{"id":2468,"date":"2023-12-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/cee\/news\/danube-art-master-2023-international-winners-announced\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T08:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:13:07","slug":"danube-art-master-2023-international-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/cee\/archive\/danube-art-master-2023-international-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Danube Art Master 2023: International Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>VIENNA, 14th December 2023 &#8211; During the&nbsp;International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) 26th Ordinary Meeting in Vienna, Austria, the ICPDR proudly announced the winners of this year&#8217;s Danube Art Master competition. An award ceremony was held to honour the international winners in each competition category. The announcement was made by Susanne Brandstetter, Chairperson of the ICPDR&#8217;s Public Participation Expert Group.<\/p>\n<p>The Danube Art Master competition is a unique platform where children and teenagers from the Danube River Basin are encouraged each year to reflect on the health of their local rivers and to contemplate how they can contribute to preserving these vital waters for the future. Participants are encouraged to use materials sourced, inspired, or directly taken from the environment to create their artworks, emphasizing the importance of their local surroundings as a primary source of inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s competition saw an overwhelming response, with over 1,300 children from 133 schools across the Danube River Basin participating. They collectively created 300 artworks, celebrating the beauty and significance of the Danube River. The winners were selected by a jury comprising members of the ICPDR&#8217;s Public Participation Expert Group.<\/p>\n<p>The award ceremony, held on December 13th during the ICPDR\u2019s 26th Ordinary Meeting in Vienna, was a testament to the young talents&#8217; dedication to environmental stewardship. While awarding the prizes, Susanne Brandstetter remarked, &#8220;The younger generation is not only the future but also the present Keepers of our Danube. Their fresh perspective and creativity in approaching this vital resource, water, is a learning opportunity for us all, year after year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 Danube Art Master Competition winners in each category are as follows:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\"><strong>Art<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/cee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/dam-23-junior-we-love-the-danube-river-and-its-inhabitants-640x300-1-1.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Junior category: &#8220;We love the Danube river and its inhabitants\u201d by artwork group Association &#8220;Danube Shine&#8221;, Ruse, Bulgaria.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/cee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/dam-23-teen-otter-640x1115-1-1.jpg\" height=\"1115\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Teen category: \u201cOtter\u201d by Laura Gajarsk\u00e1 and Lea Hybbenov\u00e1, Primary School of Matej Bel, \u0160amorin, Slovakia.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/oKDnvFZ6aXc?si=x_jJuGwpcK5T4OcA\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-9=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Junior category: &#8220;Responsible to the Danube&#8221; by Nikola Li\u0161anin,&nbsp;Prva obrenova\u010dka osnovna \u0161kola Obrenovac, Serbia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/diA1ZIw-5hg?si=39CUh7aQFx7b8Fue\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-9=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Teen category: &#8220;Blue Danube &#8211; Our Aim&#8221; by&nbsp;&nbsp;Maksim Ili\u0107, Sara \u0160krijelj, Fe\u0111a Milojevi\u0107 and Matija Stojanovi\u0107,&nbsp;O\u0160 \u201cRada Miljkovi\u0107\u201d Jagodina, Serbia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/cee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/dam-23-junior-sunset-at-the-hay-loader-640x300-1-1.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Junior category: \u201cSunset at the hay loader\u201d by Luca Heged\u0171s, Private submission, Hungary.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/cee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/dam-23-teen-korita-soe-640x1021-1-1.jpg\" height=\"1021\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Teen category: \u201cKorita Soce\u201d by Allina Bek, Celje Center High School, Slovenia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Danube Art Master Online<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cmost liked\u201d category was an online competition \u2013 an &#8216;audience prize&#8217; \u2013 where the audience could cast their votes by liking the artworks online. The title of \u201cMost liked artwork\u201c was ultimately awarded to:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/cee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/dam-23-artwork-river-640x1097-1-1.jpg\" height=\"1097\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Most liked Artwork: \u201cRiver\u201d by 29 children, PU \u010cukarica, \u010cukarica, Serbia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/diA1ZIw-5hg?si=S9ghIsH30dwdjAuE\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-9=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Most liked Video: &#8220;Blue Danube &#8211; Our Aim&#8221; by&nbsp;&nbsp;Maksim Ili\u0107, Sara \u0160krijelj, Fe\u0111a Milojevi\u0107 and Matija Stojanovi\u0107,&nbsp;O\u0160 \u201cRada Miljkovi\u0107\u201d Jagodina, Serbia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Congratulations again to all the winners!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Danube Art Master is jointly organized by the ICPDR and the Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe (GWP CEE), an ICPDR observer organisation and one of the largest networks focusing on water in the world.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icpdr.org\/tasks-topics\/tasks\/public-participation\/outreach-activities\/danube-art-master\/danube-art-master-5\" target=\"_blank\">icpdr.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Danube Art Master 2023 competition is now over, and the winners can enjoy the fame they 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