Famous Czech caricaturist Pavel Kundera passes away (17.6.1941 – 9.3.2013)

Pavel Kundera, the Czech cartoonist most famous for his portraits of sportspeople and other celebrities as well, passes aged 71 after a severe illness he fought for many months. Here is an informative interview with him made in 2011 and possibly this is the Google-translated English version. May he rest in peace. (More on E-GAG 13-11-12).

The 3rd Gold Panda International Cartoon and Illustration Competition 2013 with themes

The 3rd Gold Panda International Cartoon and Illustration Competition 2013, China
1. Participation
The contest is open to all artists regardless of nationality, age, sex, etc.
2. Organizer
Host：“HONGTU” Art institute
Sponsor: Red Man Art Center.
Official website: www.redmanart.com
3. Theme
A) Horse \ Zebra \ Pegasus
B) Panda
C) Free
4. Entries
1) The works whether they have been awarded in other contests previously will be accepted.
2) Participators should summit the original works. Any slide, photograph or xerox will not be accepted.
3) The maximum 10 entries should be submitted for each category.
4) The maximum size of the works should be 200 ×200cm respectively.
5) The works should be accompanied by the author's resume and photo (or caricature).
6) First name, Last name, Address, Email, Telephone number should be written on the reverse side of the works. Please specify in envelope: “2013 Gold Panda”
7) Technique and medium of works are unlimited. Any painting, Print making, Traditional Chinese Painting, Oil painting, Watercolor, Crafts art or Children’s painting will be accepted.
5. Entry Form
Please down load the entry form on our web site: www.redmanart.com
At the same time, the self made entry form is also accepted.
6. Deadline
The deadline for entry is the 22 of September 2013.
7. Delivery
1) The entries must be flat protected with hard cardboard, or rolled in a hard case. The folded works will not be accepted.
2) Please send entries to the address as follow:
HU XIAO YU
ROOM 341 BUILDING #364, ZHAN QIAN BA LI XIAO QU
YUN JING DONG LI，TONG ZHOU QU,
BEIJING 101121，CHINA
8. Judgment
1) The jury committee is composed of artists, print engravers, cartoonist, illustrators and press editors.
2) The jury meeting will be held on October, 20, 2013.
3) The committee will announce the result on November, 10, 2013 on web site. At the same time organizer will contact the winning artists via postal mail or email.
9. Prizes
1) Gold Panda prize – Golden Panda Medal + 2000 US Dollars – 1 place
2) Best work prize – Silver Panda Medals + 300 US Dollars – 5 places
3) The special prize of jury meeting – Copper Panda Medals – 30 places
4) Selected prize – Certificate of merit.
10. Copyright
Explicitly participators have whole copyright for their entries. The committee has the right to use all the submitted works to spread competition on media, websites, posters, post cards, advertisements, etc.
11. Catalog
The authors whose works has been selected will receive one copy of the catalog made for the competition.
12. Provisions
1) The submitted works will not be returned. They will be exhibited and displayed in Redman International Cartoon House.
2) Participation in the contest means the complete acceptance of all the above conditions and agreements with jury's decision.
For Information
HU XIAO YU
ROOM 341 BUILDING #364, ZHAN QIAN BA LI XIAO QU
YUN JING DONG LI，TONG ZHOU QU,
BEIJING 101121，CHINA
Web site
www.redmancartoon.com/en
www.redmanart.com/en
Email:
redmanart@126.com .

