SECOND  INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL
“ VALLLE DE ABURRÁ”

 The event that initiates in this year, pretends institutionalised an artistic language toot has reached high in our territory.
The great goals to reach are : create cartoon sheds, and the creation of a cartoon and comic museum. Another goal is also internationalised the image of our dear valley.
It is an idyllic place of the central mountains that are localized in
“ The Aburrá Valley”. The place has  nine tours and a population of there million of people with 1.152 mts. Of area.
The main characteristics  are: the industrial, touristy and cultural dynamic. At the present time plays an important role in the country life.
The main places are: Medellin, capital of the state an second city in importance in Colombia, Envigado, cultural place for excellence and named” sensorial city”; “Itagui”, industrial city, and LA ESTRELLA paradise of the Andean landscape.
The dynamic city of the citizens life.

The conditions:
1)
      The contest is open to all over the world
2)
      The dead line for entries is September 15th 2006
3)
      The themes of the competition are: A) The cellular. B) Free.
4)
      Each participant con present in the competition a maximum of three cartoons for theme.
5)
      The cartoons presented must be in original, we don it accept photography.
6)
      You can participate with cartoons in white or black or in colour.
7)
      The size of cartoons will not exceed 15 X 20 cm. Maximum.
8)
      You can also participate with cartoons that have
abrade be published or rewarded previously.

9)
      Each participants will pay to send the cartoon.
10)
  Each cartoons will have in the back the name,
 last name, address an e-mail of the participant.

11)
   Participants are requested to send, together
wit their cartoons, a short curriculum vitae and photography.

12)
   There will be selection judges.
13)
  The send cartoons won it be returned ( except the ones received as borrowed), and they will take parted in the cartoons and comic Colombian museum. Each cartoon and its author will have a carpet and a place in this collection.
14)
   The organization has all rights reserved to exhibit the cartoons that attempt to individual or collective rights.
15)
   The cartoons selected of 1º and 2º event will be published in a catalogue (by infrastructure problems the catalogue of the first event could not be printed).
16)
  To participate in this contest means to accept these conditions.

 

The Prizes
       1° Grand Prix        US$  1.000
       2° Special prizes offered by various institutions
       3° Special mentions


ADDRESS:

The works should be sent to:
1° Muestra  Mundial de Caricatura “ Valle de Aburra”-Colombia
Carrera 55 # 49-51
Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana
Departamento de Bienestar Universitario

Telephone 276 65 88 - 5112199 y 311 336 59 16

Medellín – Antioquia – Colombia 

Winning version 2005: YUIRY KOSOBUKIN - Ukraine