7.10.08

XVII CONTEST GOLDEN HELMET TITLED: SERBIA

GOLDEN HELMET ANNOUNCES XVII CONTEST TITLED: SERBIA
CATEGORIES:
1. CARTOON
2. WRITTEN FORM
- Short story
- Poem
- Aphorism
PROPOSITIONS:
1. CARTOON: ORIGINAL, MIN. A4 (210x297 mm), MAX A3 (297x420 mm), TECHNIQUE FREE
2. WRITTEN FORM: MAXIMUM TWO TYPED PAGES OR UP TO 20 APHORISMS
AWARDS:
CARTOON:
1ST AWARD: PLAQUE *GOLDEN HELMET* ...........1500 €
ONE-MAN EXIBITION IN 2009
2ND AWARD ............................................................ 1000 €
3RD AWARD ............................................................. 700 €

WRITTEN FORM:
SHORT STORY: PLAQUE *GOLDEN HELMET* ......... 500 €
POEM: PLAQUE *GOLDEN HELMET*........................ 500 €
APHORISM: PLAQUE *GOLDEN HELMET* ............... 500 €
DEADLINE: 20.11. 2008.
Only unpublished works will be taken into consideration. Author's short biography, phone number and e-mail addres are obligatory.
Written works to be sent under a code!
Jury decision will be announced on 01.12. 2008.
Awards will be handed at Final Festival Evening on April 1. 2009. The Organizer will bear travel and accommodation cost of awarded authors. Festival official langauges are Serbian and English.
All works remain property of the Festival.
CULTURAL CENTER - KRUSEVAC, INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE ,,GOLDEN HELMET", TOPLICINA 2, 37000 KRUSEVAC, SERBIA
TEL/FAX: +381 (37) 423 025
e-mail: goldenhelmet@ptt.rs ; goldenhelmet@kck.org.rs

6.10.08

International Cartoonfestival Zemst 2009 - Belgium

International Cartoonfestival Zemst 2009 - Belgium
Regulations:
1. Theme: EVE and SPORTS Women and sports: female athletes, female supporters, women who hate
sports etc…
2. The number
2. The number of entries is limited until 5. They shall not have been exhibited or published before.
3. The works have to be sent to the following address:
SPORTIMONIUM, Bloso-domein, for the attention of Kelly Van Laethem, Trianondreef 19, 1981 Hofstade-Zemst (Belgium).
4. The drawings shall have the following dimensions: 210 x 297 mm (DIN A4). The works shall not be provided by a passe-partout, neither be stuck on larger paper. The drawing must mention, on the reverse, the surname, Christian name and address of the participant. The drawings shall not mention subtitles.
5. By virtue of their participation, the participants authorize the organizers to publish some of their works that they have received.
6. The following prizes are foreseen:
1st place: 600 EURO 2nd place: 400 EURO 3rd place: 250 EURO.
7. The prize of public: 150 EURO.
8. By participating the participant lends his works to the organizers for exhibitions. The works received will remain at the disposal of the organizers during one year until August 2011.
9. The entries will only be sent back by the organizers on receiving a written request. The awarded works will become the property of the organizers.
10. Entry till 30 March 2009.
11. Exhibition: 3rd July - 30th August 2009. Opening Friday, 2nd July 2009 at 8 pm.
Complete regulations

Exhibition "Warm Cold" by Cuban cartoonist Alex Falco in Gallery Osijek

On 29 September 2008 opened the 74th exhibition in a row named "Warm Cold" by Cuban cartoonist Alex Falco.
He was born in 1965, Holguín, Cuba, graphic artist, illustrator, designer. He graduated in English language, graduated from various courses for drawing, art, tourism, informatics. He is a member of a couple of associations. In order brochures, promotional materials, visual identity, logos, slogans, web pages, multimedia, presentations, all kinds of marketing in digital form or printanom - his clients are renowned companies, hotels. Participated in different festivals. He had 8 independent and 16 group exhibitions, all in Cuba.


As each month in the Gallery we open exhibitions of the world-known cartoonists and the same opening embellish young people well-known from their circle of activity.
So this time we have had Marina Ban, flute, student of Academy of Art in Osijek and Dunja Paprić, clarinet, the state champion in the discipline clarinet, schoolgirl on a forth year of Music school Franjo Kuhac in Osijek.


The exhibition was opened by a young and successful Ana Zvonar, a student at the Economy University, Osijek.