The First International Graphic Humour Festival “The Sunny Dragon” 2013, Armenia

The Association of Caricaturists of Armenia and the Union of Artists of Armenia with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia announce and organize in Yerevan, Armenia, the First International Graphic Humour Festival “The Sunny Dragon”, dated for completion of the actions devoted to the 500th Anniversary of Armenian Printing.
The themes of the Festival are: a) Books & Press; b) Free.
The Prizes:
The 1st Prize “Golden Sunny Dragon”
The 2nd Prize “Silver Sunny Dragon”
The 3rd Prize “Bronze Sunny Dragon”
The Special Prizes:
The Prize of the Ministry of Culture of RA “500th Anniversary of Armenian Printing”
The Prize of the Association of Caricaturists of Armenia
The Prize of the Union of Artists of Armenia
Regulations
1. The Festival is open to adult cartoonists, illustrators and graphic artists from all over the world.
2. The quantity of works for each author is not limited (cartoons, caricatures, strips, comics, etc.).
3. The works, in digital format, can be sent by e-mail to the addresses: artunion_75@yahoo.com, thesunnydragon@gmail.com together with the digital entry form with the information about the author. The works, in any technique, black/white or colour, must be saved in high quality JPG, TIFF, PNG or PDF formats, in 300 dpi resolution for A4 size, and should not exceed 5MB for each file. Files larger will not be accepted.
4. The deadline for submissions is MARCH 22, 2013.
5. The works will be exhibited at the House of Artist of Armenia (16 Abovyan Str., Yerevan, Armenia) and may be exhibited at museums, galleries and exhibition halls in Yerevan or in other settlements in Armenia as well, at the discretion of the organizers.
6. Works awarded at other events can take part in our Festival with stating where and when they were awarded.
7. The results of the voting will be given directly to all the participating artists by email, published on the site http://humour2013.jimdo.com/ and on the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Armenian-association-of-caricaturists/105515479573700?ref=hl within April 2013.
8. The opening ceremony will have place on April 1 and the prizes distribution, on April 7, 2013, at the House of Artist of Armenia. The exhibition will remain opened until April 7, 2013.
9. The participation in the Festival implies the complete acceptance of all the conditions and rules from the author.
Timetable of The Sunny Dragon 2013
Theme: a/ Books & Press; b/ Free
Deadline for application and entries: March 22, 2013
Opening: April 1, 2013
Exhibition: April 1-7, 2013.
Entry Form on source and facebook.

International Cartoon Contest of Bride's Veneration, Kriva Palanka 2013, R. Macedonia

The Organization Board of the Cultural Manifestation Bride’s Veneration, St. Teodor Tiron, v.Konopnica, KrivaPalanka under the Patronage of the Municipality of KrivaPalanka, organizes an International Cartoon Contest on the topic:
BRIDE AND MOTHER IN LAW
Criteria for participation:
- One author can participate with only three (3) non textual cartoons; -Application should be done with an application form attached on krivapalanka.gov.mk ;
- The application which is not properly completed , will not be qualified furthermore ;
- Filling the application, the applicant certifies that the piece of art is his own intellectual property and accepts to cede the author`s rights to the organizer of the contest ;
- Applying at the contest the author approves the organizer to use, exhibit, study and publish the pieces of art without limit for the media, period of time or place of its publication;
- It is preferable for the authors to enclose their short Biography;
- The pieces of art are supposed to be sent using e-mail (original or scanned ) with resolution of 300 dpi and the form should be A3 (29,7 x 42) to contest@gradnakulturata2013.mk;
- Application deadline is 29th of March 2013.
Process of selection and judging:
- All the pieces of art that applied properly should be taken in the preliminary selection
- The preliminary selection of the pieces of art should be done by the Organizational Board in the period of 3 days after the deadline date.
- The organizational Board should choose to award the arts that will enter the preliminary selection;
- The authors that should be awarded are supposed to supply the original piece of art in 15 days, after the Publication of the results.
Publication of the results:
- The results will be published on the web site of the Municipality of KrivaPalanka (www.krivapalanka.gov.mk) not later than 02.04.2013.
Presentation:
- All the preliminary selected pieces of art will be published in the catalogue
- All the participating authors who take part in the preliminary selection will receive a catalogue (electronic version) sent on the given address.
Contacts:
http://www.facebook.com/todorica.konopnicakrivapalanka
Dragan Velickovski (draganvelicki@yahoo.com)
Awards:
 first prize – 200 $ and a Certificate for participation
 second prize – 150 $ and a Certificate for participation
 third prize – 100 $ and a Certificate for participation
Special awards:
 Certificate and a Certificate of Honour (Plaque )from the Municipality of Kriva Palanka
 Certificate and a Souvenir of the town of Kriva Palanka
 Certificate and a souvenir of the Manifestation Playing Tribute of the Bride, St.Teodor Tiron.

40th International Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba 2013 with Free themes + Theme Soccer

