On December 8, 2022, the traditional "Artistic readings to the birthday of O.Osmerkin" on the topic: "The artistic image of Ukraine in the works of compatriot artists" took place in the O.O.Osmerkin Art Memorial Museum for the 130th anniversary of the artist's birthday and teacher Oleksandr Osmerkin.
    The scientific and artistic educational project "Artistic readings" to the birthday of O.O.Osmerkin" is held annually on the birthday of O.O.Osmerkin according to the old calendar style on November 26 or the day before, since December 8 is the birthday of O.O.Osmerkin according to the new in calendar style, celebrations are held in the museum on the occasion of the presentation of the regional award in the field of fine arts and art history named after Oleksandr Osmerkin.
    The purpose of the event is to involve students and teachers of higher educational institutions of art and humanitarian profile, students and teachers of art schools in the scientific research and popularization of the work of the world-famous artist and teacher O.O. Osmerkin, architectural activities of Yakov Pauchenko and urban planners Yelysavetgrad (Kropyvnytskyi), countrymen artists - graduates and teachers of the Evening Drawing Classes of Yelisavetgrad Zemstvo Real School, works of modern Ukrainian artists - laureates of regional art awards named after Oleksandr Osmerkin and in the field of architecture, heraldry and vexillology and decorative and applied arts named after Yakov Pauchenko.
    The priority task of the event is to provide an opportunity for students and pupils to publicly implement the results of their scientific research on the history of the development of the fine arts of Kirovohrad Region, as well as to increase the role and authority of the O.O.Osmerkin Memorial Art Museum in scientific and educational art studies.
    The format of the event is a conference. In 2022, in connection with the introduction of martial law in Ukraine in accordance with the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated 24.02.2022 No. 64/2022 "On the introduction of martial law in Ukraine", the temporary suspension of receiving materials for the regional award in the field of fine arts and art history named after Oleksandr Osmerkin in compliance with the order of the chairman of the Kirovohrad Regional Council dated 31.03.2022 No. 84-gr "On the suspension of the acceptance of competition materials for obtaining regional prizes" and the corresponding restrictions on holding mass events, the scientific and educational project "Artistic readings for the birthday of O.O.Osmerkin" on the topic: "The artistic image of Ukraine in the work of country artists" to the 130th anniversary of the birth of the artist and teacher Oleksandr Osmerkin is held on December 8 by correspondence and remotely on the museum's website in the "Selected events" section.
    The participants of this year's readings are: students of the Department of Art Education of the Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and Arts of the Central Ukrainian State University named after Volodymyr Vynnychenko and the "Architecture and Urban Planning" specialty of the "Architecture and Management" Department of the Kropyvnytskyi Construction Vocational College, their teachers - Candidate of Art Studies Olena Kyrychenko and a teacher of special disciplines of architecture Hanna Kuzmenko, members of the National Union of Architects of Ukraine Iryna Kukharenko and Tetyana Penyaz, head of the fine arts department of the Children's School of Arts in the city of Kropyvnytskyi Olha Krasnopolska, teacher of the Art School named after O.O.Osmerkin Oleksandr Kyrianov of the city of Kropyvnytskyi and museum scientists - the main custodian of the funds of the Museum of Musical Culture named after Karol Szymanowski Olena Klassova, librarian of the Kirovohrad regional museum of local history Myroslava Yegurnova in co-authorship with Oleksandr Yegurnov.
    The reading program also includes reports and presentations developed in previous years by the leading researcher of the O.O.Osmerkin Art Memorial Museum, expert art critic, honored artist of Ukraine Andrii Nadiezhdin, who passed away suddenly on October 19, 2022. These scientific and artistic studies not only shed light on the peculiarities of the formation of the artistic worldview of compatriot artists, but also provide a well-argued description of the tragedy of the creative personality in the conditions of the totalitarian regime in the USSR in the 1930s - 1950s and reveal the peculiarities of the development of fine art in the USSR during the period of socialist realism in the 1970s x - 1980s.