Call for action for visual artists – submit your work before May 31st!

Are you a professional visual artist ? Would you like to propose a new or existing piece of work on the theme of satire? Your work could be exposed in the heart of Montreal’s Quartier des spectacles during the Just for Laughs Festival from July 16-31st for the pleasure of over 1.5 million viewers…
The rules and the participation form for the 2016 edition of the Contest – which must be submitted before May 31, 2016 are here.

Winners in the 7th International Tourism Cartoon Competition 2015, Turkey

RESULTS OF THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL TOURISM CARTOON COMPETITION

You can see the list of awarded cartoons of the 7th International Tourism Cartoon Competition. As you know International Tourism Cartoon Competition has been organized by cooperation with the Association of Tourism Writers and Journalists and Anatolia: A Journal of Tourism Research since 2009. The theme of the competition in 2015 was Tourism and Peace. Cartoons were accepted in two sections:
Category of Adult Cartoonists: This category is open for the all of cartoonists who are 17 and older.
Category of Young Cartoonists: This category is open for the cartoonists who are 16 and younger.
These are the awarded cartoons in category of adult cartoonist:
The Grand Award: Olena Tsuranova, Ukraine (Top)
The Second Award: Mehdi Azizi, Iran
The Third Award:, Galym Boranbayev, Kazakhstan.
Professor Atila Özer Recognition Award: Alla & Chavdar, Bulgaria
Mention: Seyran Caferli, Azerbaijan
Mention: Vladimir Semerenko, Russia
Mention: Vladimir Kazanevsky, Ukraine.
These are the awarded cartoons in category of youth cartoonist:
The Grand Award (Youth Category): Mehmet Ali Mesut, Turkey
Mention (Youth Category): Bartu Tekinkaya, Turkey
Mention (Youth Category): Mehmet Deniz Hubup, Turkey
Mention (Youth Category): Büşra Esen, Turkey.
All winning cartoons here.
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5th Biennial of Humor Luíz d'Oliveira Guimarães - Penela 2016, Portugal

