As part of the “Science Week” on April 15, 2026, the VI international online competition “The Best poster report” on the theme “Image Laboratory: an interdisciplinary approach in modern art practice” among 2nd-year undergraduates of art universities” was held, organized by the Department of scientific personnel training in conjunction with departments, the library, domestic art universities and foreign partner universities. This year, a record number of 25 contestants took part in the competition!
The purpose of the competition: is to summarize the results of the research work of undergraduates in the field of modern problems of culture and art, to demonstrate the innovative achievements of the research activities of young scientists.
9 art universities took part in the competition, including 4 foreign universities.:
- Kazakh National University of Arts named after Kulash Bayseitova (Astana);
- Altai State Institute of Culture (Barnaul, Russian Federation)
- Urgench State Pedagogical Institute (Republic of Uzbekistan, Urgench)
- Kazakh National Academy of Choreography (Astana),
- State Institute of Art and Culture (Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan)
- Государственная консерватория Узбекистана (Республика Узбекистан, Ташкент)
- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Almaty)
- International Educational Corporation (Almaty)
- Temirbek Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts (Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan)
An international jury consisting of the following members was created to evaluate the participants of the competition:
Chairman:
Kabyl Zamanbekovich Halykov — Vice-rector for Scientific Work of the Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after T. K. Zhurgenov, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor (Almaty);
Members:
- Lyazzat Tleuvna Nurkusheva – Doctor of Architecture, Research Professor at the International Educational Corporation (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
- Marina Vasadze – Doctor of Art History, Associate Professor at the Shota Rustaveli Georgian State University of Theater and Cinema (Tbilisi, Georgia)
- Lola Mukhsinjanovna Ganieva – PhD in Art History, Professor at the Zakirov Institute of National Variety Art at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan)
- Kharlamova Tatyana Valeryevna – Candidate of Art History, PhD, Head of the Science Department of the Kazakh National University of Arts named after Kulash Bayseitova (Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana).
