The 3rd International Caricature Art Competition CHINA 2015

The 3rd International Caricature Art Competition CHINA 2015
1. The Competition is open to all artist -- Caricaturist, Illustrator, Cartoonist, Printmaker and Painter around world regardless of nationality, age, sex, etc.
2. Theme: DACHUAN XIA
A)Caricature: Any form of portraits about Dachuan Xia (More info)
B)Article: If you've ever seen him,you can write a little article, about funny anecdotes between you and him; Or your evaluation and impression of him; Or you have there comments about his cartoon.
3. The maximum 7 entries .
4. The maximum size of the works: 150 × 150 cm
5. Technique and medium of works are unlimited. Any painting, Print making, Traditional Chinese Painting, Oil painting, Watercolor, Crafts art will be accepted.
6. Author's resume and photo should be submitted with entries together.
7. Deadline: July 15, 2015.
8. The jury meeting will be held on August, 2015.
9. PRIZES (The competition is not set bonuses):
Excellent prize : (10) : Medal + Catalog
Selected : Catalog.
10. The authors whose works has been selected will receive a copy of the catalog made for competition.
11.Explicitly participators have whole copyright for their entries, of course Host unit may use some works on web site and other media for spreading competition and artists.
12. Participation in the contest means the complete acceptance of all the above conditions and agreements with jury's decision.
13. You can choose one way:
A. E-mail to: redmancartoon@126.com
B. ADDRESS:
XIAO YU HU
P.O.BOX 6659，JIAN GUO MEN INTERNATIONAL POST OFFICE,
No.50,Guang Hua Road,CHAO YANG QU,
BEIJING 100600, CHINA
14. Web site : www.redmancartoon.com
Email: redmancartoon@126.com .

First exhibition of THUMBI, the Kosovo Cartoon Association, in Pristina

THUMBI, the recently founded Kosovo Cartoon Association, organizes their first cartoon exhibition in Pristina. Their president cartoonist Agim Krasniqi cooperated with some Turkish cartoonists to exhibit their work also as their guest artists. The participating cartoons are published in a catalog as well. About 75 cartoons in total are on display from June 15 until June 21 at the National Library of Kosovo in Pristina.

Catalog of the 20th International Cartoon Exhibition, Zagreb 2015, Croatia

A couple of days ago received the new catalog Zagreb 2015, the 20th International Cartoon Exhibition, from Croatia. The standard 19x19 cm sized catalog has 96 pages, half of which are in color and the other half with gray scale images. Davorin Trgovcevic, president of the Croatian Cartoonist Association, celebrates the 20th anniversary of their festival in his introductory article, "The Birthday". Admittedly, one looks for one more article portraying the aspects of the theme with humorous touches (like the one in the previous edition's catalog by late HANS, the cartoonist). Well, a suggestion only, a report of the jury explaining a bit of the grounds for their decision to award particular works would do as much better: This kind of an intellectual essay used to be a pillar of strength for most festival catalogs until recently, but mostly neglected nowadays, possibly due to problems of translation or shortness of time. Why, because, organising the exhibition with an already published (checked and proof-read before of course) catalog in a month's time after the jury meeting needs great effort and attention. And Zagreb International Cartoon Exhibition does this as a tradition which not many cartoon festivals could belong.
Out of ten participants from Turkey, three cartoonists' works are selected (one is awarded by the way) for the catalog: Musa Gumus, Oguz Gurel, and Halit Kurtulmus.
The stone-age artist by Gerald Peigneux from France, and two Picasso cartoons by Grzegorz Weigt from Poland and Erico Junqueira Ayres from Brazil made me smile the first sight I can remember. You can also decide your best cartoons in the catalog, just click here. You might also get a signed copy by contributing only 20 USD here.
My thanks to HDK for sending me this precious book of contemporary humor.

Catalog 6th International Tourism Cartoon Competition 2014, Turkey

Received yesterday the newly-published catalog of the 6th International Tourism Cartoon Competition 2014, Turkey. 22.7x23 cm in size (a bit larger than my scanner's, so the cover image above is cropped of top and bottom), the full-color catalog has 208 pages. This recent edition they also added the young competitors category which brought 56 pages more compared to the previous one of 2013. The book contains 186 finalist works in both adult and youth category, reduced from 920 works by 489 cartoonists representing 60 countries. The prizes were all-inclusive holidays for two persons each in 5-star hotels in Turkey as was the theme: "All-inclusive Holiday".
What this catalog brought new to me among others is the extraordinary art of Anon Anindito from Indonesia. Quite unusual, kind of bitter, in humor, the artist also has a masterly technique to portray the scene. None of his three works in the catalog is awarded probably because not directly related to the recent edition's theme.
The catalog is available now in PDF here which is downloadable also to be printed if you are an enthusiast.
My thanks to Nazmi Kozak, the publisher and member of the organizing committee, who sent me this book of amusing cartoons.

