2nd International Competition Noticartun Colombia 2015

2nd INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AND GRAPHIC CARTOON HUMOR
- NOTICARTUN COLOMBIA - 2015
"TRIBUTE TO ALFREDO GREÑAS"

Alfredo Greñas:
Bucaramanga, Colombia, May 9, 1857 San Jose, Costa Rica September 16, 1949)
Engraver, illustrator and cartoonist of opinion. He studied at the Alberto Urdaneta School of Engraving in 1881 and actively participated in the "Papel Ilustrado" newspaper at the time. He was imprisoned for his graphic work against Rafael Nuñez in the weekly "El Posta" and since his release, he participated in the satirical newspaper "El Zancudo", in which a great critic to the political class was made. In 1893 he was exiled by the government of Nuñez, leaving for the United States he landed in Costa Rica, due to health issues, where he excelled in publishing until his death.
1) Open to all professional cartoonists in the world, preferably seniors (18 years).
Deadline 30 November 2015 .
2) There will be 2 categories A: “Caricature”, B “Cartoon”.
Category A: Caricature of Alfredo Greñas: physiognomic caricatures of him, not portraits.
Images and information of A. Greñas:
http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/cari/cari2a.htm
http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/exhibiciones/la-caricatura-en-colombia/texto11.html
http://www.colarte.com/colarte/conspintores.asp?idartista=14172
http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/textos-sobre-la-coleccion-de-arte-del-banco-de-la-republica/alfredo-grenas/escudo-de-la-regeneracion
Category B: Cartoon: Theme “Is consumerism happiness in the world?”
3) AWARDS (tbc):
Caricature
1. Prize: Diploma of the event.
2 Honorable Mentions
Cartoon
1. Prize : Diploma of the event.
2 Honorable Mentions
2 SPECIAL AWARDS FOR COLOMBIANS : "Noticartun Colombia Cartoon Recognition" and "Noticartun Colombia Graphic Humor Recognition "
Besides there will be a virtual exhibition of all the works that will stay in NEWS CARTOON COLOMBIA and CARTOON ALBUM OF COLOMBIAN.
Besides, there will be a virtual exhibition of all the works that will stay in NEWS OF CARTOON COLOMBIA and COLOMBIAN CARTOON ALBUM.
4) Each participant can present in the event a maximum of two works by category, but only one can be awarded in each category. The artworks can be in black and white or in color.
5) About the Jury:
The jury is composed of professional cartoonists. They can participate in the contest, but only for exhibition purposes and not for awards (same applies to the winners of the 2014 edition). Also, they can't and won't take in account for the awards those artworks made by their family members or people with whom they have a current working relationship.
6) The cartoons sent have to have a maximum size of 30 x 40 cms. JPG, 300 dpi.
7) You can participate with cartoons that have already been published or rewarded previously. The selected works will be online so in case someone has a complaint about the originality of the artwork, the jury and News of Cartoon Colombia will select a new selected work.
8) All drawings submitted must be made from original ideas, either analog (scanned) or digital, no photographs, scanned photocopies, etc. will be accepted.
9) Participants must send a brief CV in Word, contact details (name, e-mail, web or blog and home country of the participant) and a photograph or caricature with his works.
10) Each author owns rights on their work and only authorizes NEWS OF CARTOON COLOMBIA to expose it in this tribute online, without any financial compensation to the parties. Any problems with copyright shall be borne by the participant.
11) NEWS OF CARTOON COLOMBIA, reserves the right to display works that understands they can attempt against individual or collective rights.
12) Participation in the contest implies full and unreserved acceptance of these conditions.
13) The work must be sent to:
NEWS OF CARTOON COLOMBIA
Topic: 2nd CONTEST NOTICARTUN COLOMBIA - 2015
noticartuncolombia@gmail.com
Source: facebook.