5.10.08

7th LM International Cartoon Contest 2008 - China

7th LM International Cartoon Contest 2008
The Organizing Committee of the 7th LM International Cartoon Contest invites cartoonists from all over the world to participate in this contest. Beautiful tableaus, lovely sculpting, humorous content and rich sentiment are the criterion of China LM International Cartoon Contest to award prize every year.
Regulation:
1. THEME: Free (Humorous)
2. THE WORKS FOR THE CONTEST:
A) Only original cartoons are accepted. Photographs, Copy, Computer painting, photocopies etc. will not be accepted.
B) The cartoonist's name, address, telephone number and E-mail, must be on the reverse side of each cartoon.
C) Size: Preferable 21 x 29.7 cm or 29.7 x 42 cm.
D) Maximum number of entries: 3.
3. THE WORKS SHOULD BE SENT TO:
Googlm, Jin Ling Zha 21- 603, Nanjing City, p.c.210001, China
TEL: 0086-25-52202120
4. WEB: http://www.googlm.com/ E-MAIL: googlm@126.com
5. DEADLINE: December 22, 2008 (The late works will be accepted as the entries for the 8th LM International Cartoon Contest)
6. FREQUENCY: Annual
7. JURY: The group of judges consists of the organizer, cartoonists, Editor and art scholars. Participants are not allowed to raise any objections to judge determinations.
7. THE PRIZES:
* Grand prize of 1 (Gold Medal, Certificate, Album)
* Gold prize of 4 (Gold Medal, Certificate, Album)
* Silver Prize of 5 (Gold Medal, Certificate, Album)
* Bronze Prize of 5 (Gold Medal, Certificate, Album)
* Prizes for excellence of 100 (Certificate, Album)
8. THE RESULTS AND EXHIBITIONS:
A) The results of the contest will be made public in March 3rd, 2009 on our website: http://www.googlm.com/
B) We will send the medals, certificates and albums for all the winners before May 1st, 2009.
C) The exhibition will be organized from January to October in 2009 in large cities of China for three times between two LM cartoon contests.
9. RIGHTS OF THE ORGANIZER:
A) The organizer can collect the works and put them into an album for publishing, exhibition.
B) The entries can also be expressed in other publication.
C) Artworks: will not be returned. Unite the collections to the Lm Cartoon Museum.
Participants are considered to have accepted all the conditions and are aware that their submissions may be reprinted and used without future monetary compensation.
Googlm_2008_Form

3.10.08

Russian editorial cartoonist Boris Jefimov (108) dies Oct 1, 2008

Boris Yefimov (1900-2008), Stalin’s favorite cartoonist passed away aged 108 on Wednesday.
By Nabi Abdullaev
Boris Yefimov, an eminent Soviet political cartoonist who once personally took Josef Stalin’s orders on how to depict U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower, died in Moscow on Wednesday, just two days after President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated him on his 108th birthday.
Yefimov, born Fridland in Kiev in 1900, published his first cartoon, a caricature mocking the White Army General Anton Denikin in 1918, after his elder brother, journalist Mikhail Koltsov, suggested that he start drawing.
From 1922, Yefimov regularly published his cartoons in Pravda and Izvestia newspapers and in the satirical magazine Krokodil. Curiously, Yefimov’s latest job was with Izvestia: On his 107th birthday, he was appointed the newspaper’s chief artist.
Yefimov succeeded in drawing enemies of the Soviet state — first, the top German Nazi officials and particularly Adolf Hitler, whom he drew with a swastika under a sharp nose, and then, during the Cold War, portraying American and British politicians as plump villains with sagging cheeks...
Read the complete obituary
Also:

