Leonardo 4 Children 2025: Climate, Equaliy & Peace
Award “Art & Science” by 13-18 years old teenagers
The authors of the works with the 10 best scoring will receive an award, consisting in:
- talent development programme, with a budget for each winner of € 400 (top 3 winners) / € 200 (4th-10th winner) to develop their skills in art & science, for instance with workshops, courses, meeting with experts, visits and material;
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publication on “Leonardo 4 Children” book used or raising funds and as donation to children in need;
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presentation at workshop and award ceremony; promotion on website, social media and promotional material, at public events, institutions or public places including famous museums, and during concerts and events;
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“Leonardo 4 Children” award certificate.
Participating teenagers aged 13-18 (number): 302
Submitted works (number): 53
Countries: 10
Jury
The Members of “Leonardo 4 Children” Juries are professionals and experts in children’s education, art, music, science, innovation, philanthropy, with international and multicultural experience.
The Jury for the competition includes the following members: Jane Adams, Marina Calamai, Giuliana Santambrogio, Ann Start, Nancy von Breska and Flaminia Consuelo Triglia, who with great enthusiasm and competence will carefully assess the participating works and scored them on the basis of the following criteria: (i) ability to address the issue of climate change, equality and/or peace; (ii) creativity, originality and innovation; (iii) ability to inspire people; (iv) integration of art & science; (v) multicultural dimension and team activity.
Talent Development
For winners, please fill the L4C 2025 Awards – Talent Development Form to apply for the Talent Development programme.
The award allows teenagers aged 13-18 to use their creativity and their artistic and scientific skills to create their own original project integrating art and science to interpret one or more of the following topics:
- climate action and environmental sustainability
- social equality including gender equality
- peace between people
addressing the problem and possibly proposing a solution.
Winners Art & Science 2025
The top 10 winners of the Awards have been selected by the Jury and are invited to present their works at the Leonardo 4 Children workshop.
The winners nr 1-2-3 will be announced at the Concert and Award Ceremony in Brussels on 6 October 2025.
Top 10 Winner: “The Soldier’s Dream”
Topic: Peace
Authors: Anna Cassani, Giada Valli
Teacher: Elisabetta Gazzillo
School: Liceo Scientifico G. Ferraris, Varese, Italy
Top 10 Winner: “W-Y-B: This is the Right Bin!”
Topic: Climate
Authors: Alex Cuende Rueda, María Claudia García Sampayo, Claudia Madurga San Millán, Anna Pérez Rayón Malkova, Cristina Sun, Carla Busto Moro da Dalt
Teacher: Elisabet de Pedro Fernández
School: SEK El Castillo International School, Madrid, Spain
Top 10 Winner: “Black Prison”
Topic: Equality
Authors: Alice Lo Forte, Nicole Belli, Susanna Ossola, and Rebecca Sciacco
Teacher: Elisabetta Gazzillo.
