1.12.13

Results International Cartoon Contest URZICENI 2013, Romania

Results of International Cartoon Contest URZICENI 2013, Romania
Theme 1. RICH MAN - POOR MAN
Theme 2. FREE
The WINNERS
1. FIRST PRIZE (ex-aequo): PETRISAN, Romania (500 $)
and Bozidar STEFANOVIC, Bosnia Herzegovina (500 $)
2. SECOND PRIZE: Chaiporth PANICHRUTIWONG, Thailand (500 $)
3. THIRD PRIZE: Omer CAM, Turkey (400 $)
Special PRIZES:
1. Pavel BOTEZATU, Romania
2. Hule HANUSIC, Austria
3. Constantin SUNNERBERG, Belgium
4. Li JINGSHAN, China
5. Vladimir KAZANEVSKY, Ukraine
6. Nikola OTAS, Serbia
7. Darko DRLIJEVIC, Montenegro
8. Constantin PAVEL, Romania
9. Slobodan BUTIR, Croatia
10. Vaso KRCMAR, Serbia
Theme 3: PORTRAIT / Romanian sportsman:
1. Special prize: Ivailo TSVETKOV, Bulgaria
2. Special prize: Aquil RASTEGARI, Iran
3. Special prize: Iulian LALU, Romania
4. Special prize: Kresimir KVESTER, Croatia.
(Cash prizes from PORTRAIT section were CANCELED, for low participation.)
JURY Members:
Julian PENA-PAI, Romania - President
Jugoslav VLAHOVIC, Serbia - member
Cristi VECERDEA-CRIV, Romania - member
Liviu STANILA, Romania - member
Nicu PETRACHE, Romania - member/organisator.
More on http://bestcartoons.smugmug.com/.

27.11.13

International exhibition "Apaguemos el Maltrato" is on from 25 November in Spain

The International exhibition themed "Apaguemos el Maltrato" (Extinguish Violence Against Women) is opened in 25th November 2013 in Madrid where is the capital of Spain with the participation of 24 prestigious artists from 21 countries and aims to raise awareness of abuse against women. In the afternoon, it was presented in Alcorcón, the first of the 12 towns that will hold the exhibition by the hand of the Women’s Institute of Madrid.
The exhibition after Madrid Royal Mail House will be placed at headquarters at the Women Institute of Madrid for a year. During the same period, it will be exhibited in Alcobendas, Alcorcón, Aranjuez, Boadilla del Monte, Getafe, Las Rozas, Móstoles, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Soto del Real, Torrejón, Tres Cantos and Valdemoro.
The two cartoons by Menekşe ÇAM take place in the exhibition to represent Turkey.
The all participating artists;
Angel Boligán (Mexico), Pablo Blasberg (Argentina), Menekse Cam (Turkey), Darío Castillejos (Mexico), Doaa Eladl (Egypt), Alex Falco (Cuba), Ares (Cuba), Riber Hansson (Sweden), Adán Iglesias (Cuba), Doddy Iswahyudi (Indonesia), Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine), Pawel Kuczynski (Poland), Yu Liang (China), Marc Lynch (Australia), Marilena Nardi (Italy), Miel (Singapore), Enio Navarro (Spain), Victor Ndula (Kenya), Vilma Vargas (Ecuador), Elena Ospina (Colombia), Tsocho Peev (Bulgaria), Andrei Popov (Russia), Kianoush Ramezani (Iran), Ann Telnaes (USA).
The cartoons in the exhibition were collected in an album will be sent to the participating artists.
(Also on Facebook).

26.11.13

Winners in 2nd International Cartoon Contest Sinaloa 2013, Mexico

Theme: Migration
519 participants from 68 cuntries sent in 1043 drawings.
WINNERS
First Prize: Wissam Asaad - Syria (Top)

Second Prize: Mohammadreza Babaei – Iran (Above)
Third Prize: Darío Castillejos - Mexico
Honourable Mentions:
Mihai Ignat – Romania
Hasan Ali Ismail – Syria
Bahman Jalali Nokandeh – Iran
Mete Agaoglu – Turkey
Michel Moro Gomez – Cuba
Musa Gumus – Turkey
Bobisa – Serbia
Norbert Van Yperzeele – Belgium
Viktor Manuel Barrera – Colombia
Rainer Ehrt – Germany.
All winning cartoons here.

24.11.13

23.11.13

International 7-77 Cartoon Competition 2014, Turkey

The 19th International Ankara Cartoon Festival is going to be held from April 18th to 20th, 2014 during the 85th Children’s Day activities, which are celebrated in our country every year on the 23rd April .
The international 7-77 Cartoon Competition will be organized under the 20th International Ankara Cartoon Festival. The aim of the competition is to make children familiar with the art of cartooning and to contribute the development of sensitivity towards humour by enriching their world with the help of cartoons you will draw.
All proffessional and amateur cartoonists will be welcomed to  join in by drawing cartoons for children.
Cartoons can be drawn in black-white or colourful using any technique in either A4 or A3 size.
Cartoonists can join in the competition with an original  cartoon that can be understood by children.
Competitors must write their names, surnames and addresses on the back of their cartoons.
The deadline for the competition is February 1st, 2014. Cartoons should be sent to the  following address:
ULUSLARARASI 7-77 KARIKATUR YARISMASI PK:364 YENISEHIR 06443 /ANKARA/ TURKEY
The sole prize of the competition is the 7-77 PRIZE (1000 €) and the institutions’ commemorative plates.
The results of the competition will be announced on April 10th, 2014 in the local press and on the web.
The winner of the competition will be invited to Ankara from April 18th  to 20th, 2014 as a guest for the activities to be held during the 20th International Ankara Cartoon Festival and will receive the award at the opening of the exhibition.
The International 7-77 Cartoon Competition catalogue and the certificate will be sent to those  competitors whose cartoons were chosen by the jury and were printed in the catalogue.
Cartoons will not be sent back and all rights will be reserved by the Cartoon Foundation.
International 7-77 Cartoon Competition exhibition will be opened in various cities of Turkey and abroad.