The exhibition presents works by well-known Kirovograd painters - regional Alexander Osmerkin Award in fine arts and study of art and Regional Yakov Pauchenko Award in the sphere of architecture, heraldy and veksilology and decorative and applied art in 2005-2013 – People’s Artist of Ukraine M.V.Nadezhdin, Honoured Artists of Ukraine S.H.Shapovalov, A.M.Yanev, G.M.Gnatuk and A.M.Nadezhdin, Honoured workers of culture of Ukraine L.I.Bondar and V.M.Ostapenko, members of the National Union of artists of Ukraine V.V.Kiryanov, F.F.Lagno, F.M.Polonski, A.M.Dvorski, L.G.Kiryanova, I.V.Smychek, V.V.Frenchko, O.M.Zhuravel (Nadezhdina), V.V.Popov, O.A.Pungina, Yu.V.Goncharenko, M.I.Tserna. Each work brightly reflects creative work of each master and is an adornment of the museum collection of works of modern Ukrainian art.
   Regional Alexander Osmerkin Award in fine arts and study of art was founded in 2005 and is awarded annually on December, 8, A.A.Osmerkin’s birthday, in three nominations: "national tradition", "modern tendencies", "study and history of arts". Event is held in A.A.Osmerkin Art-Memorial Museum.
   Regional Award in the sphere of architecture, heraldy and veksilology and decorative and applied art named after Yakov Pauchenko was initiated in 2002 and is awarded annually on July 1, Day of Architecture of Ukraine, in three nominations: "architecture", "heraldry and vexillology", "decorative and applied arts".
   Laureates are awarded certificate, pecuniary reward, honorary prize of Regional Council and Regional State Administration - statuette of "Steppe eagle".
   Art awards are real stimulation for active creative work of painters, art historians, regional ethnographers, it also promotes creative achievements of Kirovograd masters in Ukraine and beyond it.
   More than 30 paintings, graphic works, sculptures and works of arts and crafts of famous Kirovograd painters are shown at the exhibition. All items are from the museum collection. Landscapes, still lifes and theme compositions create an atmosphere of art feast, brightly showing special, unique colour of Ukrainian sunny palette born by colours of boundless sky, fragrant steppe grass, fleeting rivers and block pavements of ancient streets.