International Political Poster and Cartoon Contest - Russia

Deadline: January, 31 2008

Rules

1. The jury will accept and evaluate two categories of work: posters and cartoons.

2. Entries need to be submitted by January 31, 2008.

3. The competition will be held at the Pushkinskaya 10 Art Center, 10 Pushkinskaya Ulitsa, St. Petersburg.

4. Exhibition will be displayed at:

- the Nonconformists Art Museum, St. Petersburg.
- the Andrei Sakharov Community Center, Moscow.

5. A press conference on the problem of corruption in Russia and a presentation of the catalog will take place in St. Petersburg.

6. The above-mentioned catalog will be distributed to all of the project's participants.

7. The jury will evaluate and award entries with prizes. The entries received the most online votes will also be awarded with prizes.


First place – two 25,000-ruble prizes (about $1007.00 each)

Second place – two 20,000-ruble prizes (about $806.00 each)

Third place – two 15,000-ruble prizes (about $604.00 each)

The Viewers Choice Award (determined by online voting at http://www.notabene.org.ru
– a 15,000-ruble prize (about $604.00).

8. After the closing of the exhibition, the original works will become part of the museum's permanent collection and the Nonconformist Art Museum and the "Nota Bene…" project retain the right to use the artwork for noncommercial purposes.

9. Submission size requirements: Posters must be A1 or A2 in size, while cartoons have no size restrictions.
Participants who have difficulties sending their works in printed form are welcome to submit their art electronically on disc. Electronic submissions should be either in TIFF or JPEG format, and 300DPI.

10. Submitted works will not be returned.

11. By participating in this competition, the artist(s) agrees to these conditions.

Mailing address:

10 Pushkinskaya Ulitsa, Office 1
191049 St. Petersburg
Russia

E-mail:
uar@notabene.org.ru