V BIENNIAL of HUMOR "LUIZ D'OLIVEIRA GUIMARAES" - PENELA 2016

"FROM HONEY TO STING"
By: Osvaldo Macedo de Sousa
"The humors represent the healthier of all philosophies, which is from those who can laugh.
Humorist commenting through its irony, men and facts that revolves around it,
Producing, when it’s done with a higher spirit and a sententious criteria, a deep moral work. Therefore, the joy of the humorists not always ceases to be illusory.
How often the small pink mask that they bear on the face,
hides a stinging tear! The irony that detaches from his "word" clever disguises,
in a way, the drama that the world offers day-to-day. To its blatant comment. "
(LOG. In "Between us that no one hears us" p. 68)
What brings together the bee and the cartoonist, the spirit of honey or the satire of the sting?
As with everything in life, it depends on the perspective of each and if the truth is never on one side or the other, and a lot less in the center but in the essence of beings, things and relationships, my metaphoric wanderings for this theme are just crutches, wanderings of thought, doors which allow each one to follow their humorous journey of reflection on the selected topic for this Biennial, fully agreeing or not with what is written.
The bee or the beekeeping, with the exploitation of all derivatives linked to the activity of this insect, it is linked to Man, since this became aware of his spirit, energy that also opened his mind allowing Him to look around the world beyond appearances, being aware beyond the mirror and to think besides the fog of words and perspectives.
Graphically we find the first images around 7000 BC, in cave paintings of Araña - Valencia. In Ancient Egypt (from 3200 BC) is associated with pharaonic royalty, aggregating in a single hive - federation of all regions of Egypt: the true title of Pharaoh was NyswBit where Bit means bee and it is the symbol of Low Egypt. According to their mythology, Bit was originated from the tears of Ra (the sun god) falling on the earth, establishing itself as a being of multiple richness’s and therapeutic characteristics, while it takes the iconography of the Divine human soul .
This spiritual connection arises in almost all of the ancient cultures, representing, often, the belief of survival beyond death, resurrection / reincarnation. This inference to the path of soul evolution leads to an association with initiation ceremonies, in which the Spirit / Word (in Hebrew "Bee" is written "Dbure”, meaning Dbr verb / word) is purified by fire, nourished with honey (mead is the drink of the gods) destroying the impurities / obstacles with its sting.
Also Christianity absorbed this allegorical universe in which Jesus takes the bee image and honey is the sweetness of his word / thought as food for the soul and the sting as Christ's Punisher role. As for Islam, we find in Surata 16: "And your Lord inspired the bees: «Build your hives in the mountains, trees and houses» / ... From their abdomen comes out a variety net of colors which heals men. In this are signs for those who reflect." The bee, in the Vedic texts of India, is the spirit that is drunk with the pollen of knowledge. Briefly, in this brief digression in spiritualities, the bee represents the spirit versus materiality, geometry (divine) against ignorance, social order against disorder.
Turning again to the theme of the Biennial, it may be said that the principle is the "pollen", which in the case of the humorist are the news, the daily which is collected by the worker, and if in the bee that nectar is processed by digestive enzymes, the cartoonist is swallowed by a philosophical mood look, deconstructing superfluous to regurgitate in irony, humor or satire. As honey, not all humors have the same color, not all laugh in the same way or of the same issues, however we want to impose the global village for all beings, things and thoughts. Depending on the fields, blooms, the collected pollen and the preparation techniques, there are several colorings, flavors and tastes in honey. Laughter, even universal as the divine light in the recognition of human fragilities, is looked upon or reacts in every culture, every geographic area and in each educational field very differently. The laughter, comic and humorous, is the result of collected pollens that, depending on their treatments, can be tasted in a territory and not in another. As the honey when its pure, with time tends to crystallize since it was not subjected to temperatures which destroy its bacteria’s, also the pure humor crystallizes in time and along the years with the turns of life, is always present, incisive and active.
The bee is a social animal, a working symbol and loyalty, but also a warrior in defending the community, when threatened, using his sting. Similarly, humour is a sweet thinking formula that makes us break sociability barriers, combats pessimism, dilutes the sadness, building social balance through the philosophical smile, but it can criticize when the political, the intolerances and the abuses of power put the community in danger.
The sting of the bee / humorist is connected to a venous system that causes an allergic effect, severity which is dependent of the immune system. In the case of satire, the standard reaction to toxicity is concomitant to the educational level of the victims, in terms of their sense of humor, self-criticism capacity, deafness, blindness or mental intolerance. The Greek philosopher Epictetus said: "The world events are not the problem, but the way we look at them." Like the tolerance or intolerance, the sense of humor must gush from both parts.
There are many ways to look and not want to see, and now since we are living in a serious displacement of people, migrations, in which the needs sometimes mingle with opportunism, mafias, fundamentalisms, where the tolerance plays with other intolerances, the allegory of the bee is one way to look at this phenomenon because it too, as mankind, is facing a serious crisis. Einstein said : "If the bees disappear from the earth, mankind will have only four years of existence, without bees there is no pollination (it is responsible for 80-90% of this natural phenomenon), there is no reproduction of flora, and without flora there are no animals, and no animals means no human race." The balances of biodiversity as the multiculturalism are the main keys. What endangers this being? The pesticide policies, the bees keeping overpopulation (which recommends 800 meters between each apiary), which creates conflicts between hives and migrations, the parasitic disease Varroa, the Velutina Nigotorax wasp.... By comparison, we can also say that oppression policies destroy the freedom of humoristic expression, that the parasitic disease of the "politically correct" suffocates the philosophical mind and the terrorism wasp kills creativity. The wasp besides cutting the head of the bees, installs right next to the door of the hives infesting this with stress, fear and consequently die of hunger ...
Honey is one of the nutrients with higher calorie content, rich in vitamins, minerals and bactericide, which gives to it a high therapeutic power (as other products related to bees), complicity that has with the humor. The "apitherapy" as "gelotherapy" are fundamental alternative medicines, because laughter, a byproduct of humor, when "explodes" has an impact on the muscular system, central nervous, respiratory, cardiovascular, immune and endocrine ....
What separates the bee from cartoonist? Honey is consumed by all, regardless of religion, the clubisms and partisanships distributing its richness democratically, as well as its sting is only used when the security of the hive is threatened. The comicality has subjective components, because the human being is fallible, the deconstruction of the facts, which are not always global but partial, can mislead, to factionalisms, and that is only created with the true freedom of spirit, being above the tolerances and intolerances, being greater than the ideologies and beliefs, being democratic recognizing and accepting differences, also requiring others to recognize and accept his differences. There is no better criticism, constructive philosophy, or comicality than the one which is made through a smile.
"/ ... / The smile is the good time of the spirit. The souls who only
know how to laugh and sob are souls who have only summer and winter.
They lack the spring and autumn - which are actually both smiling seasons of Nature "
(LOG in "Weekend" of 15.03.1948)
For all of that, we can say "Follow the Bee", which, if it is a barometer of the balance of ecological systems, also humor is the warning barograph of the sanity of society, the democratic balance of power, and reason which both must be protected in order that so that do not become an endangered humanity.
So the theme of the 5th Biennial of Humor Luíz d'Oliveira Guimarães - Penela 2016 is "From Honey to Sting" and we invite artists from around the world to meditate about the role of the bee / honey (and other derivatives, in addition to their role in biodiversity) in our society and at the same time, the role of humorist / cartoonist. We can not forget the allergies that were developed against the sting of satire / irony, the fear of the terrorist wasp that has killed, persecuted and oppressed the philosophers of freedom and actuality which is facing an important moment in the game of tolerances and intolerances. Let us not forget that integration only works when the other also integrated, tolerance requires tolerance, and intolerance creates intolerance.
Every artist can participate with a maximum of four works, in which two must necessarily be on the subject (or four), the other two can be caricatured portraits of cartoonists (self-caricature or any pf your country masters).

