3.4.12

Third Biennial of HUMOR "LUIS D'Oliveira Guimarães" - Penela 2012

Rules of the Third Biennial of HUMOR "LUIS D'Oliveira Guimarães" - Penela 2012
An Organization: City of Penela / Espinhal
A Production: Humorgrafe
Artistic Director: Osvaldo Sousa Macedo (humorgrafe.oms@gmail.com)
1 - Theme: THE LETTERS AND JOURNALISM (caricatures of writers, journalists, thinkers, or drawings of humor over the letters, alphabets, reading the press, freedom of press, disagreements spelling ...)
2 - Open to the participation of all graphic artists with humor, professional or amateur.
3 - Deadline: June 10, 2012 (must be sent to humorgrafe.oms@gmail.com , or humorgrafe@hotmail.com , humorgrafe_oms@yahoo.com - If you do not receive confirmation of receipt, forward new SFF).
4 - Each artist can send via email in digital format (300 dpis A4) up to 5 original works, black and white (one color - not accepted drawings 2, 3 or 4 colors), open to all techniques and styles as a caricature, cartoon, gag cartoon, strip, plank bd (story in a single board) ... these should be accompanied with information of the name and address, e-mail, telephone and no taxpayer.
5 - Entries will be judged by a jury consisting of: a representative of the Municipality of Penela, a representative of the Parish of Spinal, a representative of the family Oliveira Guimarães, the Artistic Director of the Biennale, a representative of the sponsors, a representative local communication and the two guest artists, being awarded the following awards:
* 1st Prize BHLOG III-2012 (worth € 1,800)
* 2nd Prize BHLOG III-2012 (worth € 1,300)
* 3rd Prize of BHLOG III-2012 (worth € 800)
The jury may award up to five Special Awards honorific.
6 - The jury grants the right not to publish those works that do not meet the minimum quality required, making a selection of the best works to expose the available space.
7 - The organization shall inform all artists by email if you have been selected, and what the award-winning artists. The works awarded compensation, are automatically acquired by the organization. The originals of the winning entries must be delivered to the organization (the original work done on the computer is a high quality print on A4, hand signed and numbered 1/1), because without such delivery, the prize money will not be unlocked.
8 - Catalog will be published as well as any cards that are sent to all selected artists.
9 - Reproduction rights are owned by the organization as soon as this organization is to promote, and occasionally discussed with the authors, for other uses.
10 - For further information contact the Artistic Director: Osvaldo Sousa Macedo (humorgrafe.oms@gmail.com) or III Biennial of Humor Luis d'Oliveira Guimarães, Sector of Culture, Municipality of Penela, Town Hall Square, 3230-253 Penela - Portugal.
11 - The Third Biennial of Humor Luis d'Oliveira Guimarães - Penela 2012, will be held 1-30 September in the Library of Penela, extending to Lisbon in October (Faculty of Letters of Lisbon) in November and the School Social Communication of Coimbra.

1.4.12

International Beggar Cartoon Contest 2012, Beijing - China

INTERNATIONAL BEGGAR CARTOON CONTEST 2012, BEIJING - CHINA
THE CONDITIONS
1.Theme
A.CARTOON: BEGGAR (VAGRANT \ FREE)
B.CARICATURE: FREE
2.The competition is open to professional and amateur cartoonists from all over the world.
3.Only original cartoons or internet print outs signed by the cartoonists will be accepted for the competition. Photographs, photocopies, etc... will not be accepted.
4.Each entrant should provide title, name, age, address, career, e-mail, and telephone number on reverse.
5.Entries can be either black and white or colour.
6.Size of cartoons should not exceed 100 x 150 cm.
7.Maximum 20 entries will be submitted.
8.Deadline for entries is July 12, 2012.
9.PRIZES:
CARTOON:
FIRST PRIZE - 3000 RMB + Medal + Catalogue
SECOND PRIZE - 1500 RMB + Medal + Catalogue
THIRD PRIZE - 1000 RMB + Medal + Catalogue
Five SPECIAL PRIZES + Medal + Catalogue.
CARICATURE:
THE BEST CARICATURE PRIZE - 3000 RMB + Medal + Catalogue
Three SPECIAL PRIZES - Medal + Catalogue.
10.ADDRESS:
HU ZHEN YU
ROOM 341 BUILDING #364, YUN JING DONG LI
ZHAN QIAN BA LI XIAO QUTONG ZHOU QU,
BEIJING 101121CHINA.
11.Submitted cartoons will not be returned.
12.All cartoonists whose cartoons are published in the catalogue will receive a free copy.
13.The organizers take no responsibility of the damages caused by postal service or bad transport.
14.The organizers reserve the right to publish the cartoons submitted to the festival and use them in any forms. Your cartoon may be used for promotional purposes: cards, posters, catalogs, newspapers, magazine, and books etc.
15.E-mail: redmanart@126.com