School: Liceo Scientifico “G. Ferraris”, Varese, Italy
Top 10 Winner: “Climate Criminals – The Board Game”
Topic: Climate
Authors: Anastasia Hryzak, Gioele Cataldo, Martino Paglia, Pietro Vaccaro, Samuele Luini
Teacher: Elisabetta Gazzillo
School: Liceo Scientifico “G. Ferraris”, Varese, Italy
Top 10 Winner: “Voices Unheard”
Topic: Peace
Authors: Benedetta Brianza, Anna Gusmaroli, Luca Parmigiani
Teacher: Elisabetta Gazzillo
School: Liceo Galileo Ferraris, Varese, Italy
Top 10 Winner: “In Our Own Way”
Topic: Equality
Authors: Maria Fotiou, Panagiota Tzaferi, Eleni Vasalou, Areti Koukoli, Chrysavgi Mpatziogianni, Stefania Kyrailidou, Georgios Mpasdras
Teacher: Dionisia Meliopoulou
School: 4th Gymnasio of Katerini, Greece
Top 10 Winner: “Eco Reflections”
Topic: Climate
Authors: Ūla Ancevičiūtė, Denis Arutiunian, Dariya Blokhina, Emil Barbarovič, Martyna Bogatko, Erika Dančenkova, Olivija Burinskaitė, Arina Dubovskaja, Hanna Krasinska, Polina Edinovich, Jevgenij Malinkov, Adriana Krasockaja, Diana Ščerbickytė, Daniil Olefir, Paulina Šilinytė, Marta Peckeliunaitė, Dmitrij Tatarinovič, Melanija Bondareva, Darja Ždanovič, Amelija Burinskaitė, Zilber Daniel Žukovskij, Marija Daukševič, Ksenia Kuzmenko, Aleksandra Indrejeva, Kseniya Bylinskaya, Vitalija Jarmolo, Karolis Sargelis, Volha Krasiukova, Matsvei Traikovich, Anastasiya Markova, Dominik Zajankovskij, Viktor Neifach, Madlena Gavronskaja, Karina Peršukevič, Jekaterina Sukovaticyna, Arina Malachovič, Katažina Mikelevič, Kamila Bušujeva, Nina Čanyševa, Nina Čanyševa, Viktorija Vagner, Ivan Kuzmin, Mariia Otkydach, Emilija Pakėnaitė, Katsiaryna Kazakevich, Emilija Kliukoit
Teacher: Anastasija Kodzisova
School: Vilnius Aleksander Pushkin Gymnasium, Lithuania
Top 10 Winner: “Cry of the Penguins”
Topic: Climate
Authors: Elizaveta Klimovskaya, Amelija Gaidukaitė, Kira Khabarova, Tatiana Tarasova, Milana Apon, Mark Legus, Anastasija Medvedeva, Sofija Ščiočina, Anastasija Kulikova, Aliona Kreč, Nikoleta Kozlovska, Karina Meškunec, Alisa Safronova, Artiom Gomozov, Emilija Macedunska, Dilija Uchačiova, Ivan Lozenko, Ariadna Podoliak, Evelina Prokopovič
Teacher: Anastasiya Rudak
School: Vilnius Aleksander Pushkin Gymnasium, Lithuania
Top 10 Winner: “BAS”
Topic: Climate
Authors: Lukáš Cedzo, Vojta Istok, Prokop Hrubec, Nazarii Volkov, and Miroslav Kacirek
Teacher: Antonio Contreras
School: American Academy Prague, Czech Republic
Top 10 Winner: “Me, You, Us”
Topic: Peace
Authors: Sofia Maran, Milena Palamarciuc, and Diego Pegoraro Kyle
Teacher: Margherita Mesirca
School: Liceo Galileo Ferraris Varese, Italy
Special Awards Art & Science 2025
Special Award: Leonardo Da Vinci Award
“All Under the Same Sky”
Topic: Equality
Authors: Aya Habrani, Margherita Pasquini, Carolina Paviglianiti, Yasmine Touijar
Teacher: Margherita Mesirca
School: Liceo Scientifico “G. Ferraris”, Varese, Italy
“Symbiosis of Worlds”
Topic: Climate, Equality & Peace
Author: Xinwei Li
Parent: Yanjun Xiao
School: British School of Milan, Italy
Special Award: Marina Calamai Award
“Seeds of Change, Roots of Hope”
Topic: Climate
Authors: Aurora Aramo, Yichen Hu, Giulia Martini, Alisha Zhou
Teacher: Elisabetta Gazzillo
School: Liceo Galileo Ferraris Varese, Italy
Special Award: Cinema/Audiovisual Award
“Women’s Climb to Success”
Topic: Equality
Authors: Viola Furlan, Linda Camardo, Rebecca Gomiero, Greta Vodola
Teacher: Elisabetta Gazzillo
School: Liceo Galileo Ferraris Varese, Italy
Special Award: Galileo Museum Award
“Costa Futura”
Topic: Climate
Authors: María Rubiales, Idaira Gil, Sara Muñoz, Sofía García, Darío Guerrero, Zoe Sellés, Ana Sarria, Sergio Jaime, Adrián Álvarez, Abel León, José Martín
Teacher: Estefanía Pérez
School: IES Levante, Spain
