3rd International Exhibition of Graphic Humor Lima 2010

III INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF GRAPHIC HUMOR LIMA 2010 - PERU
Dear colleagues and artists:
This year, Peru has become the center of world attention for organizing a series of international events being made and that call attention to issues and to be attended by leaders from around the world.
Active Communication in this context, with the support of various public and private organizations calling for the "III International Exhibition of Graphic Humor"- Lima 2010 event to be held for the third time in Peru.
The theme for this important room is the "Water", a subject that is topical, contante due to contamination of water resources, lack of effect of global warming and lack of care for humanity.
To do this we look forward to your input, since participation in the III International Exhibition of Graphic Humor will be for all artists in the world, whose career has been shown in various exhibitions and international competitions.
This important event will take place on 3 September 2010, will start with a taveling exhibition by various popular parks and plazas of Lima.
In addition, publish a book catalog with all the selected works and will be sent by post to all the participating artists in the sample.
We expect your valuable input, because that will make possible the realization of this important event.
Theme: "WATER"
REGULATION
1 - Theme: Everything revolves around the shortage, waste, pollution and water shortage in the world and what might happen if human beings did not have water to survive.
2 - You can submit two works from his personal archives or have been published or awarded. They can be prepared using any technique and should be sent only by e-mail, in no case shall there be original.
3 - The work must have a resolution of 300 dpi or more and a minimum size of A-4 (30 x 21 cm.). Along with the work should send your personal data (name, address, telephone number), a short biography, a photograph or caricature, and mailing address.
4 - The works will be sent to the e-mail: salonhumorperu@salonhumorperu.com
5 - The work must still be submitted until 30 June 2010.
6 - The reception of the works will be undertaken by the organizers of the III International Exhibition of Graphic Humor - Lima 2010.
7 - The works received will form the exhibition which opens on 3 September 2010.
8 - The selected artists will receive a deluxe copy of the book we will publish the papers sent to the hall.
9 - The artists that we authorise the drawings can be used on posters, t-shirts, press releases and printed material for the dissemination of the event.
10 - The artists accept all conditions set in the foundations of calling for the III International Exhibition of Graphic Humor - Lima 2010.
WEB: http://www.salonhumorperu.com/

Czech Union of Caricaturists - ČUK celebrate their 20th anniversary with a collective exhibition on April 6, 2010

Jubilee exhibition of Czech cartoonists
In Malostranské Besedy in Prague (Czech Republic) will be opened on April 6, 2010 the collective exhibition of satirical drawings. The exhibition is entitled "2cet" and is organized to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Czech Union of Caricaturists (ČUK). In the foyer of the theater will present their work 75 leading illustrators and cartoonists - the members of ČUK.
Participants in the exhibition:
Barták Miroslav, Bernard Jiří, Dostál Jaroslav, Dostál Lubomír, Dwořák Oldřich, Fojtík Miroslav, Hanák Pavel, Hanousek Ivan, Hejzlar Oldřich, Hiršl Jiří, Hofman Zdeněk, Hrubý Jan, Holečková Jitka, Janoštík René, Jurkas Roman, Kantorek Pavel, Kohlíček Miloš, Koštýř Jiří, Kotyza Pavel, Koutek Jan, Kovařík Břetislav, Král Miroslav, Kratochvíl František, Krmášek Miloš, Kuba Vladimír, Kubec Roman, Kučera Josef - Kobra, Kundera Pavel, Lichý Lubomír, Linek Václav, Machata Radek, Mareš Zdeněk, Martenek Miloslav, Mašata Vladimír, Mikulecký Jiří, Mlejnková Vlasta, Mrázek Karel, Mrázek Miroslav, Navrátil Karel, Nesvadba Miloš, NOS, Ostatek Václav, Otta Jindřich, Pejřil Rudolf, Pillvein Jan, Plotěná Marie, Rakus Radovan, Renčín Vladimír, Rumlar Pavel, Setíkovský Marek, Schubert Otto, Sigmund Libor, Slíva Jiří, Souček Tomáš, Starý Pavel, Steska Radek, Šípoš Václav, Šír Bohuslav, Šourek Emil, Švejdová Vlasta, Taussig Pavel, Tomaschoff Jan, Trnobranský František, Truneček Tomáš, Valocká Ivana, Vaněk Lubomír, Vhrsti, Velebný Zdeněk, Vico Fedor, Vitas Nenad, Vobr Jan, Vorel Pavel, Vostrý Mirek, Vyjidák Aleš, Winter Jiří - Neprakta.