V BIENNIAL of HUMOR "LUIGI D'OLIVEIRA GUIMARAES" - PENELA 2016

An Organization: Municipality of Penela / Junta de Freguesia do Espinhal
A production: Humorgrafe - Artistic Director: Osvaldo Macedo de Sousa (humorgrafe.oms@gmail.com)
1 - Theme: "From Honey to Sting" invite artists from around the world to philosophize about the role of bee / honey (and other derivatives, in addition to their role in biodiversity) in our society and at the same time, the role of humorist / cartoonist. We cannot forget the allergies that were developed against the sting of satire / irony, the fear of the terrorist wasp that has killed, persecuted and oppressed philosophers of freedom and actuality which is facing an important moment in the game of tolerances and intolerances. Let us not forget that integration only works when the other also integrated, tolerance requires tolerance, and intolerance creates intolerance.
2 - Open to the participation of all graphic artists with humor, professional or amateur.
3 - Deadline: 25th of June 2016. They should be sent to humorgrafe.oms@gmail.com, humorgrafe@hotmail.com or humorgrafe_oms@yahoo.com (If you do not receive confirmation receipt please resend new email).
4 - Each artist can send via e-mail in digital format (JPEG 300 dpis A4) up to 4 works in black and white (one color with all its nuances - not accepted drawings with 2, 3 or 4 colors – is compulsory that two should be on this subject, and the other two can be portraits-caricatures of cartoonists - self-caricature or any of your country masters), open to all techniques and styles as caricature, cartoon, humor design, strip, bd board (story in a single board) ... which must be accompanied with information of name, date of birth, address and e-mail.
5 - Entries will be judged by a jury consisting of: representatives of the Municipality of Penela; representative of Junta de Freguesia do Espinhal; representative of the family Oliveira Guimarães; the Artistic Director of the Biennal; a representative of the sponsors, a local media representative and two guest artists, and will award the following prizes:
* 1st Prize V BHLOG- 2016 (€ 1,800)
* 2nd Prize of V BHLOG- 2016 (€ 1,300)
* 3rd Prize of V BHLOG- 2016 (€ 800)
* Humor Revelation Prize V BHLOG- 2016 (€ 250) (for national authors under 25 years old).
The jury, at its discretion, may grant "Special Awards" (António d’Oliveira Guimarães, Municipality of Penela. Junta de Freguesia do Espinhal and Humorgrafe), an honorific title, with a trophy.
6 - The jury grants the right to make a selection of the best works to exhibit in the space and catalog edition (which will be sent to all artists with works reproduced).
7 - The Organization shall inform all artists, by email, if they were selected for the exhibition and catalog, and also the winning artists. The works awarded, are automatically acquired by the Organization. The originals of the winning entries must be submitted to the Organization (the original work made by computer is a high quality print in A4, with hand signature and numbered 1/1), because without such delivery, the monetary prize will not be unlocked.
8 - Reproduction rights are owned by the Organization, to promote this event, and eventually will be discussed with the authors in the case of other uses.
9 - For further information contact the Artistic Director: Osvaldo Macedo de Sousa (humorgrafe.oms@gmail.com) or V Biennial of Humor Luíz d'Oliveira Guimarães Culture Sector, Municipality of Penela, Town Hall Square, 3230-253 Penela - Portugal.
10 - The V Biennial of Humor Luíz d'Oliveira Guimarães - Penela 2016 takes place from 3 to 21 September in the Cultural Center of Espinhal, but the woks can also be exhibited in other locations to be designated.
Source: fb.