31.3.12

2nd International Turhan Selçuk Caricature Contest 2012, Milas - Turkey

2nd INTERNATIONAL TURHAN SELÇUK CARICATURE CONTEST 2012, Milas - TURKEY
SUBJECT: FREE
CONDITIONS:
1- The contest is open to all cartoonists.
2- The caricatures may be published before the contest. But they shouldn’t be rewarded at another contest.
3- The technique is free. Cartoonists can join the contest with maximum of 3 caricatures. But the arts must be original. Digital prints will be accepted only if they are signed by the artist with wet signature.
4- The maximum size for caricatures which will be sent must be 30×40 cm.
5- The contestants must write their name, surname, address, e-mail , country, and their telephone numbers with the big letters to the back of the cartoon. The contestants must put their personal history into the envelope.
6- The caricatures must be sent to the following address until July 13th 2012:
2. ULUSLARARASI TURHAN SELÇUK KARİKATÜR YARIŞMASI
Milas Belediyesi Kültür Sanat Birimi
Milas – Muğla / TÜRKİYE
7- The result of the contest will be explained on the date of August 08th 2012.
8- The caricatures that are sent to the contest will not be posted back. The caricatures which are in degree or non degree can be published with purpose of culture. The contestants who join the contests are acknowleding these conditions. The caricatures will be kept in Turhan Selçuk Caricature House.
9- The contest album will be sent to the holders of the caricatures which will be selected by the Jury .
10- The award ceremony will be on the date of August 31st 2012. The gallery opening of the caricatures which will be exhibit and the caricatures which carried off will be in Turhan Selçuk Caricature House. The gallery will be open until September 15th 2012.
11- The accommodation expenses of the winners will be paid. But transportation expenses belong to them.
12- SELECTOR BOARD:
Muhammet Tokat ( Mayor of Milas)
Kamil Masaracı (Cartoonist)
Darius Ramazani (Cartoonist- Iran)
İzel Rozental (Cartoonist)
Piyale Madra (Cartoonist)
Nuray Çiftçi (Cartoonist)
Ersin Yeniceli (Director of Milas Municipality Culture Art Department).
13 – AWARDS OF:
The First : 3.000 USD
The Second : 2.000 USD
The Third: 1.000 USD
Other Private Awards: Private awards are by different enterprises, associations, newspapers, art magazines, agents, unions or persons.
MİLAS MAYORALTY / CULTURE ART DEPARTMENT – Tel: +90 252 512 14 16 Fax: +90 252 512 80 29 http://www.milaskultursanat.com/ * http://www.milas.bel.tr/ * info@milas.bel.tr 
Source: http://www.milaskultursanat.com/kategori/guncel/page/4/

29.3.12

Winners in 2nd Selective Cartoon Contest, Baja 2012, Hungary

1st Prize: Alexander Shmidt - Belarus

Diploma: Peter Ballner - Hungary

Diploma: Constantin Sunnerberg - Belgium

Diploma: Wang Da Peng - China

Source: grafikuskelemen .