40th International Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba 2013, Brazil
REGULATION
1-DATES
The 40th International Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba 2013, realized by the Piracicaba City Hall/Cultural Action Secretariat/National Graphic Humor Center of Piracicaba will be held in accordance with the following schedule – Registrations: until July 19th. Art Selection: August 03rd and 04th. Awards: August 17th. Opening: August 24th. Closing: October 20th.
2-PARTICIPATION
Professional and amateur artists, Brazilians and foreigners can apply unpublished artworks that were not awarded until the closing date for entries. The theme is free.
The works - all categories - can be sent by MAIL or ELECTRONIC MAIL (applications over the Internet, in the format and 300 DPI JPGE, attached images at once).
The graphical technique is free. Digital copies signed by author and being indicated that it is print number 01 and sculptures, with humorous content will also be accepted. Maximum measures allowed: paper - 42 x 30 centimeters (A3) (16,54 x 11,81 inches), sculptures - 42 centimeters or 16,54 inches (height) x 30 centimeters or 11,81 inches (depth) x 30 centimeters or 11,81 inches (width).
Each artist may enter a maximum of 03 works per category: Cartoon (graphic humor with universal and timeless themes), Charge (graphic humor with journalistic themes of nowadays), Caricature (graphic humor that expresses the physical and/or personality of a known celebrity), Comic Strips/Comic Stories (graphic art in sequence. Caution: for comic stories will be accepted a maximum of 02 pages per work) and Theme Soccer.
Along the registered artwork, the artist must attach a complete registration form with legibly writing. It is also requested reduced curriculum and photo, for registration in the CEDHU's database.
ADDRESS
40° Salão Internacional de Humor de Piracicaba/Secretaria Municipal da Ação Cultural Av. Maurice Allain, 454 - Caixa Postal 12 – CEP 13.405-123 - Piracicaba - SP Brasil
E-MAIL ADRESSES
Cartoon Category: premiocartum@salaodehumor.piracicaba.sp.gov.br
Charge Category: premiocharge@salaodehumor.piracicaba.sp.gov.br
Caricature Category: premiocaricatura@salaodehumor.piracicaba.sp.gov.br
Comic Strips/Stories Category: premiotira@salaodehumor.piracicaba.sp.gov.br
Thematic Category: premiofutebol@salaodehumor.piracicaba.sp.gov.br
3-AWARDS
The Awards are a total of R$ 40,000.00 (thirty-five thousand reais), acquisitive Municipality of Piracicaba, divided as follows:
a) Five 1st place prizes in the amount of R$ 5,000.00 (five thousand reais) each, divided among the categories.
b) One award of R$ 10,000.00 (ten thousand reais) called GRAND PRIZE INTERNATIONAL HUMOR OF PIRACICABA chosen among the five winners of each category.
c) One prize called Popular Jury “Alceu Marozi Righetto”, in the value of R$ 5.000,00 (five thousand reais), chosen by online open voting. The contestants to this award will be selected by the Awarding Committee. The indicated, such as the schedule and the local for the voting will be announced on the event's opening.
It will be also awarded a prize of R$ 3.131,11 (three thousand one hundred thirty-one reais and eleven cents), exclusively for the caricature category, purchasing value from the City Council of Piracicaba.
Beside the money prize, the awarded artists will be receiving trophies (a creation of Zélio Alves Pinto). Other awards and honors may be imposed at the discretion of the Organizing Committee.
There will be a Selection Jury and an Award Jury composed by qualified people in the area. If the Award Jury finds any type of fraud or plagiarism in one or more registered works, the Jury may cancel the award. The result of the award may be contested until a week after the opening of the Exhibition, with reasonable evidence of any wrongdoing without acknowledgement of the committee.
4-ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The simple application requires the artist to accept these regulations. The selected artists automatically transfer the authorial rights of his artworks for reproductions and publications in any media, without restriction, aiming promotion of the event. The returning of the artworks after the closing of the exhibition must be formally requested early in the registration form. Otherwise the artworks will ultimately belong to the collection of the National Graphic Humor Center of Piracicaba, which will exercise the right of property, as it finds interesting.
The organization of the 40th International Exhibition Humor of Piracicaba is not responsible for possible damages that may happen when the arts are sent or returned.
The authors transfer automatically Authorial Rights of his artworks when awarded acquisitivetely (including mentions), in accordance with the Law n° 9610, February 19st, 1988 (Authorial Rights Law), therefore, universal and definitely in all use modalities and gratuitous, the rights of the author, guaranteed by the mentioned law; referring to the awarded artworks in the International Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba and now integrant part of Municipal Public Property for the purposes of entitlements, in accordance with the Municipal Law n° 2249, 1976, partially amended by the Municipal Law n° 2486, 1982 and consolidated by the Municipal Law n° 5194, 2002.
IMPORTANT: The work submitted must be accompanied by the registration form, duly completed and signed by the author.
Registration Form on source: http://salaodehumor.piracicaba.sp.gov.br/docs/regulamento-2013.pdf .

XV International Open Cartoon Contest - Zielona Góra, Poland 2013

The Society of Supporters of Cultural Activities “Debut” and the Voivodeship and Municipal Public Library in Zielona Góra (Poland) cordially invite to participate in the XV International Open Cartoon Contest. This year theme is SOCIAL MEDI@.