5th International Olive Cartoons Contest Kyrenia 2016, Cyprus

KYRENIA MUNICIPALITY
CYPRIOT – TURKISH CARTOONIST ASSOCIATION

15. OLIVE FESTIVAL
5. INTERNATIONAL “OLIVE” CARTOONS CONTEST – 2016
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
(KYRENIA – CYPRUS)

1. The contest is open to all amateur or professional cartoonist or any one who could submit a cartoon regardless individual's race, gender, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, age, or other protected characteristic.
2. Themes: Olive, Olive and Time, Olive and History, Olive and Mythology, Olive and Technology, Olive and Cyprus, Olive and Life, Olive and Peace, Olive and Conflict, Olive and War, Olive and Health, Olive and Women, Olive and Men, Olive and Children, Olive Oil, Olive Branch, Olive Tree, Benefits of Olive, Olive and Olive Mill/Press, Banning of Uprooting, Burning and Cutting Down Olive Trees and so forth.
3. All Submissions must be in the form of cartoon. Any painting or illustrations will not be accepted and will be disqualified. Cartoons must be without words
4. All submissions must be originals. Submission dimensions: A4 or A3 in any color or black and white. Each entrant must provide name and surname, address, phone number including country code, and email address on the back of the submission; each entrant should also provide short background and a photo (optional) on a separate A4.
5. Submission of materials, which has previously been submitted and or presented and or published elsewhere, is welcomed providing copyright is not infringed, however previously any award wining material cannot be submitted.
6. All work submitted for evaluation by the International Selection Committee and work of finalist will be published at official web page of the competition. In addition submissions will be reviewed and evaluated for plagiarism by international associations. If Plagiarism detected and or any previously award wining material submitted, submissions will be canceled and the next eligible entry will be considered for the prize.
7. Entrants could submit more than one work, however no more than one award will be awarded to participants.
8. All submission must be received by APRIL 30, 2016 at the address provided below.
9. All submission, awarded or not, will be kept and archived by Cypriot – Turkish Cartoonist Association at the newly established “International Cyprus Cartoon Museum.”
10. The entrants will receive a Diplom of Participation by e-mail.
11. All prize winner submissions and selected works by the Steering Committee will be published in a booklet and displayed at the City Center by the Kyrenia Municipality building during the “15. International Olive Festival 2016.”
12. The results of the competition will be published thru media and prizing winning entrants will be informed by contact information provided.
13. Kyrenia Municipality will provide travel and boarding expenses for three prize winners and six special prizewinners as stated in the terms and conditions of the competition.
14. The Kyrenia Municipality and Cypriot – Turkish Cartoonist Association will have the publishing rights to publish or print, in any media or format, any or all submissions.
15. All persons entering the competition agree that the rules of the competition as set out in these terms and conditions are binding on them. And all submissions could be published and printed by the Kyrenia Municipality and Cypriot – Turkish Cartoonist Association as set out in these terms and conditions without any future compensation.
16. For the exhibition and album, digital works can be sent to the following email address: olivecartoons@gmail.com Digital works are excluded from awards.
AWARDS:
1. Prize: 1,000 Euro + Gold Olive
2. Prize: 800 Euro + Silver Olive
3. Prize: 600 Euro + Bronze Olive
6 entrants: Special Prize (Bronze Olive)
DEADLINE:
APRIL 30, 2016
SUBMISSION ADDRESS:
Kıbrıs Türk Karikatürcüler Derneği
5. Uluslararası “Zeytin” Karikatürleri Yarışması
Posta Kutusu: 87
Lefkoşa – Kuzey Kıbrıs (Via Turkey)
WEB PAGE:
http://www.zeytinkarikaturleri.com
STEERING COMMITTEE.
(First blogged here on 30.01.2016 03:30)

