The National Academy of Art has prepared a rich cultural programme to celebrate Sofia City Day – 17th of September
2025.09.13
17 September 2025
The National Academy of Art is celebrating the 17th of September – Sofia City Day and the Holiday of the Holy Martyrs Vyara (Faith), Nadezhda (Hope) and Lyubov (Love), and their Mother Sofia – with two exhibitions and creative workshops for children.
Throughout the day, the National Academy of Art will offer various creative initiatives with the participation of teachers and students.
From 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, in the St Kliment Ohridski Garden, outside Academia Gallery, children and young people can join the creative workshops:
DRAW SOFIA
Together with students from the National Academy of Art, participants will have the opportunity to draw landmarks and favourite places around the city on 60-metre sheet of paper.
CERAMICS WORKSHOP
Under the mentorship of teachers from the Sub-Department of Ceramics participants will create works of clay.
WORKSHOP PRINTMAKING
Asst. Prof. Zoran Mishe from the Department of Printmaking will demonstrate graphic techniques.
On the occasion of Sofia Day, the National Academy of Arts is organizing the photo exhibition “Exhibitions of Alumni of the National Academy of Art – Class of 2025” in the square outside St Alexander Nevsky Monument Cathedral, which shows the achievements of the young artists from the Academy.
From 5:30 p.m., the exhibition The Sofia Sketches: A Walk in the Past will be opened in the Terrace Gallery (5th floor, New Academic Building, National Academy of Art, 1 Shipka Street), presenting engravings by the Ukrainian artist Vasyl Mironenko (1910–1964). During the festive concert in St Alexander Nevsky Square, video material from the exhibitions of the Class of 2025 alumni of the National Academy of Art will be shown.
The Sofia City Day initiatives are organised on the basis of a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Sofia City Municipality and the art academies – the National Academy of Art, the National Academy of Music “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” and the National Academy of Theater and Film “Krustyo Sarafov”.
The main objectives of the Memorandum provide an opportunity to create joint activities and educational programmes aimed at promoting the art of young contemporary artists, developing new art spaces, as well as establishing Sofia as a cultural capital – a creative and educational centre.
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