Winners in XVI Golden Keg - SUDOK 2010 - Slovakia

Winners in XVI GOLDEN KEG - SUDOK 2010 Prešov - Slovakia
GP / Grand Prize: Oleg ŠUK (Slovakia) (Above)
1st Prize: Markus GROLIK (Germany)
2nd Prize: Ľubomír JUHÁS (Slovakia)
3rd Prize: Alexandr SHAUROV (Russia)
Prize ART.EAST-Snina Foundation: Peter Endyk NIEUWENDIJK (Holland)
Saris Brewery Prize: Boris ERENBURG (Israel)
Prize RO SSN in Presov: Břetislav KOVAŘÍK (Czech Republic)
Bulgarian Culture Institute Prize: Jovčo SAVOV (Bulgaria)
Prize PIVNEJ Gallery in Prešov: Alin-Cantemir TOADER (Romania)
Prize Igor Ševčík: Miroslav ŽOLOBANIČ (Slovakia)
Prize City of Prešov: Peter SEDLÁK (Slovakia)
Honorable Mentions:
Toso Borkovic (Serbia), Roman JURKAS (Czech Republic), Andrei Klimov (Russia), Ba Bilig (China), Iv Hong Gun (China), Henryk CEBULA (Poland), Carlos Augusto R. Nascimento (Brazil), Rudolf PEJŘIL (Czech Republic), Oleksiy KUSTOVSKIJ (Ukraine), Bobo PERNECKÝ (Slovakia), Pol LEURS (Luxemburg), Menekse CAM (Turkey), Yuan Sheng Xiang (China), Cigdem Demir (Turkey), Fotis THIMODEAS (Greece), Valeri TARASENKO (Russia), Cristian TOPAN (Romania).
Source: E-GAG 10-13.

Deadline in III. Baja Cartoon Competition: 20 June 2010

III. Baja Cartoon Competition
The town of Baja – famous for its Fish Soup Contest (http://www.bajaihalfozofesztival.hu/) - organises its third cartoon competition, and this time it goes international!
Every fun loving amateur or professional cartoonist is welcome to enter the event.
Theme: PASSION for HUNTING and FISHING
This passion is there in every one of us. We may not fish and hunt in the original sense of these words, but all of us long for the ’big prize’. Today, when we are experiencing financial, economic, political and moral crises, it takes more and more creativity hunt down or fish out that prize: a good job, a beautiful woman, a rare stamp, a big fish or a trophy. We spend our lives in pursuit of the big opportunity, the chance that may well be the only one.
Yes! If you think it over carefully enough you’ll see that we do fish and hunt in all walks of our lives.
Our cartoon competition calls everybody to show with the help of humour just how passionate men and women can be when they are fishing or hunting!
Competition details:
1.) Participants can submit up to three original cartoons in A/4 or A/3 size, using any technique. Prints of cartoons produced or coloured with software can also be submitted on condition that it has the cartoonist’s original signature and the print’s serial number.
(The copy or digital run-off of the original cartoon is not accepted.)
2.) The participants should write their name, address, phone number and e-mail address on the back of the cartoons.
3.) Deadline for entries: 20 June, 2010.
4.) Postal address for entries (please note the order!):
István Kelemen, Baja, Bajza J. u. 19., 6500 Hungary
5.) For information or enquiries about the competition contact:
Phone: +36 20 426 58 82
e-mail: grafikuskelemen@freemail.hu
6.) Participants whose works are selected by the jury for the catalogue will receive a catalogue via post.
7.) First prize: 400 euros + certification - Courtesy of the mayor of Baja
Special award: 300 euros + certification - Courtesy of Magyar Horgász fishing magazine
Special award: 200 euros + certification - Courtesy of Magyar Vadászlap hunting magazine
Special award: 200 euros + certification - Courtesy of Kedvenc crosswords magazine
8.) For the list and works of participants and for any other information visit: http://www.grafikuskelemen.hu/
9.) The opening ceremony and prize distribution will be at 10 a.m. 09. July, 2010.
Address: Belvárosi Kiállitóterem (Town Exhibition Hall) - Szentháromság tér 11. sz, Baja, 6500
10.) We do not send back the cartoons, we are planning to make an exhibition from them.
11.) The organiser retains the right to use the cartoons freely.
We wish good work and succesfull participation to everyone.

