Terms of VII International Art Contest “In My Homeland”

GOALS:

• Preservation and development of national and regional art education traditions.
• Development of a fund of children and youth artistic works from different countries and regions for analytical, methodological work and exhibition activities.
• Forming of interest towards visual arts in the society through exhibitions and artistic projects created on the basis of the contest materials.

TOPICS:

“In My Homeland” is a traditionally free topic of the Contest. Interesting and intimate, fantasies and flight of fancy, something that causes a smile or awakens a deep thought – anything you would like to tell people living maybe even thousands of miles away from your home.

In the frames of the Contest we offer as well the following topics (It is OBLIGATORY to mention the chosen topic on the back side of the work):

• Myth
• Lullaby
• From the Book of Genesis, Chapter 6.8 “The Flood” (for preparation of this topic you can use any available translation to your native language).

CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION:

1/ The age of participants FROM 5 TO 20 YEARS inclusive.
2/ The work presented to the Contest must be CREATIVE AND UNASSISTED, prepared in the year of the Contest it shall participate in.
3/ On the back side of each work there should be a filled in APPLICATION FORM (the pattern is provided below). Download Application Form (135 Kb)
4/ All the works sent to the Contest are not reviewed and NOT RETURNED to the authors. The organizers of the Contest reserve the right to reproduce the works in order to promote and develop the Contest, to use them in methodological and humanitarian activities without consent of the author and without paying author’s royalty.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

The works are accepted from OCTOBER 1 until DECEMBER 31, 2011 to the following postal address:

Contest "In My Homeland"
Green Cross Belarus
222 201 Smolevichi, Belarus

We urge all the participants to use REGULAR MAIL or EXPRESS SERVICE EMS. Do not indicate the price (value) of the shipment on the parcel.

RESULTS OF THE CONTEST:

The works awarded I, II, III Degree Diplomas and Exhibition Participant Diplomas will enter the exposition of the VII INTERNATIONAL art and graphics exhibition “IN MY HOMELAND”, that will be opened in spring 2012 in Minsk, as well as will be presented in the electronic version of the exhibition on the Contest web-site www.children-art.org. They will be printed as well in the ALBUM-CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITING WORKS publication of which is planned upon the Contest results.

ORGANIZERS:

NGO "Green Cross Belarus"
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus
Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Contest "In My Homeland"
Green Cross Belarus
222 201 Smolevichi
Belarus

(+375 17) 227 79 54, (+375 17) 76 56 441
(+375 29) 627 79 23, (+375 29) 667 57 80

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YOU ARE CORDIALLY WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST!