TEHRAN -- The 5th Fajr International Festival of Visual Arts has announced the winners.
The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini and several other officials and artists attended the closing ceremony of the festival at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Sunday.
Following is the list of the winners in various categories of the event:
Best calligrapher: Mojtaba Sharifi from Iran
Best Persian painter: Roya Hassan-Kazeruni from Iran
Best painter: The jury of the festival did not announce a winner for this category.
Best pottery maker: Fahimeh Ramezani Ahvazi from Iran
Best sculptor: Nahid Haji Mohammadi Oshani from Iran
Best illustrator: Afsaneh Moradi from Iran
Best poster designer: Amin Akbarnejad from Iran
Best cartoonist: Puya Abdoli from Iran
Best photographer: Seyyed Reza Mehri from Iran
Eleven Iranian provinces including Tehran, Alborz, Khuzestan, Semnan, Hamedan, Kerman, Lorestan, Golestan and Gheshm concurrently hosted the festival, which was held from February 2 to 30.
Cartoonists from 30 countries, photographers from nine countries and poster designers of six nationalities competed at the festival.
Painting, calligraphy, miniature, pottery and ceramics, illustration, and sculpture are the other sections of the festival that are national competitions.
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