Results of the 5th International Fadjr Visual Arts Festival 2013, Iran

Results of the 5th International Fadjr Visual Arts Festival were announced on March 03, 2013, Iran.
In cartoon section of this festival Pouya Abdoli (Top) from Iran was successful to receive the First Prize and Valentin Georgiev from Bulgaria and Doru Axinte from Romania were the Second and Third winners of this Festival.
Also Angel Boligan from Mexico, Hamidreza Mosayebi and Mehdi Azizi from Iran were appreciated.
Source: Iran Cartoon .

Rules for the 7th HumoDÆVA International Cartoon Contest, Deva 2013, Romania

The 7th HumoDÆVA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST – Deva 2013, Romania
The event is a part of the 13th edition of Deva annual Humor Festival Liviu Oros.
R U L E S
1. The artworks must be presented in a FREE THEME, under the categories:
A. CARTOON: drawings without any relation to a specific fact;
B. CARICATURE: portrait with anatomic and psychological distortion of well known personalities;
C. STRIP: drawings in sequential panels;
D. HUMOROUS PHOTOS (PICS): good-humored photos with universal theme.
2. The 7th HumoDÆVA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST is an open competition for cartoonists all over the world. The Participation on the International Contest is free of charge. For all the cartoonists accepted in the contest, the drawings will be displayed FREE OF CHARGE on HumoDAEVA’s site.
3. You can submit an unlimited number of entries. The Deadline for sending works by e-mail is 30 March 2013 at the e-mail address humodeva@gmail.com .
4. The works must be digitized in 300 DPI resolution, RGB color mode, in JPG format, with the maximum limit of 10 MB. Works should be accompanied by the author’s photo or caricature and a short biography in English, including date of birth, education, profession, citizenship, awards, publications and exhibitions.
5. The decisions of the Jury are final. The Jury will award the following prizes for the best works, no matter the categories:
The FIRST PRIZE _____________ 1000 $ and Special Honor Diploma
The SECOND PRIZE ___________ 500 $ and Special Honor Diploma
The THIRD PRIZE _____________ 300 $ and Special Honor Diploma
10 “Prizes of Excellence” _______ Special Honor Diploma
Other Special Prizes offered by the sponsors may be awarded.
6. The contest results will be announced on the HumoDÆVA 2013 web site in 5 April 2013.
The prizes can be paid in Deva or can be posted to the cost of the receiver. The organizer does not assume any liability regarding taxes or bank charges. The originals of the prize winning works should be sent in maximum two weeks from the results announcement, well wraped and protected against damages. Atention, this is a condition for your money prize sending! The mail adress for sending originals is:
CRISAN PUBLISHING HOUSE, Mihai. Viteazu bl 47, ap 1, 330.091 Deva, jud. Hunedoara, ROMANIA.
7. All selected cartoonists will get, free of charge, a full-color Catalogue of the 2013 HumoDÆVA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST in PDF format.
8. The organizers retain the right to use all the drawings received to promote HumoDAEVA competition & Liviu Oros Festival (to make exhibitions in Romania or abroad, to publish them in newspapers, magazines, books, posters, postal cards, internet, multimedia products and in any other form, without any compensation or fee to the authors).
9. For further information: phone 0040 - 721328855, e-mail: humodeva@gmail.com .
10. By submitting the works to The HumoDÆVA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST, the artists accept the decisions of the Jury and the rules printed above.
Horia CRISAN, Founder of
Liviu STANILA, Co-founder and Art Director of
The HumoDÆVA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST – Deva, Romania
Dear Friend,
Starting with 2001, The HumoDÆVA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST has a new dimension – a world wide, permanent one. Any inhabitant of the planet – which has access to the Internet, of course – can see the Exhibitions (sitting comfortably at home, in his armchair), and also the prizes and the selected drawings. Those exhibitions are open non-stop, 7 days a week, from 0 until 24! And there is no entrance fee!
You can view and review at any time your cartoons witch are displayed here, or you can invite your friends to see your works. You can save the works you like, e - mail them to whoever you wish or share them.
For all of this, it’s enough to click HumoDÆVA.
In 2013, as soon as the works arrive at us, we will select and display them in the virtual gallery of HumoDÆVA 2013 . So, you can visit us from time to time, to see if your drawings arrived, how many of them were selected for the contest, and to see if you are one of the winners!

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 .

7th International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic Bucovina 2013, Romania

WEB: http://muzeulbucovinei.ro/expozi-ia-interna-ional-de-grafic-satiric-bucovina-romania-edi-ia-a-v-a-2011.

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.

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miah@iqh.es

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