The artist adds: “I was full of defiance when I went to Georgia, feeling that there was nothing for me in Estonia. I no longer knew who I was and I went abroad to find myself again. Being completely outside my zone of comfort, away from my family and friends, I had to face all the hardships on my own. This experience was like a mixture of the excitement of a new environment, the emotional pain, homesickness and a feeling that I never want to return to Estonia.”
Mia Melanie Saar (b 2000) is a third year student of painting at the Pallas University of Applied Sciences. She wants to use her works to create emotions in the viewer. No matter if the outcome is positive or negative.
Hotel Pallas painting scholarship was founded by the Cultural Endowment of Tartu, Hotel Pallas and the Pallas University of Applied Sciences in collaboration with the Tartu Artists’ Union to support the development of painting and the creative output of students. The scholarship will be awarded to a single student or a group of maximum three students. In addition to 1000 euro, the winner will also receive an exhibition at the Tartu Art House. Last year the scholarship was awarded to Maris Paal.
The exhibitions of the Tartu Art House are supported by the Tartu Town Government and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
