Penza, 27 May 2016. PenzaNews. The International Youth Glass Art Festival has finished in Nikolsk of the Penza region.

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The closing ceremony in the local business incubator brought together beginners and professionals in the field, honorary guests, and officials.

Lyudmila Linina, head of the Nikolsk area administration, and Nikolai Sizov, acting deputy chairman of the Penza region Department of Culture and Archive, addressed the audience with speeches.

They expressed their gratitude to organizers and participants of the events, and presented with the awards.

Following the ceremony, the Nikolsk museum of glass and crystal glass unveiled a new exposition that featured 23 works made during the festival.

All visitors were able to inspect the items created over the past 10 days in the Nikolsk glass cluster facilities by students and beginner professionals from the Penza region, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Belarus.