Ecology and Free theme in the 8th International Humor Festival Amazon 2016, Brazil

REGULATION OF THE VIII INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL HUMOR AMAZON 2016
9 THOUSAND IN PRIZES

ECOLOGY theme: R $ 3,000.00 (gross, subject to fees)
CARICATURE theme: R $ 3,000.00 (gross, subject to fees)
CARTOON theme: R $ 2,000.00 (gross, subject to fees)
1 - A maximum 02 entries per category (can not run jobs that have already been awarded)
2 - format; 30X40 cm, medium resolution, 300 DPI
3 - Registration enclose day 10 May 2016
4 - Period of shows: from May 27 to June 5, 2016
5 - Send along with the work in Word file, name and complete address, RG, CPF, Bank Account, to the email: humorecologico@gmail.com
Source: J.Bosco Jacó de Azevedo jotabest1961@gmail.com .

Intolerance is the theme in the 8th Medplan Humor Exhibition 2016, Brazil

Regulation Salão Medplan 2016

1 - PARTICIPATION: 07 April to 14 June 2016.
The 8th Salão Medplan de Humor is open to all graphic artists, in charge and / or cartoon modalities.
The opening of the Exhibition will be July 31, with the announcement of winners .
Each artist can enroll with the maximum of five (5) UNPUBLISHED works in the format 30x40 cm and using any technique. On the back of each drawing, or in registration/e-mail must include the author's full name, address (with ZIP code), email, phone number, ID number, social security number and bank account.
The artist can participate by sending their work through the website www.medplan.com.br (with maximum size of 3 megabytes), sending to salaodehumor@medplan.com.br or sending the originals to :
8º Salão Medplan de Humor
Rua Coelho Rodrigues, 1921
Centro CEP: 64000-080
Teresina - PI BRAZIL
2 - THEME
The theme of the 8th Salão Medplan de Humor will INTOLERANCE .
3 - AWARDS
First Prize: R$ 5,000.00 (five thousand reais)
Second Prize: R$ 3,000.00 (three thousand reais).
Internet Award: R$ 2,000.00 (two thousand reais) .
Medplan Award Caricature: R$ 2,000.00 (two thousand reais). Theme free.
The Internet Award will be chosen by Internet users, 11-15 June at the site: www.medplan.com.br
The best works will be part of the traveling exhibition of the 8th Salão Medplan de Humor. The awarded works will be considered acquisitive and will become part of the acquis Medplan.
The works will not be returned.
May not participate in this hall officials Medplan, their relatives and anyone involved in our organization.
The simple inscription configure automatic participant's agreement to all such terms.
Other information: +55 (86) 99975 2514.

International Cartoon Competition Brain Sneezing 2016, Slovakia, with theme: Free Feeling

PRERAG, association
announces the international cartoon competition
Brain Sneezing - from kalokagathia to hypochondria and back
Topic 2016: FREE FEELING
Freedom of Thinking, Speech and Movement

Deadline: 31th May 2016
Competition terms :
1. Each author can send maximum 5 original works.
2. The competition is open to everybody and is not restricted in terms of artistic design methods.
3. The format of works should not exceed the A4 dimension.
4. The competition is non-anonymous.
5. The works can be sent either online, by filling the electronic application form, or via regular mail, with each work signed on the reverse with the author´s name and their address.
6. The rewarded works will become the property of the organiser.
7. The results will be announced on the 1st July 2016 and the winners will be awarded the following prizes:
1st prize: 500.00 EUR
2nd prize: 300.00 EUR
3rd prize: 200.00 EUR
Please register here.
The competition Jury reserves the right to grant other special prizes or not to grant some of the prizes.
The organisers will accept all the works that will be delivered online at the web address:
The organisers reserve the right to publish selected works in promotional materials and to re-install the exhibition. The catalogue will be sent to each competitor whose works will be published in the catalogue.
The authors agree that their works become the property of the organisers at no charge, that copies of their works might be made and used in re-installing the exhibition in other venues and that their works might be published free of charge in order to promote the exhibition.
The international competition and exhibition " Brain Sneezing - from kalokagathia to hypochondria and back" is organised under the patronage of the Slovak Presidency in the Council of the European Union and is financially supported by the International Visegrad Fund.
Source: http://www.cartooneast.com/ .

