The 2nd Gold Panda International Cartoon and Illustration Competition 20121. 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: http://www.redmanart.com/
3. Theme
A) Chinese Dragon
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 700 × 700 mm 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: “2012 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 download the entry form on our web site: http://www.redmanart.com/
At the same time, the self-made entry form is also accepted.
6. Deadline and Exhibition
1) The deadline for entry is the 29 of February 2012.
2) The Opening of the exhibitions will take place in "HONGTU" Art institute on May , 2012.
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 ZHEN YU
ROOM 341 BUILDING #364, JIN QIAO SHI DAI JIA YUAN
YUN JING EAST ROAD，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 April , 2, 2011.
3) The committee will announce the result on April, 15, 2011 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
2) Best work prize – Silver Panda Medals + 300 US Dollars – 5
3) The special prize of jury meeting – Copper Panda Medals – 30
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.
(Complete Rules & Entry-form)
For Information
HU ZHEN YU
ROOM 341 BUILDING #364, JIN QIAO SHI DAI JIA YUAN
YUN JING EAST ROAD，TONG ZHOU QU,
BEIJING 101121，CHINA
Web site
http://www.redmanart.com/
Email:
redmanart@126.com
With only two months' notice and no prizes this time, they still received about 300 cartoons by 127 cartoonists from 41 countries.
Among the artists contributing to the event are Ferhat Demirbaş, Kemal Özyurt, Osman Güral Suroğlu, Erdoğan Başol, Ahmet Ümit Akkoca, Eray Özbek, and Musa Gümüş, from Turkey.
The color catalog consists of 76 pages including the covers and is 18.2 x 25.7 cm in size. The cover cartoon is by John Jensen from UK and has the legend: "I've found our good luck charm. It's not even cracked." (Top above)
Blogger's Choice: G. M. Sudarta (Indonesia).
Rules & Application Card