Catalog 11th Festival Strumica 2010 arrives this week

Catalog Strumica 2010 with theme Carnival & Erotica arrived this week; many thanks to the festival organisers in Republic of Macedonia.
They write in the foreword that they received works from almost all continents i.e. from forty countries. The jury had to examine the two hundreds cartoons and over thousand aphorisms.
Just an example of the aphorisms is the Silver Plaque winner Dimitar Atanasov's from Bulgaria: 1. "Honey moon, First step towards Diabetes".
In the catalog are included the 4 prize-winning + 5 diploma-awarded works & 60 more cartoons of participants. Among those selected for the catalog are 5 cartoonists from Turkey: Erdogan Basol, Nuri Bilgin, Kemal Ozyurt, I. Serdar Sayar, and Mustafa Yildiz.
The catalog is 21x20.6 cm in size and has 16 color pages including the covers.
This is a perfect festival organisation since they do what they promise without delay. Congratulations!

The first International Exhibition of Graphic Humor Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano - Bogotá, Colombia

Contest Bogotá - Colombia: The comic strip Magola, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano and advertising (marketing) department:
The first International Exhibition of Graphic Humor Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano
REGULATION:
* Subject: Women are; Women.
The first international exhibition of humor Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, wants to reward the creativity and humor about the issue of women and power. And everything that inspires authors humorously women's issues are.
The year 2010 has been proclaimed by the OAS, as the year American women.
* Participants: The call is open to all artists worldwide, professional or amateur over 18 years.
* Each participant may submit one work.
* The work could not have been awarded in other contests or competed in other events.
* Technique: Any technique will be accepted (digital or by hand. A color or b / w).
* Size: The work may not exceed 21 cm x 29 cm or in proportional size, with resolution not lower than 300 dpi.
* Delivery of works: The work must be sent to mail: humortadeo@yahoo.es with the following information about the author:
- Identity card.
- Short curriculum
- Photo or self-caricature
- Title of Work
- Full name, phone, address, nationality, pseudonym.
* Exhibition: The selected works will be exhibited at the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogota in August 2010.
And also on the blog: http://saloninternacionaltadeolozano.blogspot.com/ created for this purpose.
The winners will be announced in the month of August 2010.
* The organizers reserve the right to withdraw from the contest work that is offensive.
AWARDS:
1 - First Place: A trip with all expenses paid to Alcala de Henares, Spain, to participate in the Ibero-American cartoonists of the General Foundation of the University of Alcala de Henares and diploma.
2 - Second Place: Course; national school of caricature in Bogota and a diploma.
3 - Third Place: Diploma and books.
Note: In no case were paid in cash prizes, the prizes can not be declared void.
DATES
The call is open from the day March 8, 2010 and closes on 8 June 2010.
The results will be announced in the month of August with the exhibition at the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano.
JURORS
- Christian Schrader Valencia: Dean of the School of Advertising at the University Jorge Tadeo Lozano
- “Nani Mosquera”: cartoonist of the comic strip author Magola
- “Vladdo”: Cartoonist Colombian
- Alberto Martinez: Colombian cartoonist “Betto”
- Helman Salazar: Director of the National School of Cartoon
- Gustavo Bolivar: Writer and screenwriter
ORGANIZERS
Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Bogotá)
Magola comic strip 15 years.
SPONSORS
Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano
General Foundation of the University of Alcala de Henares
National School of caricature in Bogota.
The delivery of the works involves the acceptance of these rules, the right of using the selected works to promote the event in print and online.

Theme in IV Exhibition of Graphic Humor 2010: Violence

Source: feco-spain

II Biennial of Humor Luis d'Oliveira Guimarães - Portugal

II BIENAL of HUMOUR “LUÍS D’OLIVEIRA GUIMARÃES” - PENELA 2010
Organization: Câmara Municipal de Penela / Junta de Freguesia do Espinhal
Curator: Osvaldo Macedo de Sousa (humorgrafe_oms@yahoo.com)
REGULATIONS:
1) The contest is open to all caricaturists / cartoonists, all graphic artists with humor, professional and amateur.
2) The subject matter of the exhibition is: Theatre (Theatre Drama, Musical, Caricatures of the theater ...)
3) Deadline: May 1, 2010.
Each artist can send until 4 works in black and white (one color - not accepted drawings 2, 3 or 4 color) format not exceeding A4, open to all techniques and styles (the work done the computer, beyond their transmission in electronic form - CD or floppy disk 300 dpis Jpeg - must also have an A4 print, hand signed and numbered 1/1) as a caricature, cartoon, design humor, strip, plank bd (a story board only) ... identified and they should come on the back with name and address, e-mail, telephone and Nº taxpayer. The works must be accompanied by a brief curriculum.
4) The work will be judged by a jury consisting of: a representative of the Board City Hall, a representative of the Parish of Cord; representatives of a family Oliveira Guimarães, the Artistic Director of the Biennale, a representative of the sponsors, and two guest artists, and awarded the following awards:
1st prize - € 2.000,00
2nd prize - € 1.500,00
3rd prize - € 1.000,00.
5) The Jury has the right not to exhibit any submitted work with no quality
6) The organization shall inform all the artists by e-mail have been selected, and what the artists awarded.
7) Will be published book, as well as postcards
8) The winning works are automatically acquired by the organization. All others will be returned after the exhibition, with its catalog at the end of 2010.
9) Reproduction rights are owned by the organization as soon as it is to promote this Hall, and occasionally discussed with the authors, for other uses.
10) Entries must be submitted by May 1, 2010 for II Bienal de Humor Luís d’Oliveira Guimarães, Sector de Cultura, Câmara Municipal de Penela, Praça do Município, 3230-253 Penela - Portugal.
11) For further information contact the Artistic Director: Osvaldo Macedo de Sousa (humorgrafe_oms@yahoo.com)
12) The Second Biennial of Humor Luis d'Oliveira Guimarães - Penela 2010, will take place from June 5 to July 30 with extension to Lisbon in September.

