25.3.14

Winners of the 5th International Cartoon Competition Berlin 2014, Germany

5th International Cartoon Competition Berlin 2014
Themes: Electromobile & Berlin Wall
The online contest was organized and arranged by the KURTUKUNST Gallery in collaboration with the LIMES Image Agency. 938 works of 354 cartoonists from 63 countries were sent. The first three prize winners are determined by an international independent jury. The Special Prize "BERLIN WALL" was choosen by the organizing team of the contest.
Winners of the Competition 2014
1st Prize: Elena Ospina (USA) (Top)
2nd Prize: Oleksy Kustovsky (Ukraine)
3rd Prize: Pawel Kuczynski (Poland)
Special Prize (Berlin Wall): Luc Vernimmen (Belgium) (Down)
Audience Award: Jasiek Zborucki (Poland)
KURTUKUNST Gallery Prize: Konstantin Kazanchev (Ukraine)
LIMES Prize: Milenko Kosanovic (Serbia).
Source: http://limes-net.com/contest/.

22.3.14

41st International Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba 2014, Brazil

41th International Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba 2014
REGULATION
1 DATES
The 41th International Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba 2014, 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 18th.
Art Selection: August 02rd and 03th.
Awards: August 16th.
Opening: August 23th.
Closing: October 12th.
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Professional and amateur artists, Brazilians and foreigners can apply unpublished artworks that were not awarded until the closing date for entries.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) (16,54x 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 INDIGNATION (only for works that address the theme INDIGNATION, proposed by the organization) ln the contemporary world, with the internet as support, indignation has been demonstrated, widespread and, with its activists, has managed to support, to overthrow dictatorships and all forms of humiliation to society, stimulated by cynicism and financial, political and cultural power.
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
41° Saläo Internacional de Humor de Piracìcaba - Av. Maurice Allain, 454 Caixa Postal 12 - CEP 13.405-123 Piracìcaba - 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: premioindignacao@salaodehumor.piracicaba.sp.gov.br
3 AWARDS
The Awards are a total of RS 51.500.00 (fifty-one thousand and five hundred reais) divided as follows:
a) Five 1st place prizes in the amount of RS 5,000.00 (five thousand reais) each, divided among the categories.
b) One award of RS 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 RS 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.
d) Also planned: a prize of RS 3.131.11 (three thousand one hundred thirty-one reais and eleven cents) called CHAMBER OF MUNICIPAL OF PIRACICABA AWARD, exclusively for the caricature category; a prize of RS 3.500,00 (three thousand five hundred reaìs) called UNIMED HEALTH AWARD for work for any category that explore the themes of health and a prize of RS 5.000.00 (five thousand reaìs) called ÁGUAS DO MIRANTE AWARD, intended to work by Brazilian authors in any category.
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 ofthe 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 ofany 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 ofthe 41th International Exhibition Humor of Piracìcaba 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, 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. Check for the registration form:
http://salaodehumor.piracicaba.sp.gov.br/humor/.
https://www.facebook.com/salaodehumor.piracicaba.

16.3.14

26th Olense Kartoenale 2014, Belgium with theme: Cows

Annual Cartoon Contest – Rules and regulation 2014
1. Participation
All contestants will be admitted with no distinction made regarding nationality or age. There are two categories:
• Youth category up to 15 years inclusive;
• Adult category: 16 years and older.
Both professional and non-professional cartoonists are allowed to participate in this contest.
2. Theme
The main theme is ‘Cows’. Also this year Amnesty International offers a special prize to the best cartoon
with theme ‘Right to education’.
More information about this theme is to be found in annex to this regulation.
3. Entries
• Contributions have to be digital works, in black and white or colour. They shouldn’t contain an explanation of the drawing.
• The digital works has to be sent in JPEG format with a minimum of resolution of 300 dpi.
• Dimensions including any passe-partout 21 x 30 cm (A4).
• Number of entries per contestant: maximum five for each theme.
• You have to record your contact details through the (digital) entry form that you can reclaim by sending an e-mail to kartoenale@olen.be. You also can find this entry from on www.olen.be (search: kartoenale).
4. Property rights
Prize-winning works will become the property of the organizer or theme sponsor. All works selected may be used by the organizers to promote the contest and the village of Olen.
5. Evaluation
The jury consists of artists, cartoonists and laymen. Decisions made by the jury cannot be challenged.
6. Catalogue/Cartoon book
Selected works will be considered for inclusion in a catalogue. The authors of these works will receive a free copy of the catalogue during the prize ceremony or it will be send afterwards by mail.
7. Deadline: 30 September 2014
The deadline is 30 september 2014. The entry form and the cartoon(s) must be sent to digital to kartoenale@olen.be.
8. Prizes
For the adult category:    For the youth category:
1st prize: 1500 euro         1st prize: 200 euro
2nd prize: 500 euro          2nd prize: 175 euro
3rd prize: 400 euro          3rd prize: 150 euro
4th prize: 300 euro          4th prize: 100 euro
5th prize: 200 euro
Prize of the city of Bialogard (only for Polish participants): 200 euro
Special prize: “Right to education”: 350 euro.
9. Prize Ceremony and Exhibition
The prize ceremony will take place at Friday 14 November 2014 at approximately 20.00 h in the council room of the town hall of Olen, Dorp 1, 2250 Olen. Every participating artist will be welcome on that occasion. Only the winners are personally invited.
A selection of the cartoons will also be exhibited at the same address an can be visited:
• Sunday 16 November 2014
• All working days from Monday 17 November 2014 till the end of December 2014 during the opening hours of the town hall:
o Monday 09.00 u – 12.00 u 13.00 u – 16.00 u 17.30 u – 20.00 u
o Tuesday 09.00 u – 12.00 u
o Wednesday 09.00 u – 12.00 u 13.00 u – 16.00 u
o Thursday 09.00 u – 12.00 u
o Friday 09.00 u – 12.00 u.
Cows, bulls, calves and oxen
An ordinary cow? Can an ordinary cow also be an interesting one ?
We think however that this rather trivial theme has many sides to explore. Not only its typical physical aspects catch the eye or the differences between the races, our cow is a major supplier of nutrition.
In Kenia and Tanzania cows not only get milked but the Masai also drink their blood and even the urine is used to counteract acidification of the cows’ milk.
The animal was and still is honoured as a manifestation of one or other divinity, whether as the Egyptian Hathor or as the Minoan bull of Kreta. And who isn't aware of the holy cows in India ?
In many countries cow manure is gathered and dried to be used as fuel. Cattle horns are used as a cup, as powder box or helmet decoration...
In Spain and in the south of France, local varieties of the corrida recall a long gone religious experience, roots going back all the way to the shamanic prehistory. American cowboys speed from one bullfight to another rodeo.
Are cows boring? We don't think so.
Rules in languages: http://www.olen.be/product/247/olense-kartoenale#.

