I Themes

The year 2025 will be the SCO Year of Sustainable Development. As the presidency of the SCO from 2024 to 2025, China, centered on the eight priority areas under the Global Development Initiative, actively carry out a series of activities and actions with all parties. Please depict the beautiful vision that sustainable development brings to people's lives from the perspectives of “Joy of Harvest”, “Keeping in Good Health”, “Global Warming”, “Low-carbon and Energy Saving”, “Green Travel”, “Industrial Progress”, “Digital Technology” and “Transportation Connectivity” with the theme of “Under the Same Blue Sky” to tell colorful stories of the SCO family and embody the efforts made by all parties to promote the building of an even closer SCO community with a shared future.

II Advisor:

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Secretariat 

Hosts:

The Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation Commission of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation 

Central Academy of Fine Arts

Organizers:

China Intercontinental Communication Center

Shanghai Art Fair

Central Academy of Fine Arts | Art and Public Education Research Center

Supported by：

The State Council Information Office of China

III Applicants

Children aged between 5 to 18 years old from SCO countries

IV Time of Submission

From now till April 20, 2025

V Requirements of the Artworks

a. The artworks must be original design with a specific and relevant theme.

b. Size requirement: no larger than 40cm*60cm, without frame

c. There is no limitation for the materials and style, e.g., colored pencil painting, gouache, watercolor, Chinese painting, oil painting, etc. The submitted artworks are supposed to be graphic artworks (except calligraphic works)

d. The applicant’s name, nationality and age, and the title, size, and style of the artworks should be noted on the lower right corner of the back side of the paintings.

e. Each applicant is supposed to submit no more than two artworks. 

f. The national flag and emblem involved in the artworks should meet the standard. Commercial elements should not be involved in the artworks. 

Note: The copyright and ownership of the artworks are owned by hosts and the applicants own the right of authorship. Hosts also own the right of exhibition, tour exhibition, research, photography, video, publication and publicity. Any applicant who submitted the artworks shall be deemed to have confirmed to comply with the requirements of the exhibition.

VI Submission Guideline

a. E-copy Submission

Please send the application form（attached below) and picture of the artwork (the size should not be less than 2M) in the form of attachment to the Email: sunnywang@sartfair.com with the subject of name + nationality + “Under the Same Blue Sky” the SCO Countries Art Exhibition of Children Artists no later than April 20, 2025. Please make sure there is no shadow on the picture of the artwork and the color is even. (The format should be JPG, the size no smaller than 2M and the resolution no lower than 300 dpi) 

We also look forward to receiving your video or text of the process and story during your creation with the artwork in the Email. (The video should be no more than 5 minutes with the format of MP4. The text should not be more than 300 words)

b. Original Artwork Submission

Applicants whose artworks are selected to be shown on the Exhibition (you will receive a notification) should mail the original artworks before June 15, 2025 to Organizing Committee (Address: Yunnan Shang He Culture and Sports Co. LTD, No. 6, 4th Floor, Green Lake South Road in Wuhua District, Kunming city, Yunnan Province; contact person: Han Zhaokun; phone number: +86 182 8842 3528). The Organizing Committee will cover the mail expense.  

VII Certificate Awarding

The electronic certificate and a notification of mailing the original artworks will be sent via email to the applicants who pass the primary selection before May 23, 2025 and the exhibition certificate will be awarded to the applicants who are enrolled in “Under the Same Blue Sky” the SCO Countries Art Exhibition of Children Artists after a secondary selection. 

VIII Contact of Organizing Committee

Contact person: Ms. Wang Yan; Phone number: +86 186 0212 3813; Email: sunnywang@sartfair.com 

Application Form of “Under the Same Blue Sky”

Art Exhibition