Rules for the VII International Exhibition of Graphic Humor - Lima 2015, Peru

Dear colleagues and artists:
Peru wears the joy, creativity and art with the completion of the VII International Exhibition of Graphic Humor - Lima 2015.
The theme for this year's: Floods.
A flood is the occupation by water or residential areas for agriculture, either by overflowing rivers, torrential rains, snowmelt, by rising tides over the habitual level or avalanche caused by tsunamis.
Floods are one of the natural disasters that occur more victims in the world. It has been estimated that in the twentieth century some 3.2 million people have died for this reason, which is more than half of those killed by natural disasters in the world during that period.
We invite all artists to send their works on this topic that allows us to reflect on or is happening on the planet and what we can do to make it a better world. It is humor is a good tool for that.
The success of the International Exhibition of Graphic Humor, considered one of the most important artistic events in Latin America depends on you.

REGLAMENT
Theme: FLOODS
1. The works submitted must stick to the theme chosen for this sixth edition: Floods
2. The artist may submit up to two works from his personal archive. These may have been published and / or previously awarded.
3. They shall send to the organizers their personal details (full name, address, contact number, address).
4. The work must have a resolution of at least 300 dpi and a minimum size of A-4 (30 x 21 cm.)
5. The works, along with the required data have to be sent only to the official email: salonhumorperu@salonhumorperu.com 
6. The closing date will be July 30, 2015.
7. The works received that pass the selection form the exhibition which is scheduled for Thursday, September 10, 2015.
8. The artists whose works are selected will receive a copy of the official catalog of the Hall of Humor, sent through the Foreign Ministry to countries which have diplomatic representation.
9. The artist authorizes the organizers to use his work for the publicity that The Hall of Humor Graphic required to promote the event (posters, poles, press releases, etc.).
10. By entering the artist accepts all the conditions laid down in the rules of the call for the VII International Exhibition of Graphic Humor - Lima 2015.
WEB: http://www.salonhumorperu.com.

International Cartoon Contest: Politics and Sex 2015, Israel

CONTEST TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. The contest is open to all entrants.
2. Cartoons must meet the ethical and aesthetic standards of civilized society. No incitement to violence, racial or national discrimination, or scenes of violence and pornography.
3. In the event of rule breaking or overt plagiarism, entries will be removed from the contest without further discussion.
4. Method of execution is up to the entrant. Cartoons submitted in digital form will have the following formats: JPEG, A-4, 300 dpi. Author’s name, billing address and e-mail will be attached to the entry.
5. Maximum of three entries per participant.
6. Narration will be in English, but wordless entries are encouraged.
7. The contest will last for one month. Final submission date for entries is 4-th of July.
8. Entries will be published on the contest’s Facebook page and “Beseder?”’s website – beseder.ru
9. As well as entering a file into the contest, authors whose works will be chosen for the exhibition, must send in the original or a high quality copy in A-4 format by 4-th of August.
10. Cartoons must be watermarked in digital form.
11. Final results will come in on 12-th of July.
12. Exhibition of entries will be held in September-October of 2015. A catalog is planned by year’s end. Each author, whose work is included in the catalog, will receive one copy for free.
13. There are also plans for the auctioning of cartoons with the author receiving 50% of the profits for the sale of their work.
14. By entering the contest, the author of an entry accepts the terms and conditions, and agrees for their work to be published on the website beseder.ru, in promotions, social networks and the contest’s catalog. Having said that, the author retains their copyright for the work.
15. The originals and copies participating in the contest will not be returned to the author.
PRIZES
1-st place – 1000 USD + honorary diploma
2-nd place – 700 USD + honorary diploma
3-rd place – 500 USD + honorary diploma
10 works will be recognized with honorary diplomas.
CATALOG
Each participant in the catalog will receive an author’s copy.
CONTEST JUDGES
Andrei Biljo, cartoonist
Victor Bogorad, cartoonist
Mark Galesnik, c. editor of the website beseder.ru
Michael Zlatkovsky, cartoonist
Sergei Tunin, cartoonist
Victor Shenderovich, satire writer
Lev Sheglov, professor of sexology.
ADDRESSES
Address for contest entries: beseder.cartoon@gmail.com 
Address for originals: Beseder, P.O.B. 3233 Jerusalem 91030 Israel .