Saturday, November 26, 2016
Regulation Of XX INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC HUMOR CUBA 2017
The circle of comic artists and cartoonists of
The Cuban Journalists Union and the San Antonio de los Baños Humor Museum, call
for the XX International Biennial of Graphic Humor, Cuba 2017, which will take
place from April 2nd to April 5th, 2017 co-sponsored by the Artemisa Province
Culture Direction.
ABOUT THE GRAPHIC HUMOR CONTEST
The participation in the contest is open to all
graphic artists. They can compete with free theme sending original
artwork or digitally processed (printed and signed by the author) with a
maximum format of 30 x 40 cm. It
is possible to compete in:
-General Humor
-Political Satire
-Humor comic
-Caricature
-Humor Photography
-"Tomy" Online Award of political
humor (in memory of the caricaturist Tomas Rodriguez Zayas) that in this occasion
will focus on "Perspectives from the South" (300dpi JPG)
Each author can send one work by each category,
besides Tomy Online Award.
In the reverse of the original on paper or
cardboard, participants should specify the following information about the
author:
-Full name and artistic signature
-Title
-Category
-Technique
-Personal Address
-Country
-Email
-Phone number
The same personal information must accompany
the message of the works sent by e-mail for the Tomy Online Award, specified
from the subject and the email address: humor@upec.co.cu
The works made on paper or cardboard,
conveniently packaged will be received until
January 31st, 2017 at:
Unión de Periodistas de Cuba (Upec)
XX Bienal Internacional de Humorismo Gráfico
Calle 23 no. 452, Vedado, Cuba. CP 10 400
Teléfonos: (53) 7832- 37 22/ (53) 7832-45 59
ext. 116
About Jury
The admission jury will select the works
presented for the contest that will be exhibited at the XX International
Exhibition of Graphic Humor from San Antonio de los Baños.
The international jury is integrated by
prestigious persons from the graphic humor will award the prizes whose decision
will be final.
About Prizes
-Eduardo Abela Prize, the greatest award of the
contest in honor of the outstanding Cuban caricaturist (1889-1965) consisting
of a diploma and 1000 cuc.
-1st-2nd and 3nd Prizes in each category and
whatever mentions the jury considers consisting of Diplomas.
-Online Tomy Prize consisting of a diploma and
a reproduction of Tomy´s work.
As a tradition several cultural and social
Cuban institutions join the contest and present collateral prizes.