15.3.14

Artists selected for the exhibition in 46th Umoristi A Marostica 2014, Italy: "Rights"

Gerardo Cosenza Argentine
Louis Pol Australia
Juan Camilo "Jucalo" Lopera Arroyave Colombia
Radko Oketic Slovenia
Roman Kubec Czech Republic
Jiri Srna Czech Republic
Raed Khalil Syria
Giovanni Cellini Italy
Sergio Ribeiro Lemos Brasil
Pol Leurs Luxembourg
Valentin Georgiev Bulgaria
Valeri "Walex" Alexandrov Bulgaria
Houmayoun Mahmoudi England
Batuhan Iscan Turkey
Tawan Chuntraskawvong Thailand
Raimundo Waldez Da C. Duarte Brasil
Vladimir Abroyan Armenia
Doru Axinte Romania
Ehsan Ganji Iran
Nariman Narimani Karahvi Iran
Boris Erenburg Israel
Mario Rodrigo Spain
Vlado Volas Serbia
Jo Van Damme Belgium
Omar Santana Caviedes U.S.A.
Mohsen Asadi Iran
Elnaz Bahonar Iran
Crisan "Petrisan" Petri Romania
Eugenio Saint Pierre Italy
Wesam Khalil Egypt
Andrei Popov Russia
Emanuele Benetti Italy
Andrea Pecchia Italy
Margherita Allegri Italy
Riina Maido Finland
Luk Swerts Belgium
Alexander Dubovsky Ukraine
George Licurici Romania
Marco Spadari Italy
Tony Tasco Belgium
Jan Tomaschoff Germania
Vincenzo Turturro Italy
Andrei Septimiu Misaila Romania
Hamid Ghalijari Iran
Steve Magnani Italy
Javier Zorrilla Berganza Spain
Nicola Bucci Italy
Dragutin "Dado" Kovacevic Croatia
Lamberto "Tomas" Tomassini Italy
Gianni Audisio Italy
Farnaz Zahedi Labbaf Iran
Omer Cam Turkey
Attilio Torre Italy
Claudio Sposito Argentine
Ross Thomson England
Hicabi Demirci Turkey
Richard Svitalsky Czech Republic
Valery Momot Ukraine
Filippo Ricca France
Toni Vedù Italy
Vjekoslav Bojat Montenegro
Erico Junqueira Ayres Ayres Brasil
Gianfranco Uber Italy
Aurel Stefan Alexandrescu Romania
Cedomil Miskovic Croatia
Asen Kostakiev Bulgaria
Lorenzo De Pretto Italy
Marjan Mancek Slovenia
Federico Ricciardi Italy
Dmitry Kononov Russia
Irina Mitrinovic Serbia
Nodar Khodeli Georgia
Bernard Bouton France
Gianlorenzo Ingrami Italy
Luis Fernando Hincapié Echeverri Colombia
Antonello Mengato Flavio Masi Italy
Alessandro Sanson Italy
Zarko Luetic Croatia
Carlo Bartolini Italy
Giancarlo Sartore Italy
Jesús Francisco Carreño Rodriguez Spain
Elena Ospina Colombia
Predrag Srbljanin Serbia
Daniele "By Dindo" Zordan Italy
Lorenzo Bassi Italy
Abdul Syukur Abdul Indonesia
Passaprawas A-Chinoboonwat Thailand
Marco D'Agostino Italy
Norberto Elder "Jericles" Garcia Argentine
Sajad Rafeei Iran
Alexander Shmidt Russia
Majid Davoodi Iran
Aleksei Kivokurtsev Russia
Bahman Jalali Nokandeh Iran
Giuseppe Inciardi Italy
João Bosco Jacò De Azvedo Brasil
Julia Pavlovan Italy
Agus Eko Santoso Indonesia
Sergey V Sokolov Russia
Homayoun Abdoltahimi Iran
Önder Önerbay Turkey
Henryk Cebula Poland
Zbigniew Piszczako Poland
Luka Lagator Montenegro.
Source: http://www.umoristiamarostica.it/.