The educational project for young artists "The School of Artistic Gesture" was functioning during the summer of 2016 within the scope of the Festival of Contemporary Art ARTBAT FEST 7. This program had been designed for young people aged 18-35 who have little experience in art, and, perhaps, are not yet formed as independent artists. The summer program, consisting of a series of lectures by leading contemporary artists, and workshops on the implementation of the students' projects, was completed with the Exhibition of Young Artists as part of the ARTBAT FEST 7 Festival.

Yuliya Sorokina is an independent curator, art critic, lecturer, teacher, author in regional and international publications, curator of the Central Asian Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale. She started the foundation «Asia Art +». As an invited curator, she has been working with the British Council, the Goethe-Institute and the German Technical Service Association (GTZ). She has work experience in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Syria, USA, Turkey, France, South Korea. Collaborates as an art critic with various publications and blogs reviewing exhibitions, writes articles for catalogues.

More than 60 students from Almaty, Astana, Bishkek and Moscow took part in the educational program.