TERANGA 2014
INTERNATIONAL ILLUSTRATION CONTEST - 1st edition
Ramatou, Institute for the art networking, is pleased to announce an international competition of illustration, open to both artists and art students, in TERANGA 2014 context.
The International Art Festival TERANGA is based on the wealth of artistic and cultural contamination. It takes place in Skrbina, in the heart of the Kras region, Slovenia.
(In the Senegalese language of Wolof 'Teranga' means 'hospitality')
The festival's underlining theme is 'In-between'
The art is always a bridge between the everyday foolish game of life and … the spiritual flight into unknown worlds. Worlds which constantly mingle, interweave, contaminate each other and create the feeling of being ‘in-between’, between different cultures, languages, but also between different visions and perceptions of ourselves ..... This feeling of ‘in-between’ opens our minds ... and in this way we can know and accept the different from us, the other ... because we are all inevitably ‘the other’.
1. Enrolment conditions
Any artist and art student from anywhere in the world can enrol. There is no age limit. Every candidate is allowed to submit 2 new works. Prize-winning works or works previously mentioned for merit will NOT be accepted. Photographic works are also allowed.
2 . Specific techniques used
There are no limits to execution techniques.
Any work must be rectangular, and and portrait (vertical), not smaller than 20x30 centimetres and not bigger than 30x40 centimetres.
3. Theme of the contest
in-BETWEEN
Being among different worlds, which constantly mingle, interweave and contaminate each other and create the feeling of being ‘between’, between different cultures, languages, but also between different visions and perceptions of ourselves ..... This feeling of ‘between’ opens our mind and in this way we can know and accept the different from us, the stranger, the other ... because we are all inevitably ‘the other’.
4. Rules concerning the dispatch of works
Candidates must complete the enrolment form.
Candidates must send their work by post (including digital and /or photographic work - good prints) together with the form, which must be completed, signed and accompanied the festival's subscription fee to the following address:
Ramatou,
Institute for art networking
Škrbina 51
6223 Komen
Slovenija
A short biography, remembering to write your name, surname and address, and description of the works must be sent to terangakras@gmail.com under the subject title TERANGA CONTEST 2014.
5. Deadline
Monday June 16, 2014.
All works must arrive by (or before) Monday June 16, 2014.
6. Subscription fee
The subscription fee is 15 euros.
Methods of payment:
- By money transfer into the following bank account:
“Banka Koper”
IBAN: SI56101000051440356
beneficiary: Vesna Benedetič
address: Škrbina 51, 6223 Komen (SLO)
Reason for payment: TERANGA CONTEST 2014
- By Credit Card or PayPal ...
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7. Selection of works and winners
The jury will select, by an unappealable decision, 20 artists whose works will be exhibited during the festival of art Teranga, from 12 to 20 July 2014.
Among the 20 artists selected, the jury will award 3 prizes for the best three artists and 1 prize for the best student.
8. Prizes
first prize:
The chosen artist will illustrate (with a regular contract) the TERANGA calendar 2015, which will be published and distributed by Ramatou.
The artist will be paid the fee of 1000 Euros + exhibition.
The calendar will be presented and promoted at the end of October, with special events for promoting
second prize:
the second chosen artist will illustrate (with a regular contract) a picture book, which will be published first as e-book, while the organisation will try to print a paper publication as well.
+ exhibition
third prize:
the third chosen artist will partecipate in a workshop of his choice, from among those proposed in the context of the festival Teranga 2015 + exhibition
special prize for young artists:
(for students and young artists up to 25 years)
an exhibition of works plus 200 euros
9. the jury
Vesna Benedetič, artist, foundress Ramatou, organizer of the event TERANGA
Febe Sillani, author and illustrator
Livio Sossi, expert and professor of literature and illustration
Anamarija Stibilj Šajn, art critic
10. Prize-winning ceremony and exhibition of works
From July 12 to 20 there will be the exhibition ‘In-Between’, which will be composed of the selected and winning works. The winners will be announced during the inauguration of the exhibition, Sunday, July 13 at 6 pm.
The winning artists are obliged to fulfil the contract.
The terms of delivery of the work will be in late September, early October.
11. Rights and royalties
The artists who take part in the contest must waive their publication rights in case of publication on line or on paper of their work, the organisation will consider useful to promote artists and events. They must also give up their rights if a copy of their works is put in a frame/structure for promotional purposes of the contest or of the TERANGA event.
It goes without saying that royalties go to the artists.
The winning works become property of Ramatou and will be part of archieve / permanent exhibition..
The other works will be returned by January 2015 to the owners upon request.
Ramatou will send the works using the Slovenian postal services. Shipping charges will be comunicated.
12. contacts:
skype: vesna.benedetic
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TERANGA 2014
(In the Senegalese language of Wolof ‘Teranga’ means ‘hospitality’)
The International Art Festival TERANGA is based on the wealth of artistic and cultural contamination. It takes place in Skrbina, in the heart of the Kras region, Slovenia. It iwas crreated and it is organised by Ramatou, Institute for art networking, Skrbina.
IINTERNATIONAL ILLUSTRATION CONTEST 2014 - 1st edition
enrolment form
name:
surname:
date of birth:
address:
city/ State/ zip:
e-mail:
phone:
titles of the works:
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I hereby acknowledge that I have read, understand and agree with all of above statements and accompanying contest rules.
signature:
date: