Saw and imagined in the children's fantasy the story of grandmother of Christ and the Apostles a little girl. Today few people remember that just a few decades ago in the village houses next to the icons you could still see the popular prints on religious themes. They finally disappeared from use only in the 60-ies of the last century. Of course, their creators were not professional painters or connoisseurs of theology. Drew, as best they could, she felt, not knowing neither rules nor laws. Simple uneducated people, nuggets, sought to glorify God with their creativity, that resonates in the hearts of those of peasants or artisans as they are.

Everyone has to be ready to appear before God, or it is irrevocably too late. My Lord. Save our guilty souls. Do not desert us. According to the short statement by the artist.

Avant-garde homage to pre-revolution Russian silent movies, and to the poet Aleksandr Blok.

The International Foundation for the Support of the Arts "Sergey Oskolkov and his Friends" presents "DIALOGUES AT THE FACTORY" The meeting is the 1st. A conversation with the writer, the editor-in-chief of the literary and artistic almanac "Quadriga of Apollo" Evgeny Linov. "And I burned everything I worshiped, worshiped everything I burned." Evgeny Linov, a writer and publisher, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, recalls his life when leaving his homeland. Ups and downs, the USSR and the dashing 90s, big business and life without a corner. The story is in one biography. The author's Community Natalia Legkova Dmitri Frolov Lyudmila Frolova

The International Foundation for the Support of the Arts "Sergey Oskolkov and his Friends" presents "DIALOGUES AT THE FACTORY" The 2nd meeting. A conversation with mathematician, businessman and philanthropist Konstantin Cerneucanu. Armed with the scientific approach of a mathematician and the practical experience of a businessman, Konstantin Cerneucanu reflects on how the essence of patronage has been developing in Russia since Diaghilev's time, how to increase the cost of an industrial building and where this world in general and Russia in particular are heading.

The International Foundation for the Support of the Arts "Sergey Oskolkov and his Friends" presents "DIALOGUES AT THE FACTORY" The 3rd meeting. Conversation with the President of the Foundation, composer and pianist, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Professor Sergey Oskolkov Sergei Oskolkov, a pianist and composer, President of the International Foundation for the Support of the Arts named after him, talks about the fate of his family, about those with whom he studied and worked with. The history of the Oskolkov family is intertwined with the history of Russia. Brilliant names and undeservedly forgotten heroes of the Resistance in Germany during World War II, childhood memories of villages near Donetsk and the first impressions of a young man. who entered the Leningrad Conservatory, difficulties in joining the Union of Composers and work at the Department of Sound Engineering of St. Petersburg State University.

Valentin Afanasyev, an artist, musician and scientist, and his wife, Princess Vera Obolenskaya, talk about how you can meet by chance at the ball of the revived Noble Assembly and stay together for life, despite all the obstacles and difficulties. And also about how sound and color actually relate from a scientific point of view, in the light of Valentin Afanasyev's discovery, and what the artist, who started out as a representative of the Soviet underground, is doing now.

Leonid Pavlovich Mozgovoy (born 1941) is a Soviet and Russian actor of theater, cinema and literary variety, Honored Artist of Russia (2002), winner of the Nika Prize (2001), winner of the Golden Aries, Petropavlovsk, The Bronze Horseman, Listopad, master of the acting course in SPbGIKiT since 2015.

Born in 1949 in Leningrad. In 1968 he graduated from the Art College.Serova. In 1977, an exhibition of film engineers was held in the Recreation Center. Until 1981, he participated in numerous "apartment" exhibitions. In 1981– an exhibition at the Kirov Recreation Center (Experimental Art Association); In 1987 – Montreal, Paris; In 1992– Finland, and in 1999— an exhibition at the Luxembourg Consulate. Thematic solo exhibitions of the artist are constantly held in St. Petersburg. Participant of exhibitions since 1977. Member of the Board (1981), TSPH (2002). He worked as a decorative artist at the V. F. Komissarzhevskaya Theater (1974-1976); as a locksmith in the Emergency Recovery Service of the Technical Technical University (1976-1980); as a production designer at the Experiment Theater (1983). Lives and works in Saint Petersburg‑St. Petersburg.