On August 30, 2022, the students of the 11th physics and mathematics class of the Communal Institution "Scientific Lyceum of the City Council of the City of Kropyvnytskyi", led by the class teacher, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences Tetyana Fursykova, visited the O.O. Osmerkin Art Memorial Museum for a creative meeting with the art curator of the project "Art studios - 2022" on the topic: "Portraits of contemporaries on the background of war", honored artist of Ukraine Andriy Nadezhdin.
    During the event, students learned about the history of the museum art project "Art Studios - 2022" on the topic: "Portraits of contemporaries on the background of war" and watched the presentation - a kind of photochronicle of the studios and video stories, which were broadcast on the All-Ukrainian informational telethon "Edyni Novyny". Getting acquainted with the exhibition of the "INVINCIBLE" art exhibition opened to the Independence Day of Ukraine, which is the first within the art project, the students listened attentively to the story of the leading researcher of the museum Andriy Nadezhdin about the creative work of artists during February - August 2022, the result of which is more than 250 portraits , made in various graphic techniques, which reproduce the general portrait of modern Ukrainians who are fighting for the territorial integrity of our state, its will and freedom. At the end, everyone was happy to look at other thematic exhibitions and take pictures near the charming museum building - an architectural monument, built according to the project of the famous Yelisavethrad architect Yakov Pauchenko, where his nephew, professor of painting Oleksandr Osmerkin, spent his childhood and youth.
    "Today, students of the 11th grade of physics and mathematics class of the Naukovy lyceum of the city council of Kropyvnytskyi visited the exhibition of portraits "Invincible". The meeting at the museum of O. O. Osmerkin, communication with the Honored Artist of Ukraine A. Nadezhdin is really important for us. Art, in particular portraits of contemporaries, very aptly convey the character, emotions, feelings of every Ukrainian in our extremely difficult time. We believe, Victory is coming soon! We thank the museum staff for communicating with the wonderful, patriotic upbringing of the school youth", - wrote the class teacher, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Tetyana Fursykova, in the museum book of reviews.