An important part of the school’s agenda was to introduce the event’s participants to Volgograd museums, galleries and universities – that is, the most active participants of people’s diplomacy projects.

On August 24, French guests visited Pavel Serebriakov Volgograd Conservatory, where they were met by the institution’s director, the leadership of the Tsaritsyn Opera and the Ilya Mashkov Volgograd Museum of Fine Arts. The guests were especially fascinated by the upcoming “Serebriakov Debuts” international competition, the accomplishments of Volgograd Regional Children Symphonic Orchestra and the collection of works by the XX century painters in the Museum’s funds. As was concluded by the end of the meeting, its participants were prepared to start working on joint projects even before the end of the anti-pandemic measures.

On August 25, the French delegation arrived at Volgograd Regional Children Art Gallery, where the exhibition “Everything I know about France. Everything I know about Russia” dedicated to the Russian-French Year of Interregional Cooperation. Taking into account that many foreign guests are working with children, and the City of Dijon itself has even a Children Council, we have all reasons to expect the young French artists to join in the Gallery’s future projects.