7th International Cartoon Competition Berlin 2016, Germany

The KURTKUNST Gallery and LIMES Image Agency invite cartoonists from all over the world to participate in the 7th International Cartoon Competition in Berlin 2016. The theme of the competition is "RUBBISH".
Regulations of the Competition
General
The competition takes place online and over this internet side only! Participation is free of charge.
Sent originals cannot be accepted! A return isn't possible for organizational reasons. Sending by e-mail can only be accepted in exceptional case.
Themes
The theme of the contest 2016 is: "RUBBISH"
Cartoons can be submitted to following sub-themes:
- Coffee to go
- Plastic Bags
- Waste Separation
Prizes and Awards
1st Prize: 1000 € + Golden He-Goat + Certificate
2nd Prize: 800 € + Silver He-Goat + Certificate
3rd Prize: 500 € + Bronze He-Goat + Certificate
Audience Award: 500 € + Certificate
Special Prizes
Participation Conditions
Participants: all cartoonists.
Organizer
Valeriu Kurtu (KURTUKUNST Gallery) in cooperation with the LIMES Image Agency
im KU-DAMM Karee, Kurfürstendamm 207-208, Eingang Lietzenburger Str 80, 10719 Berlin
E-mail: contact@limes-net.com
Jury
The prize winners are determined by an international independent jury. The decision of the jury is final. The members of the Jury are:
Birgit Nimke-Sliwinski (Germany)
Chavdar Georgiev (Bulgaria)
Sergey Semendyaev (Ukraine)
Philipp Heinish (Germany)
Denis Lopatin (Russia)
Julian Radu (Romania).
Audience Award
All visitors of the competition website have the possibility to give an award. The cartoon with the most public voting will be honored with the Audience Award. The Audience Award will be chosen exclusively by the user of the website.
From 25th April until 15th July 2016 you can vote all cartoons under the menu item "CARTOONS".
To participate in the online voting you have to register with your email address.
Deadline
The deadline for receipt of cartoons: 10th July 2016 (EXTENDED:) 17 July 2016
The transmittal of the cartoons takes place in digital form via this internet page: www.cartoonberlin.de.
Number of cartoons
Max. number of entries per cartoonist: two cartoons per sub-theme.
The cartoons must be the original work of the artist.
Registration
The registration for the competition takes place via this internet page.
First you have to registry as a participants of the competition. After registration an email will be sent to you with your password for your personal area. In this area you can upload your cartoons on our server.
Size / File Format
Minimum Size: 500 KB
Maximum Size: 25 MB
File Format: JPG
Color Mode: RGB
Production
The cartoon can be produced analogue or digital, but it has to be sent to us only in digital format.
Caption
The caption in English or German takes place only via internet before uploading of the cartoons.
Dates
The jury starts with the determination of the prize winners arround mid-July 2016.
The exhibition date is not yet fixed.
Presentation of the cartoons
The contestant agrees to give the organizer, the Stiftung Naturschutz Berlin and their partners as well as the co-operation partners unrestricted publishing rights for the submitted cartoons.
With the sending of the works for the competition the contestant accepts automatically the regulation of the competition and agrees the print of the cartoons for the exhibition and catalogues.
Awards Ceremony / Vernissage
The awards ceremony of the 7th International Cartoon Competition Berlin 2016 will take place in September in the Museum STORY OF BERLIN.
All copyrights are held by the author of the cartoons.
The decision is final.
Errors and changes excepted.
Sponsorship
The project is sponsored by the Stiftung Naturschutz Berlin.
More info about the theme on source: http://limes-net.com/contest/.

The legendary Croatian cartoonist Otto Anton Reisinger passes away 6 April 2016

On Wednesday, 6 April 2016 at age 89, died
Otto Anton Reisinger, the legendary Croatian cartoonist
and big name in European and world caricature.
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Similarity: Lubomir Mihailov 1979 - Alireza Nosrati 2016

Source: Jovcho Savov on facebook.

