europe. Several exhibitions were held with the participation of European artists. A major 10-country tour planned for 2020 was canceled due to the pandemic, and the works were stored in Prague until October 2023. With the support of the World Peoples Assembly, the paintings returned to Russia for further exhibitions across Eurasia.
“Cooperation with the World Peoples Assembly is invaluable. Thanks to its Secretary-General Andrey Belyaninov, we were able to solve all the difficulties and 77 paintings returned from Prague in 2023. This allowed us to continue working on the complete collection. The World Peoples Assembly also actively supports our poetry, choreography contests, and projects for children by distributing tactile posters of paintings. We are grateful to the Assembly's leadership for their openness of heart and inspiring partnership,” said Oleg Rovda, one of the leaders of the Angels of Peace International Project.