Results 18th International Golden Keg 2012, Presov - Slovakia

Results 18th International Golden Keg 2012, Presov - Slovakia
Attendance: 205 authors from 37 countries with 523 works.
The jury decided to award the prizes to the following artists on their meeting on 05.03.2012:
Grand Prix Golden Keg 2012 – Boris Erenburg (Israel) (Top above)

1st Prize – Nikola Hendrickx (Belgium) (Above)
2nd Prize - Zhao Kun (China )

3rd Prize – Fernando “Pica” (Colombia) (Above).
Special Awards:
The Town Presov Prize - Oleg Šuk (Slovakia)
Bulgarian Cultural Institute Prize: Jacek Frackiewicz (Poland)
Igor Sevcik Prize - Bobo Pernecký (Slovakia)
Regional organization SSN Prize - Miroslav Barvirčák (Slovakia)
Pivnej gallery Prize - ex aequo - Henryk Cebula (Poland) & Oleksiy Kustovsky (Ukraine)
Foundation ART.EAST Snina Prize - Pol Leurs (Luxembourg).
Honorable Mentions:
Ivailo Tsvetkov (Bulgaria) - Jan Hrubý (Czech Republic) - Tadeusz Krotos (Poland) - Li Bu Yi (China) - Zhang Xin Hua (China) - Mykola Kapusta (Ukraine) – Ahmet Büyükmehmetoğlu (Turkey) - Tivadar Török (Hungary) - Makhmudjon Eshonkulov (Uzbekistan) - Jiří Hiršl (Czech Republic) - Goran Čeličanin (Serbia) - Shi Tian Jun (China) - Xiao Zhong Yao (China).
Jury: Miroslav Vico (President), Elena Arnaudová, Rudolf Dupkala, Edita Hudáková, Tadeusz Bloński, Ivan Kriššák, Fedor Vico (cartoonist & managing director of competition).
Source: Ivan Hanousek (E-GAG 2012-13-14).

27.3.12

25.3.12

Similarity : Li Run Quan - Ludo Goderis

This report from Makhmud Eshonqulov makh58@mail.ru .

Similarity : Gheorghe Postelnicu (Stops) - Margarita Yancheva

This report from Nicu Stopel gheopost2010@gmail.com .

Similarity : Mihail Ciubotaru - Mohamad Reza Babai

This report from Makhmud Eshonqulov makh58@mail.ru .

Catalog of the International Contest "Fun in Vasylivka Style" 2011, Ukraine

Received the other day the color catalog of the International Contest of Visual Art "Fun in Vasylivka Style" 2011, Ukraine. Organised in two categories with theme: Castle and Free theme, they accepted works by snail mail and e-mail as well. 138 participants from 36 countries sent in 447 works with the results here .
The Vasylivka 2011 catalog is 15x21 cm in size and has 72 pages including the covers. In the catalog are the cartoons by Oğuz Gürel, Erdoğan Başol, and Çiğdem Demir, the prize-winners, from Turkey.
Images from top down:
Front cover catalog Vasylivka 2011
Sergey Elkin, Russia
Oğuz Gürel, Turkey
Erdoğan Başol, Turkey
Çiğdem Demir, Turkey
Hosein Rahimkhani, Iran
Andrey Rijov, Russia.

Similarity : Wieslaw Lipecki - Masoud Ziaei Zardkhashoei

This report from Makhmud Eshonqulov makh58@mail.ru .

New issue: ArteFacto # 50, March 2012

To view the e-magazine in full, click here .

21.3.12

Results 51st Golden Hat International Cartoon Contest Knokke-Heist 2012

Winners in Golden Hat International Cartoon Contest Knokke-Heist 2012, Belgium
Golden Hat winner 2012 (Top above): Krzysztof Konopelski (Poland)
Silver Hat winner 2012 (Beneath top): Ahmet Aykanat (Turkey)
Bronze Hat winner 2012 (Above): Markus Grolik (Germany). (See similarity).
Source: http://www.cartoonfestival.be/cartoon/.