CHOPIN’S SMILE INTERNATIONAL CARTOON COMPETITION - POLANDTHE COMPETITION’S REGULATIONS
The competition is organised by the Museum of Caricature and Cartoon Art in Warsaw together with the CHOPIN 2010 Celebrations Office. Partners: the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw, the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw, the Association of Polish Caricaturists – SPAK, the SATYRYKON – LEGNICA International Exhibition Office and the Association DEBUT in Zielona Góra.
1. The aim of the “Chopin’s Smile” International Cartoon Competition is to popularise knowledge about the life and creativity of Fryderyk Chopin at home and abroad, by proxy of cartoon and satirical art.
2. The competition shall be announced on August 1, 2009 on the internet pages of the Museum of Caricature and Cartoon Art:
www.muzeumkarykatury.pl, the CHOPIN 2010 Celebrations Office:
http://www.chopin2010.pl/ and the partners:
http://www.spak.pl/,
http://www.satyrykon.pl/,
http://www.debiut.org.pl/. Written invitations to participate in the competition shall also be sent by letter together with the Competition’s Regulations and the Entry Forms, directly to select artists and to Polish and international artistic associations and organisations.
3. This is an open competition aimed at professional artists working in the fields of caricature and satirical art, and at art students at higher educational establishments.
4. Original works (including computer graphics) may be submitted in the technique of one’s choice – drawing, painting, graphics, collage, in a format not exceeding A-3 (297 x 420 mm) in size. Computer printouts must be signed by hand. Photocopies of works are inadmissible. Contestants are hereby advised that works sent in by electronic mail shall be disqualified from participating in the competition.
5. Each participant may submit no more than 5 works.
6. Works already distinguished in other competitions are barred from this competition.
7. Entries should carry the annotation “
UŚMIECH CHOPINA” (CHOPIN’S SMILE) and must be delivered by the end of November (30 XI 2009) to the following address:
Muzeum Karykatury ul. Kozia 11, 00-070 Warsaw, Poland
phone/fax. +48 (0) 22 827 88 95,
http://www.muzeumkarykatury.pl/e-mail:
muzeumkarykatury@poczta.wp.plCompetition office: phone +48 (0) 22 828 76 01
8. Each entry must carry the name and surname of its author, and the work’s title/caption should it have one. An Entry Form should be attached to each submission. Receipt of the Entry Form shall be regarded as tantamount to the entrant’s consent for his/her personal data as disclosed in the Entry Form to be made public.
9. Participants must deliver their entries to the Museum of Caricature and Cartoon Art by delivery firms or in person, at their own expense. The organisers of the competition disclaim any responsibility for any damage sustained by works entered for the competition while in transit.
TIMETABLE
Deadline for submission of entries –
November 30, 2009Meeting of the International Jury – December 5, 2009
Announcement of the results of the competition on the websites of the organisers and the partners – January 2010
Post-competition exhibition at the Museum of Caricature and Cartoon Art in Warsaw – June-October 2010
Official awards’ ceremony – September 2010
PRIZES
1. The entries shall be assessed by an International Jury consisting of eminent cartoonists, art critics, musicians and representatives of the organisers.
2. The Jury shall make the final choice of works to be displayed at the postcompetition exhibition.
3. The Jury shall award the following Regulation Prizes:
Grand Prix – 15 000 PLN (ca 3 400 €)
I Prize – 10 000 PLN (ca 2 250 €)
II Prize – 8 000 PLN (ca 1 800 €)
III Prize – 6 000 PLN (ca 1 350 €)
3 Distinctions – 3 000 PLN (ca 675 €) each*
* All cash prizes are quoted in gross figures and are subject to taxation in accordance with Polish regulations.
4. Terms and conditions of collecting cash prizes: attendance of the winners at the awards’ ceremony or their collection in person from the Museum of Caricature and Cartoon Art’s office in Warsaw, or by giving their bank account numbers into which their prize money is to be transferred.
5. The Jury reserves the right to establish the final amounts in cash prizes to be paid out of the Regulation Prizes, to adjust their levels or not to confer prizes. The decision of the Jury is final and irrevocable.
6. In addition, prizes funded by other institutions or sponsors are envisaged.
FINAL RESOLUTIONS
1. Participation in the competition constitutes an unequivocal expression of consent to participate in the post-competition exhibition and the reproduction of entries, on a free of charge basis, for the purpose of advertising this exhibition in any and all media, in an unlimited number of editions, without remuneration, and also incorporating their reproductions in publications accompanying the post-competition exhibition. Copies of the works may be exhibited beyond the Museum of Caricature and Cartoon Art, in travelling exhibitions at home and abroad, once the post-competition exhibition closes.
2. The ownership of, and all attendant rights to, the prize-winning and officially distinguished entries shall transfer to the Museum of Caricature and Cartoon Art in Warsaw. Moreover, the Museum reserves the right to choose and add to its own collection one work from each of the artists displayed at the post-competition exhibition. The ownership of works receiving awards from other institutions and sponsors shall be transferred to such institutions and sponsors.
3. The authors of works selected for the post-competition exhibition shall each receive an exhibition catalogue. The competition’s award winners shall be invited to participate in the official awards’ ceremony and shall be assured 3 nights’ hotel accommodation. Travel costs incurred in participating in these ceremonies shall NOT be refunded.
4. Entries sent to the competition’s organisers should be collected by the end of November 2010 or, upon request, may be sent back at the addressee’s expense.
5. The submission of an entry into the competition signifies its Author’s unequivocal acceptance of the terms and conditions of these Regulations.
Regulations in languages and entry-form
Invitation to UMO: Bad Design Expo'09
Third Prize: Gregori Katz, Israel - By Haifa Municipality
Award of Appreciation to: Oguz Gurel, Turkey - By "Pencom" Israel Cartoon Association
PRIZE City Council:
PRIZE ON VANGUARD Zélio Silver Trophy:
PRIZE ON CARICATURE Zélio Silver Trophy:
First Prize: Bayram Hajizadeh of Baku, Azerbaijan (See above)
