On May 20, 2017 a joint art-project “Art workshop” of the museum and the Department of Fine Art of Kirovohrad Children School of Artstook place for the fifth time in O.O.Osmerkin Art-Memorial Museumwithin the framework of art and cultural educational event “A visit to the museum”, dedicated to the 125th anniversary of artist and pedagogue O.O.Osmerkin to International Museum day. During the workshop pupils under the guidance of the teachers reproduces a creative studio in the halls of the museum.
   This year theme of “Art workshop”: “The enigmatic woman portrait…” Is dedicated to the 125th anniversary of O.O.Osmerkin, that is why within the framework of organization of art project in Kirovohrad Children School of Artswas shown a travelling display of reproductions “Woman portrait in O.O.Osmerkin’s work” before April 24, 2017. The show was initiated by the head of the Fine Art Department of the school of arts, a member of the National Union of artists of Ukraine Yu.B.Vintenko – an experienced pedagogue and a talented painter, who responsibly prepared his pupils for the workshop in the memorial museum. His interesting narration about O.O.Osmerkin’s life and work not only helped pupils to learn more about peculiarities of artistic manner of the artist, about his devotion to portrait genre, especially woman portrait, but also opened the painter’s name in a new angle for the teaching stuff of the school and parents of young artists.
   So, pupils together with their teachers L.A.Yakovleva, Yu.O.Burhutina and Yu.B.Vintenko creatively had been working for three hours in the memorial hall of the museum during art workshop. They created their own interpretations of O.O.Osmerkin’s works with watercolours and gouache.
   O.O.Osmerkin’s paintings and graphic works, and also items from his studio were used in order to realize the suggested by the museum theme of the art workshop. The task was to create personal reflection of creative works of the professor of painting O.O.Osmerkin and the suggested theme still life “Still life with O.O.Osmerkin’s painting “Portrait of Katrusia” in the museum interior”.
   It is pleasant to note that the graduates of the school also participated in the event. Viktoriia Sliushchenko, Karyna Laktina and Dariia Kostiuk, who now are freshmen of art and graphic department of Art Faculty of Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after V.V.Vynnychenko, worked with natural surroundings – painted portrait of the museum worker, who sat for them.
   The result of the museum workshop was an express-exhibition of drawings of the participants of the art workshop, that was prepared at once together with deputy principal of Kirovohrad Children’s School of ArtsZh.A.Lapina and Kropyvnytskyi painter, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine A.H.Shapovalov.