Lausanne, Switzerland, 26 April 2016 – The FAI international jury selected the winning paintings of the 2016 FAI Young Artists Contest, a competition which every year honours the best paintings from youngsters in three age categories from 7 to 16 years old.
The theme of the contest was "Air Sports in Harmony with Nature".
The winners were chosen amongst the best artists of the following FAI Member Countries: Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, India, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, USA.
For the first time prizes such as boxes of professional coloured pencils and GoPro cameras will be distributed to the winners, in addition to the FAI Medals and Diplomas.
Junior Category (ages 6-9):
Cagin Akay YAZICI (Turkey)
Lidia PANKOWSKA (Poland)
Yuhan YE (China)
Intermediate Category (ages 10-13):
Daniel MANNI (Finland)
Annette KIM (USA)
Jiaying LU (China)
Senior Category (ages 14-17):
Yana SERGEYCHIK (Russia)
Andrew JEONG (USA)
Firuze Nursu INAN (Turkey)
For more details, please contact the FAI – Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
Faustine Carrera
Communication Manager
0041 21 345 10 70
communication@fai.org
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