International Cartoon Exhibition on workers' rights

Convite para a Inauguração
International Cartoon Exhibition
"Exploitation and workers’ rights, a critical look through a humoristic line!"
Opens on March 18th, 2010 at 18.00 h in Lisbon, Portugal.
Click on images for details.
More info & participants list at
http://humorgrafe.blogspot.com/
http://regulamentoscartoon.blogspot.com/

Jaka bede 2011: International competition on drawing

REGULATIONS
International competition on drawing for women - "Jaka bede ...2011"
The topic of the competition is a woman in the satirical presentation, modern and fashionable, joyful and upset one, a wife, mother and a friend but also a sportswoman, a physician or just the woman... Everybody knows that it is not possible to live without her...
Participation
In the competition will take part drawing, cartoons and other plastic acts made in optional technics; those original works that have already been exhibited or published but not being rewarded.
1. Competition will be carried in categories: DRAWING.
2. Format of work - max A3, amount of work - up to 1 works.
3. Entrants are responsible for ensuring the correct postage.
4. Entries must arrive at the address below by not later than 25.02.2011 /deadline/
Miroslaw Krzyskowul. Powstancow Warszawy 10/1, 11-400 Ketrzyn, Poland (with additional note: Konkurs)
5. The reverse side of the cartoon and / or drawing should bear the surname, forename and address of the entrant in Latin block letters.
6. A short biographic note and some personal details (the surname, forname, address, mobile phone number, e-mail address) should be added.
7. The condition of returning of sent entries is handing down for the Gallery one selected by the author work.
8. Rewarded works will belong to the organisers.
9. Sending plastic works is synonymous with author's agreement for the regulations of the competition.
10. They can participate in the competition above the person 16 of year of the life.
Prizes
1. Entries will be appreciated by the jury selected by organisers among friendly artists and satirists.
(Tomasz Wołoszyn (2001), Krzysztof Toboła (2002), Dorota Chwałek (2003), Andreas Malecki - Niemcy (2003), Daniel Strzelczyk (2005), Sławomir Łuczyński (2006), Bretislav Kovarik - Czechy (2005, 2006), Anna Sokolska (2005, 2006), Stanislav Aszmarin - Rosja (2005), Małgorzata Gnyś - Polska (1998, 2007), Dariusz Wójcik - Polska (2002, 2007), Valentin Georgiev - Bułgaria ( 2009), Oleksi Kustovskiy - Ukraina (2009), Mirosław Krzyków - (organizator).
Never work of jurors subjected estimate and they are exposed (set out) beyond competition.
2. Prizes will be appropriate, unexpected and original.
3. Awards are handed in during the opening ceremony of the exhibition "Jaka bede..." or during the summer /plener/ in Jedwabno organized specially for laureates of the competition. On special request of a laureate his award can be sent by mail.
Privileges of the entrants:
1. Authors of selected for the exhibition entries will get a gratuitous catalogue.
2. The decision of the festival is predicted to be announced on 12 March 2011 r.
3. The participating in the competition is free of charge.
If you need more details please contact: mirek@krzyskow.pl
WEB

Results XXII Jaka Bede ... 2010 with theme: Woman

Results 22nd Jaka bede ... 2010 - Poland
485 participants in 2010
WINNERS
First Prize: Sonia Churova / Bulgaria
Second Prizes:
Jurij Kosobukin / Ukraine (Above)
Anatoli P. Radin / Russia
Third Prize: Henryk Cebula / Poland
Internet mention for contest 2009: Katarzyna Rubin / Poland
WEB: http://jaka.krzyskow.pl/