Rules of the Crafts Competition

Wednesday 08 Sep 2010

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Rules of the Crafts Competition

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Registration deadline: September 23, 2010

You can take part both internal way (in person) and in absentia (online).

Participation in absentia: Author or impresario should send copies or photos of art works: by email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or post: 109129, Moscow, Russia, Malysheva str., 2, kv.35, to: “NextArt – for Russian Art Week”
Internal participation: The author brings the artworks in Moscow Art Exhibition Hall “Moscow Palace of Painters”, September 27, 2010 (h.11, Kuznetsky Most str.)

Att.: Internal competitors and competitors in absentia have the same rights at participating in the competition. The organizing committee exhibits the online artworks in the Russian Art Week' exhibition hall. All artworks will be published in the yearly international catalog “New Faces in Arts”. In this Catalog you will find images of works of authors from more than 30 countries.

I. Nominations:

1) Decorative painting fabric (including batik)

2) Decorative panels

3) Decorative painting and inlaid

4) Dolls and Toys

5) Decorative sculpture and carving

6) Souvenirs and gifts for the holidays

7) Decorations

8) Mosaics, stained glass

9) Natural Materials

10) Collages

II.Technical aspirations (Materials and measures):

a) Participants may submit originals, copies or photoscans.

b) Entrants could paint with/on any kind of techniques.

c) Competitive work is a single work or a group united by common idea/conception (up to 5 objects).

d) Competitive works are to be presented in the form of:

- object (including mixed media works): (not exceeding over 150cm in length, width or high),

- canvas (not exceeding over 150cm in length, width or high)

- digital copy (.jpeg or .tiff, not less 200dpi, up to 15 Mb), two photos for each object

e) In the left lower corner of each list a label of 7х4 cm size must be fixed where the following should be mentioned: а) author's (co-authors') surname, name; b) city; c) category and nomination; d) title of competitive work , e) working technique f) size (cm), g) year of creation.

f) Craft-works presented in on-line form (digital forms) are printed and accommodated in exposition.

III. Estimations’ criteria:

Expressiveness, composition and innovation. Competitive works are judged by ten-point system.

IV. HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

Registration deadline: September 23, 2010.

There are two ways to participate for the competition – online (in absentia) and in person (internal way).

Entrants will send the following documentation:

1) application form (Resume and Text of a maximum of thirty lines to explain the topic of the artwork);

2) author’s and co-author’s photos;

3) competitive photos;

4) wire transfer copy of the payment of Participation Fee (see "Participation Fee").

5) the label for each photowork (7x4 cm)

Entrance documents should be sent in one of two ways:

a) by email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or

b) by post: 109129, Moscow, Russia, Malysheva str., 2, kv.35, to: “NextArt – for Russian Art Week”

Professional competitors’ categories

1) “Student” category: includes all students of Art / Design / Fashion / Architectural Colleges, Institutes and Universities (BA and/or MA) or graduates (not longer than 1 year ago though)

2) “Professional” category: includes certified artist or those with no diploma in creation of the arts but with the artist experience for their own or other companies.

Each one of the categories mentioned above is estimated separately.

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