Results II International Exhibition of Graphic Humor of Pernambuco 2016, Brazil

Results II International Exhibition of Graphic Humor of Pernambuco 2016, Brazil
with themes "Human Rights" and "Human Rights Thinkers".

JURY:
Angel Boligan
Marilena Nardi
Cau Gomez
Carlos Amorim
Duke. (Read more)

WINNERS / CARTOON

1st Prize - Silvano Mello - Brazil (Top)

2nd Prize - Alireza Nosrati - Iran

Honorable Mention - Xavier Bonilla - Equador

Honorable Mention - Konstantin Kazanchev - Ucraine.

WINNERS / CARICATURE

1st Prize - Joaquín Aldeguer - Aristóteles - Spain

2nd Prize - Junior Lopes - Ariano Suassuna - Brazil

Honorable Mention - Omar Figueroa Turcios - Stephen Hawking - Spain

Honorable Mention - José Miguel Bahena Méndez - Marx - Mexico.
Source: sihgpe & sihgpe.

Mahboobeh Pakdel, the Iranian artist, wins PortoCartoon 2016, Portugal

Iranian artist wins PortoCartoon

Mahboobeh Pakdel, from Iran, with the works "Emigration" (Top), won the Grand Prize of the 18th PortoCartoon - "The global understanding", organized by the Portuguese Printing Press Museum.
The Second Prize was awarded to Muhittin Koroglu, from Turkey.
The Third Prize ex-aequo was awarded to Plantu (France), with the work entitled "Long live Utopia!", and to Mihai Ignat (Romania). The works of Plantu, cartoonist of the front page of Le Monde, has all the text in Portuguese. Koroglu and Ignat had already won the PortoCartoon Grand Prize in 2003 (theme: Water) and 2009 (theme: Crisis), respectively.
This year's edition included two special awards caricature, in tribute to the immortal figure of the cinema, Charlie Chaplin and international model Sara Sampaio. The winners were, respectively, Cau Gomez (Brazil) and Marzio L. Mariani, of (Italy).
The high quality of the works led the international jury to award 12 Honorable Mentions to artists from different countries such as: Brazil, Spain, Iran (2), Israel, Italy, Mexico (2), Portugal, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.
In appreciation were about 1800 works of nearly 500 artists coming from 60 countries from all continents.
Iran is the country with the largest participation: more than two hundred works of 60 cartoonists, followed by Romania, Brazil, Turkey, Portugal, China, Serbia and Ukraine.
With this 18th edition, PortoCartoon strengthens its place on the international podium of competitions of humor drawing and shows the relevance of Porto as the “capital of the cartoon”, since 2008.
The International Jury of the 18th PortoCartoon had as Honorary President Georges Wolinski, Charlie Hebdo’s cartoonist murdered in January 2015 in Paris, who had been President to the Jury for a decade. The members of the Jury of PortoCartoon 2016 were: Bernard Bouton (president of FECO), Luís Humberto Marcos (Director of the Portuguese Printing Press Museum), Luís Mendonça (representative of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto), Roberto Merino (stage director) and Xaquin Marin (founder of Fene Humor Museum, Spain).
The winners of the 18th PortoCartoon will receive trophies (designed by Siza Vieira) and their prizes during the exhibition opening ceremony to be held in the Portuguese Printing Press Museum, in June.
The importance of the main theme of PortoCartoon 2016 in line with the UNESCO designation for 2016 as the Year of the Global Understanding, and the high quality of work was underlined by the members of the Jury, at the press conference held at the Portuguese Printing Press Museum.
04/April/2016.
Source: cartoonvirtualmuseum.

Caricature Exhibition in Cairo, Egypt: Tagore and Mahfouz

The Indian Embassy in Cairo in cooperation with the Egyptian Caricature Association are pleased to announce that a Caricature exhibition will be held within "Rabindranath Tagore" celebration events that the embassy is about to start.
Theme:
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore and Naguib Mahfouz
All artworks to be prepared at 300 dpi. Size A3 (297mm x 420mm) in JPG format.
Send your cartoons via the following e-mail address: egyptcartoon2014@yahoo.com
Deadline: 15th April 2016
To be held in 8th May 2016
In The Egyptian Center for International Cultural Cooperation...