«Success lab: from idea to business»: new season
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- Created on Tuesday, 29 October 2024 15:27
Meetings within the framework of the project «Success laboratory: from idea to business» continue in the regional library. The new season of the project was opened on October 24 by art critic Elena Rak, deputy director for academic work at the Vitebsk Women's Theological School.
Tatyana Pototskaya, head of the general reading room of the library, invited senior pupils of Secondary School No. 11 named after M. Bakhtin to participate in an interactive quiz, the questions of which revealed interesting facts from the life of the guest. Elena R. vividly commented on the main stages of her life, noting that she did not choose her future profession, the profession chose her and largely predetermined her future life.
She was born into a military family, received an art and music education in childhood, which was incredibly useful in her future life. For a long time, she lived in the city of Staraya Russa in the Novgorod region. The ability to draw grew into a passion for icon painting, and later into teaching. And her musical education gave her the opportunity to work as a sound engineer for documentary films. With her participation, a series of films about the history of the city of Staraya Russa and the people who left their mark on it were created. With special trepidation, Elena R. spoke about her attitude to Fyodor Dostoevsky, whose house-museum is located there. She uses facts from the writer's life as examples in her current teaching activities at the Vitebsk Women's Theological School.
No less interesting is the stage of the guest's life that is associated with Vitebsk. Schoolchildren learned how Elena R. became the keeper of the icon collection of the Art Museum. Thanks to the scientific work in the museum, several previously unknown names were returned to the history of our city. Among them is the talented artist and teacher Fyodor Vogt, who worked at the Vitebsk Art College (1928–1939). Thanks to Vogt, a printing department was opened here, which became the only training ground for personnel in the young republic in the field of book design.
The meeting flew by in an instant. Elena Rak's fascinating story, real-life examples from life and literary works did not leave the teenagers indifferent. For young people, the meetings of the project «Success laboratory: from idea to business» always clearly demonstrate the high personal level of the speakers in professional activities, in communication, in knowing themselves and the world around them.