salon
antiratne
karikature
KRAGUJEVAC 2013
salon
of antiwar
cartoon
HONORABLE SIR/MADAM!
DEAR FRIENDS!
In memory of the severe crime that happened in
Kragujevac in 1941, 72 years ago, when the German occupying forces executed
several hundreds of innocent civilians in just one day, also sincerely wishing
something like that never and nowhere to happen again, and that peace may
prevail in the world
The City of Kragujevac a n n o u n c e s
THE
17th INTERNATIONAL SALON OF ANTIWAR CARTOON CONTEST
«KRAGUJEVAC 2013»
The International jury will make a selection out of
submitted cartoons which is to be exhibited and published in the Salon’s
catalog. Besides, the following prices are to be awarded:
The Grand
Prix «The Peace Messanger» prize and 1.500 euros is to be awarded by the
International Association of Peace Messanger Cities
The Gold
Plague prize and 1.000 euros
The Silver
Plague prize and 800 euros
The Bronze
Plague prize and 500 euros
The Mayor
of Bydgoszcz (Poland) Award, amounts
750 euros
The City of
Ingolstadt (Germany) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of
Bielsko-Biala (Poland) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of
Suresnes (France) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of
Pitesti (Romania) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of
Carrara (Italy) Award, amounts 500 euros
THE PRIZE
FUND IS
7.050 EUROS IN TOTAL.
The
Jury might additionally award several diplomas to close contenders.
Cartoonists and fine artists from all over the
world have the right to participate. They should submit at most three (3) original
cartoons, which have not been awarded by any other international competition,
on the subjects of antiwar as well as solidarity between people and nations.
Digital prints will be accepted only if they are signed by the artist. The
artworks should be utmost A4-A3 formated, while art technique is at the artist’s choice. On the back of the artwork there should
be written data on the artist (such as: name, surname, address, phone/fax,
e-mail).
The submission
deadline is September 13, 2013.
The jury
session is to be held on September 13-14, 2013.
The
cartoons are to be sent to the following address:
SALON ANTIRATNE KARIKATURE
Trg Slobode
3
34000 Kragujevac
Serbia
Submitted
artworks are not to be returned, and the Salon keeps the right to use
them without any restitution.
NOTE: So far the 16th International Antiwar Cartoon Salon «Kragujevac
2011» had great
international promotion and afirmation. On the occasion of the award ceremony
the prizes were handed over and the exhibition was opened in Kragujevac.
Afterwards, the 16th Salon exhibition was launched in Pitesti,
Romania, on the of Day of the Romanian Statehood. Later, it was part of the
International festival «The World is Colourfull» held in Ingostadt, Germany,
and than it was presented in the European Commission headquaters Charlemagne
building to over 500 begginning civil-service employees from more than 58
countries. Upon the International Day of Peace on September 21, the show was on
in Plonsk, previously it was in Wielun, and this Polish tour ended in Oswiecim
(Auschwitz). The selected works of the 16th Salon also were on display in New Haven,
USA, which is the presiding of the International Association of the Peace
Messanger Cities (IAPMC), the association that is the main patron of the Salon
awarding the Grand Prix «The Pease Messanger». When back from the USA, the
exhibition is going to be shown in Belgrade, Serbia.
The Salon's exhibition has been
invited to be the side programe at the IAPMC General Assembly session in
Messolonghi, Greece, this October. The 17th Salon's exhibition is going to be
open in Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Poland, on the occasion of the International
Holocaust Remmembrance Day in January 2014.
Director
of the Salon of antiwar cartoon
Miodrag Stojilovic
Tel.\fax: +381 34 336 123
www.antiwar.kragujevac.rs
