An exhibition fair of works by disabled people of the Oktyabrsky District, And the impossible is possible, opened at the V.S. Rogal House Museum, where 17 participants presented about 80 works of handicraft, painting, and decorative applied art. The exhibition resumed after a four year break and has already named the winners, whose works will go to the regional contest at Sibexpocenter.

The day before, the exhibition-fair of works by disabled people of the Oktyabrsky District, “And the Impossible Becomes Possible…,” opened at the V.S. Rogal House-Museum.
Seventeen residents of the district presented their works for the consideration of Irkutsk residents and the jury. Among the 80 works were handicrafts, paintings, and decorative and applied art pieces. As noted by Tatyana Dostovalova, head of the leisure organization sector of the committee for the administration of the Oktyabrsky District of the Irkutsk city administration: “All the works in this wonderful exhibition create one impression: they were created by talented people with great creative inspiration and skillful hands.”
As Tatyana Mayorova, head of the Department of the Ministry of Social Development and Guardianship of the Irkutsk Region for Social Development of the Oktyabrsky District of Irkutsk, said, this year’s exhibition is resuming after a four-year break.
“Today we do not have so many participants,” says Tatyana Mayorova, “but we hope that after the first exhibition, more people with disabilities will learn about it and will also delight and surprise everyone with their talented works.”
After lengthy discussions, the jury evaluated the participants’ works and selected the winners.
The winners of 2012 in the “visual arts” category were Svetlana Avrutina, who took first place, Maria Trufanova, who took second, and Elena Popova, who took third. In the “handicrafts” category, the best work was by Lyudmila Sherina, with Alina Turusheva in second place and Vera Khagdyrova in third place.
The top three winners were awarded valuable prizes, and each exhibition participant received commemorative gifts.
The winners will represent the Oktyabrsky District at the regional exhibition-fair of technical and folk art by disabled people, which will be held from December 3-5, 2012, at Sibexpocentre.
Based on materials from the press service of the Irkutsk city administration