Final and Definite Result of 1st International Olive Cartoon Contest - Cyprus

1st INTERNATIONAL “OLIVE” CARTOON CONTEST - CYPRUS
THE FINAL AND DEFINITE RESULT OF THE CONTESTThe 1st International “Olive” Cartoon Contest Committee, after consideration of the objection of the participants M. A. from Turkey and A.F. from Russia concluded that the cartoons of the cartoonists Dechko Nikolov(Bulgaria) who won the second prize and the cartoon of the cartoonist Kürşat Zaman (Turkey) who won special award were drawn in the past. Similar cartoons of the above mentioned cartoonists can also be found in the following files and web pages:
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/thl/lowres/thln
http://www.burdurmuzesi.gov.tr/
Due to this situation and result the awards of the above mentioned cartoonists had been cancelled. The cartoonists cartoons which had the highest scores, in the evaluation minutes of the Committee after the above mentioned cartoonists, are decided to get the awards, instead.
The final and definite result of the contest is as follows:
First Prize: Anton Buzetti (Slovenia)
Second Prize: Vladimir Stankovski (Serbia)
Third Prize: Atilla Ozer (Turkey)
SPECIAL PRIZES
"International Journal of Comic Art" Special Prize:
Valentin Georgiev(Bulgaria)
Allesandro Gatto (Italy)
Pavel Constantin (Romania)
“Cartoon Foundation” Special Prize:
Muammer Kotbaş (Turkey)
Igor Vartchenko (Cyprus)
Shirin Gholipoov (Iran)
Yuri Manaev (Russia)
Paolo Dalponte (Italy)
Heidi Trautmann (North Cyprus).

MUNICIPALITY OF GIRNE
CYPRIOT-TURKISH CARTOONISTS ASSOCIATION
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
See more prize-winning cartoons on
http://kozyurt.blogspot.com/2008/10/1-uluslararas-zeytin-karikatr-yarmas.html

2.10.08

16th Dutch International Cartoonfestival - The Netherlands

16th Dutch International Cartoonfestival - The Netherlands
Theme: Feeding & Education (2000 years Men & Education)
Number of works: Max. 7 works. Each entry must state the name and address of the author on the verso of the drawing.
Originals as well as computer prints, screen prints or good quality copies are welcome. Originals will be sent back on request.
Size: Maximum A4 (19 x 28 cm)
Prizes:
First Prize: € 1000 + trophy
Secon Prize: € 750 + trophy
Third Prize: € 500 + trophy
Public Award: € 250 + certificate
FECO Award: € 250 + trophy
TULIP Award: € 250 + trophy
KEVER Award: € 250 + certificate
4 Special Mentions: certificate
Markiezen Award 2009
The works received will be insured by the organizers, equal to the value indicated by the cartoonist on the entry-form. If the value of the cartoon is not indicated, the works will be insured for € 40 Euro each.
Selected cartoonists will receive a free sample of the catalogue.
Regulations & Entry Form
Deadline: December 31, 2008
Address: 16th DUTCH CARTOONFESTIVAL, POSTBOX 2180, 1180 ED AMSTELVEEN, The NETHERLANDS

Exhibition "Masters of ZEMUN and Collection Crihana"

Exhibition "Masters of ZEMUN and Collection Crihana" 15-29 October 2008
The exhibition brings together ten cartoonists, illustrators of domestic and international politics in Serbia and Romania. The works come from two private collections of the two countries, namely, Salon International Caricature Zemun collection and collection of Galatean cartoonist Florian Doru Crihana.
International cartoon Saloon Zemun was founded in 1995 and quickly became known in the world, and now is living in a selective manner, that is participation is based on special invitation. Thus, the event was posted by salons and festivals in the cartoon world, dominated debut artists and amateurs.
"Collection Crihana" was founded in 2000, through acquisitions and exchanges of works that cartoonist Florian Doru Crihana did with Romanian authors in particular, but also with colleagues abroad. In only 4 years, the collection was presented to Cartoon Museum in Warsaw and the House of Humor and Satire in Gabrovo. Florian Doru Crihana organized with his collection over 80 exhibitions in Galati, Bucharest, Warsaw, Gabrovo, Bielefeld, Istanbul, Urziceni, Gura Humorului, Oostende.
Ten cartoonists who exposed in the Romanian Literature Museum are particularly active in Serbia and Romania. They are: Slobodan Srdic, Dusan Gadjanski, Vladan Nikolic, Vlado Volas, Slobodan Obradovic, Devis Grebu, Octavian Bour, Constantin Ciosu, Mihai Panzaru-PIM, Dan Silviu Turculet. Among the Serbian artists are the great masters Slobodan Obradovic and Slobodan Srdic with over 50 years of activity in every area and the Romanian cartoonists Devis Grebu, Octavian Bour and Constantin Ciosu with a long activity in Romania and the West - Devis Grebu, for instance, the illustrator and a columnist at the daily newspaper with a presence for decades in famous publications Le Monde, The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and more.
The exhibition is the third in the series of Serbo-Romanian presentations. The first two took place in 2006 the "Exhibit Serbia - Romania" and in 2007 the "Serbia vs. Crihana" exhibition.