Sculpture competition

In MAEM's marketing portfolio, we have a number of exhibition stands organized at trade fairs around the world, as well as smaller events, such as blood donation drives for employees, and many other competitions and campaigns.

When we received the question about the possibility of supporting the pilot edition of the Oswiecim Land Sculpture Competition, we knew that this would be a new experience for us. Apart from the financial aspects of supporting the event, this time we agreed to help the organizers of the competition in organizing the whole process. We like new experiences, which also this time we treated as an opportunity to develop and learn. Among the many CSR campaigns in which MAEM is directly involved, the ones in which children are the main beneficiaries give us the greatest pleasure and satisfaction.

This is how we met Agnieszka, the owner of the Art Labolatory. The Art Laboratory has been organizing various art workshops for children and adults for years. Ms. Agnieszka, who is herself an artist recognized in the local environment, is also involved in the development of culture and art, especially among children and young people.

After the first meeting with Agnieszka, we created a schedule of tasks, implemented standard organizational procedures in our company. Project, divided tasks, deadlines, budget ... and so the competition took real shapes. The assumed limit of participants exceeded our expectations at this stage.

Thanks to Ms. Agnieszka's commitment, combined with support from MAEM, over 120 contestants entered the competition. Ms. Agnieszka visited almost all schools and cultural centers of the district, promoting the said contest in each of them. The contest lasted three days, and each participant had two hours to create his or her work.

The artistic level of the works created during the contest was another pleasant surprise for us. We present a few

of them, reminding that in the vast majority they were made by children from elementary school. The works were evaluated by a jury consisting of recognized artists. The jury also included two delegates of our company - Klaudia and Ewa, who are part of the organizing team.

The culmination of the competition was the vernissage organized at the Oswiecim Culture Center. It was preceded by two organizational meetings in Oswiecim, two days spent on preparing the venue for the vernissage, and dozens of hours of graphic and organizational work done by Klaudia, Ewa, and Kamil. During the vernissage, which took place in late October, there was a ceremony to award prizes and the opening of the post-competition exhibition. We invite you to watch photoreport from this event.

We hope that the competition and vernissage is for many young participants the beginning of their adventure with art. We are happy to see so many young people who find the time and desire to communicate with art. We are proud to facilitate this path for them. We hope that next year we will meet again at the next edition of the contest.

Short movie from the competition is available on MAEM's social media channels @maemcompany

What did Maem’s organizers tell about the contest? Klaudia: The biggest surprise for me during the competition was the involvement of young people in the creative process. Experiencing and searching for an appropriate form culminated in sculptures which would be appreciated by many renowned artists.

Ewa: Teamwork, commitment and creativity - this is how I can briefly describe my experience with the organization of the event. It was a great pleasure to observe the enthusiasm of the participants, their mutual help and childish joy, which we as adults, should learn from them.

Kamil: It was the first time I had the pleasure of organizing this type of event. The faces of smiling children give me almost as much joy as the faces of satisfied customers at our trade show stalls.