The Richness of Spain in Children’s Drawings | Województwo Kujawsko-Pomorskie

Blue skies, golden seaside beaches, colourful streets, flamenco dancers, exquisite cuisine, and famous Spaniards are among the themes featured in hundreds of artworks submitted by young people for the regional art competition ¡Hola España! Member of the Regional Executive Board Marek Wojtkowski took part in today’s (19 May) summary event. The best works can now be viewed at an exhibition in the Marshal’s Office.

“It is wonderful to see young people eager to discover Spain. It is a fascinating, exotic, multicultural country that is truly worth getting to know,” said regional board member Marek Wojtkowski at the Centre of Contemporary Art.

The event was also attended by Esther Vaquero Gutiérrez, Secretary General of the Education Counsellor’s Office at the Embassy of Spain.

The competition, organised by the Children’s Art Gallery and Centre of Creativity in Toruń and the Department of Foreign Cooperation of the Marshal’s Office, received 950 artworks from 79 institutions across the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region. Thirty participants received awards and distinctions.

Award Winners:

Liwia Lewicka from Grudziądz
Zofia Janiszewska from Włocławek
Pola Zawadzka from Kamionki Małe (Toruń County)
Jędrzej Zawadzki from Kamionki Małe
Błażej Lebowski from Węgiersk (Golub-Dobrzyń County)
Zuzanna Chojnowska from Toruń
Antonina Brodzińska from Toruń
Zofia Urbańska from Toruń
Zofia Seredyn from Toruń
Izabela Mews from Tuchola
Filip Jeliński from Tuchola
Lena Kościelniak from Tuchola

Distinctions:

Katarzyna Benedykcińska from Radziejów
Milan Kacprzak from Golub-Dobrzyń
Maja Kajzer from Świecie
Hanna Ziętara from Bydgoszcz
Dorian Kortz from Ostaszewo (Toruń County)
Aleksandra Trawińska from Toruń
Michał Celmer from Toruń
Mikołaj Leon Wziętek from Toruń
Amelia Konicka from Toruń
Małgorzata Kotlewska from Toruń
Kinga Szotkiewicz from Inowrocław
Agata Palkowska from Tuchola

Special Awards:

Gabriela Szczepaniak from Bydgoszcz
Zofia Jakubowska from Bydgoszcz
Dorota Hełminiak from Toruń
Izabela Kowalczyk from Toruń
Lena Grodzińska from Toruń
Marcelina Koral from Toruń
Elizaveta Sonczik from Toruń
Wiktoria Rumińska from Świerczynki (Toruń County)

The youngest participants in the competition were five years old, while the oldest were eighteen.

The competition aims to popularise knowledge about Spain among children and young people, encourage creativity, and promote cooperation between the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region and Spain.

Additional events as part of ¡Hola España! includes:

a screening of the film Little Loves and a meeting with journalist Martyna Janas at the Centre of Contemporary Art,
flamenco workshops led by Dorota Dzięcioł at the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Cultural Centre,
a Spanish music concert, exhibition, and Iberian cuisine presentation at Lubostroń Palace in September.

Honorary patronage for the competition is held by the Embassy of Spain in Poland and the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Navarre – a partner region of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region.

The Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region maintains close ties with Navarre, with which it signed a partnership agreement in 2007 covering joint initiatives and exchanges of experience in culture and heritage protection, science, education and youth exchange, development planning, and social support.

Previous editions of the competition focused on the cultures of Scotland and Texas.

Beata Krzemińska
Spokesperson of the Marshal’s Office

19 May 2026