14th Visual Art Exibition-Competition “I live by the sea” (Jurmala, Latvia)

Jurmala Art School is organizing the 14th International competition of Visual art “I live by the Sea”. The theme of the competition varies every year and is connected with the sea.

The term of works submission is over

Jurmala to our mind is the most beautiful health resort city, situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea. There is a 33 km long white sand beach, that doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world. We love our city and are proud of it.

This year the competition theme is “The rest by the sea”.

Put your daily duties aside and let the sea invite you to enjoy its sand, the beach sports, the sun, the waves and the wind. Explore the beach by running, ask your friends to join you or just stay silent and listen to the rhythm of the sea and let your dreams surround you…

• at the sea with family and friends (being together, joy of movements and playing);
• hiking along the coast (discoveries, secrets, path with obstacles...);
• I can read from the “Nature book” (bird footprints, seeshells, beach plants, changing weather conditions);
• the sea in my feelings (sand, algae, pebbles, wind, waves, clamor of birds....).

COMPETITION AIMS:

To stimulate the interest in the ecology, diversity and richness of the sea, interest and love of the place we come from, to stress its uniqueness, the diversity of national culture and its beauty, making efforts to express it through the Visual Art.

COMPETITION TASKS:

• to facilitate the creative initiative, to improve yourself in the Visual Art.
• to stimulate the environment investigation, national culture and traditions richness by children and adolescents;
• to establish the cooperation with Jurmala twin cities and to get to know their culture;
• to create an opportunity for experience exchange among children and teachers, to make new friends and create new ideas.

COMPETITION ORGANIZERS:

Jurmala Art School in cooperation with Jurmala City council.

Competition supporters:  Līvu Akvaparks.

COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS:

Considering Latvia as a sea land, having its cost line 596 km long, we invite any Latvian child, participants from any Jurmala twin city, and everybody else, having an interest, to take a part in the competition. (age from 4 to 25)

EVALUATION:

Age Categories:

• 4-7 y.o.
• 8-11 y.o.
• 12-15 y.o.
• 16-25 y.o.

The works by the children with certain disabilities will be evaluated within the separate category.

ASSESSMENT CATEGORIES:

• Visual art works – paintings, graphics, computer graphics (maximal format – A2,) any amount.
• As a new category this year is painting on the silk - maximal format – A2 (any amount)

Individual works only are accepted to be evaluated. Framed visual art works or framed works with a glass and wood or metal frames as well as rolled up works are not accepted or evaluated by the jury.

THE EVALUATION OF THE COMPETITION WORKS:

Works submitted to Exhibition – Competition are assessed by the international jury, the members of which are professional artists. The jury is confirmed by the competition’s organizers.

Additional to the international jury there is also Children’s Jury.

Each category receives one main prize. Each category awards the first, the second and the third place prize as well as the encouragement prizes.

The jury can award The Big Prize. Other prizes can be awarded as well.

The jury has a right to change the prizes according to the categories.

Works have to be labelled for displaying. The following information has to be labelled on the work.

Information card 1 has to be labelled on the rear of the work. (detailed information)

Information card 2 has to be labelled below the right bottom side of the work (to be presented at the exhibition)

BACK	FRONT

The information cards nr. 2 are bent and sticked behind the work to make the evaluation anonymously.

BACK

Information card Nr 1*

*The works by the children with certain disabilities will be printed on the yellow paper, filling in the “Additional”.

The Information Card Nr.  2.

Institutions are to submit and send by e-mail a complete list of competitors containing the address, author’s name, surname, age, title, teacher’s name and surname. All the information on the information cards and the list should be written in the Latin characters.

Artworks have to be submitted by January 30, 2015 to the Jurmala Art School .

Exhibition opening and winners awarding no March 13, 2015 at 13.00 at LIVU AKVAPARKS. (Viestura iela 24, Jūrmala, LV – 2010). The Exhibition is taking place till April 20, 2015!

THE ORGANIZERS’ RIGHTS:

The organizers have a right to keep and use in different international presentations the best works, mentioning the authors.

Other works can be received at the Jurmala Art School after April 15. After May 15 the works won’t be returned or sent via mail.

OUR ADDRESS:

Jurmala Art School,
Muižas 7
Jurmala, LV-2010
Latvia

Phone number: +371 67769257

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www.jurmala.makslasskola.lv

THE COMPETITION COORDINATORS:

Ms. Laima Akmentiņa: +371 26276862, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mr. Antons Vaivods : +371 27029262, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Headmaster of Jurmala Art School: T.Vaišļa

GOOD LUCK! WE APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION!