27.2.13

Murat Ahmeti from Kosova wins the International Caricature Web Contest 2013 with theme Yuri Kosobukin

First Prize: Murat Ahmeti - Kosova
Second Prize: Arash Foroughi - Iran
Third Prize: António Santos - Portugal
Special Prize of the “DQ” International Cartoon Web site: Alireza Pakdel - Iran
Special Prize of the “CNC International” Web site: Speeged Sumigit - Indonesia
Honorable Mentions:
Andrés López Sandoval - Colombia
Walter Toscano - Peru
Xiaoqiang Hou - China
Ramiro Medelin - Colombia
J.Bosco Jacó de Azevedo - Brazil.
All winning caricatures on source: cartooncenter .

25.2.13

Call to suggest the theme for the 20th International Exhibition of Arts of Humor

Help us with the theme of the XXth International Exhibition of Arts of Humor.
The International Exhibition of Arts of Humor (formerly International Exhibition of Graphic Humor) is celebrating its 20th edition.
During these 19 exhibition, we did the themes of the university, tolerance, picaresque, North America, third millennium, film, inventions, sports, Quixote, road safety, equality, gender violence, the recycling, education, childhood, motherhood, food and crisis.
On the occasion of this 20th anniversary, we ask help choosing the theme of this year so special.
We hope your suggestions via the web, e-mail, Twitter or Facebook before 10 March. We will choose the most requested item, or we will vote later with several of them.

20.2.13

Results International Exhibition Satyrykon Legnica 2013, Poland

T H E P R O T O C O L
of the jury session of International Exhibition SATYRYKON - Legnica 2013
19 February 2013
Jury represented by:
The chairman: David HUGHES (GB)
Members: Marco DE ANGELIS (I)
Florian Doru CRIHANA (RO)
Bogna OTTO-WĘGRZYN
Elżbieta PIETRASZKO
Grzegorz SZUMOWSKI
Reiner SCHWALME (D)
Zenon ŻYBURTOWICZ
having seen 2.118 works by 585 authors, who come from 53 countries of the world, the Jury has decided to qualify 129 works by 94 authors for the post competition exhibition. The Jury has awarded Grand Prix Satyrykon 2013 and money award in amount of 8,000 PLN to Ms Małgorzata LAZAREK (Poland) for her untitled works (See top).
The Jury has also awarded the following regular prizes:
Section I: j o k e
1st prize, golden medal and money award of PLN 6.000 to Mr Lech FRĄCKOWIAK (Poland) for his work ”Arc 2”
2nd prize, silver medal and money award of PLN 5.500 to Mr Stoyko SIVRILOV (Bulgaria) for his work ”Abroad”
3rd prize, bronze medal and money award of PLN 5.000 to Mr Vladimir ABROIAN (Armenia) for his work ”Psychiatrist”
and the two equal distinction awards of PLN 4.000 each for:
Mr Włodzimierz STASZCZYK (Poland) for his work ”Cosmodrome”
Mr Andrea PECCHI (Italy) for her work ”Siren and tuna”.
Section II: s a t i r e
1st prize, golden medal and money award of PLN 6.000 to Mr Łukasz BOGDAN (Poland) for his work ”Homo laptopus”
2nd prize, silver medal and money award of PLN 5.500 to Mr Jerzy GŁUSZEK (Poland) for his work ”Wanderer”
3rd prize, bronze medal and money award of PLN 5.000 to Ms Klaudia KOST (Poland) for her work ”Primer”
and the two equal distinction awards of PLN 4.000 each for:
Mr Lex DREWIŃSKI (Germany/Poland) for his work ”One, two, three… Depardie!”
Mr Michał TATARKIEWICZ (Poland) for his work „Non Justice”.
That way the protocol was close.
s p e c i a l a w a r d s
The Mayor of Legnica award in amount of PLN 4.000 for Mr Mirosław GRYŃ (Poland) for his work ”Polish Pride”
The Director of Legnica Culture Centre Award in amount of PLN 4.000 for Mr Ghadir VAGHARI SHURRCHEH (Iran) for his untitled work.

12.2.13

Deadline in the 8th International Cartoon Contest SYRIA 2013 is March 12

Syria Cartoon website present
The 8th International Cartoon Contest SYRIA 2013
Regulations:
• Theme: We love live... No more blood
• Only 1 cartoon, A4, 300 dpi, JPG/JPEG and free techniques.
• Deadline: 12 / 3 / 2013 (EXTENDED) 20 MARCH 2013
(http://raedcartoon.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1114)
• Prizes: Golden, Silver, Bronze and 3 Special Prizes.
• Jury members will be considered as participants in the exhibition
and represent their own countries.
Their names will be automatically added to the List of Participants
(They will participate only in exhibition,
Not in contest (just honorary participation).
• Cartoons can be used for any promotion purposes
(Printing, websites, Newspapers, posters, invitation cards....etc)
without the permission of the artist and without any payment.
• Cartoons must be sent to:  syiacontest2013@gmail.com
along with
Artist’s recent C.V, address (doc format), and personal photo.
Syria Cartoon website:
www.raedcartoon.com.