Art gallery in Naberezhnye Chelny: opens doors to beauty

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

For almost 40 years, the Art Gallery in Naberezhnye Chelny has been opening its doors to those who love and understand art every day. Visitors are welcome here, and the number of visitors is increasing every year.

History

In 1980 the State Museum of Fine Arts of Tatarstan creates an art branch in Naberezhnye Chelny, the second largest city in the republic, a major industrial center. A building in the constructivist style, lined with polished granite, is being built for the newly created cultural center.

Valuable originals are transferred from the State Museum to the fund of the Art Gallery in Naberezhnye Chelny, including works of arts and crafts and folk art, original paintings and sculptures.

Today, the museum has almost 700 items, including paintings from the middle of the 20th century, paintings by masters of Tatarstan, high-quality reproductions of Western European creations.

Gallery life

On a small area of 400 m22 art objects are exhibited,creating a complete picture of the development of painting in Tatarstan and the world.

The cozy halls of the Art Gallery (Naberezhnye Chelny) regularly hold exhibitions from the largest museums in Russia, in particular, from the Hermitage, the Museum of Oriental Art, the Tretyakov Gallery, the State Historical Museum and others. Beginning and established artists not only from Tatarstan, but also from Udmurtia, Turkey, Armenia, Chuvashia, Bashkortostan organize personal and thematic events presenting their creations.

Exhibition activity

The Art Gallery (Naberezhnye Chelny) regularly holds exhibitions on a variety of topics. Significant events in the cultural life of the city and interesting for many citizens were such exhibitions as:

• Art of Italy;
• works by Salvador Dali;
• "Saved Treasures" from the funds of the Irbit Pushkin Museum;
• works by famous Russian artist Nikas Safronov and others.

In 2017, an exhibition was held dedicated to the city of Mashinostroitel, its construction and the start of production of the best trucks - KAMAZ.

The event "Catalogue of Love", organized in the summer of 2017, brought together 18 contemporary Russian artists. Under the chords of the instrumental duet, the audience was able to choose 3 winning paintings.

Gallery halls regularly exhibit works by local tapestry, oil and watercolor, applied arts and abstract artists.

An exhibition is traditionally held on New Year's Eveyoung talents under the inspiring title "Native Land, Family, Friends".

Events

The art gallery in Naberezhnye Chelny is not just a museum, it is the center of the actual cultural life of the city. The employees are doing a lot of educational work.

Coming here, you can get to one-time lectures or lecture cycles, talks and meetings with artists, literary and musical evenings and master classes.

The Art Gallery actively participates in such large-scale all-Russian projects as "Night at the Museum", "Night of the Arts", and also annually holds the regional action "Artist of the Year".

The poster of the Art Gallery (Naberezhnye Chelny) is constantly updated with new events that are interesting for different ages and generations. Charity workshops and hand-made fairs are often held. It is interesting for citizens and tourists to participate in a mini-quest through the city parks, as well as through the square of avant-garde sculptures, located nearby on Enthusiasts Boulevard.

How talents grow

The art gallery in Naberezhnye Chelny also cares about the future. After all, the museum's funds should be replenished with new modern works of young talents.

To do this, the gallery has a creative studio for children 6-12 years old "Steps". Conducted by a member of the Union of Artists of Russia M. Mingaleev.

For the rest of those who want to learn how to embody their vision of life on canvas, the workshop "Cabinet of Printing" works. Also by the staff of the gallery every Thursday in the fresh air of Enthusiasts Boulevardplein air is held. At this time, each visitor can get drawing lessons.

Where is the gallery

On a weekend or weekday, you can go to the Art Gallery of Naberezhnye Chelny at 52/16 Mira Ave.

There is a stop "District Executive Committee" nearby, you can get there by buses 2, 21, 26 or minibuses 7, 13, 22.

How the gallery works

Only on Monday the gallery is closed for visitors. But on weekdays the museum is open from 10:00 to 18:00. Thursday special schedule - from 11 to 19 hours. Please note that the ticket office closes half an hour earlier.

Also, the gallery is closed on the last Tuesday of each month.

The cost of a ticket for adults is 50-60 rubles, for schoolchildren - 20-30, for pensioners - up to 40 rubles. If you order a tour, it will cost 60 rubles.