13th international competition ex libris biblioteca di bodio lomnago /Italy 2024-2025

Theme:

THE ANCIENT OLYMPICS

Conditions:

-The Competition is organized in two sections. "Master" and "Young"

-Participation is free of charge for all the artists

-Each participant must fill in the entry form attached to this call announcement

-Participation to the "Young" section is open to all the students of art Schools or Academies. The organizers has designated

-The entries, once accepted by the Jury, will be selected for publication in the official Catalogue of the competition and displayed in 2025

-Only entries made using the traditional techniques of the original graphic art (C, X, L) will be accepted for the Competition. Entries made using other techniques will not be evaluated in the Competition

-be printed on paper no larger than A5 (148mm x 210mm). The printed area may be any size

-no indications or markings of other competitions must be present

-the following must be written, in pencil, on the reverse side: surname, first name, address of the artist, date the entry was executed, dimensions of the engraved part, technique used and title

-all entries must have COMPULSORY IN THE ENGRAVED PART the following inscription:

"EX LIBRIS BIBLIOTECA BODIO LOMNAGO 2024-2025"

-Only entries with all the above requisites will be evaluated in the Competition. All those missing one or more of these

requisites will not be considered

-Each artist may enter a maximum of two entries, each of which must have at least five signed copies

Three copies will be held in the Bodio Lomnago Library collection, one in the Italian Ex libris Association collection and one in Xotaris collection. These may be used at will by the institutions. Entries will not be returned

-In spring 2025 there will be the opening ceremony of the exhibition, the winners will be officially announced and the prizes given. Until this day all the artists will be strictly forbidden to publish or post on the web or social networks the works sent for the competition, under the pain of being excluded from the competition

-Artists of entries published will receive the catalogue free of charge

-Participation in the Competition implies full acceptance of the above rules

For further information, please contact mfranzetti@comune.bodiolomnago.va.it

SIEAC

Shuchai InternationalEx-Libris (Graphics) Art Collection

Prizes:

-For the "Master" section, the organizers has designated two prizes to the value of € 1.000,00 each one, which will be awarded, respectively, to the best work of an Italian artist and to the best work of a not-Italian artist

-For the"Young"section, two prizes to the value of € 500,00 each one, which will be awarded, respectively, to the best work of an Italian artist and to the best work of a not-Italian artist

Deadline:

31January 2025

Address for sending artworks:

For further information, please contact mfranzetti@comune.bodiolomnago.va.it

SIEAC

Shuchai InternationalEx-Libris (Graphics) Art Collection

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