In today’s world, producing an art print by means of digital imaging media is very easy and convenient, while making a printing plate in a traditional technique is rather difficult and time-consuming. It is astonishing though that some artists avoid the easiness of digital image manipulation and accessible printing and prefer the laborious process of dealing with poisonous acids, hazardous solvents, messy and sticky oil based printing inks. Perhaps the essence and the beauty of the art of printmaking are hidden in those long lasting and troublesome processes!
KulturDialog Armenien will organize the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017”, in Yerevan, Armenia, in November 2017.
The aims of the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017” are:
The Biennale will serve as a platform for regional and international artists working in the field of printmaking and it will definitely raise the interest of professionals and art students, as well as of the art-loving audience at large for this kind of graphic art on a national and international level.
Any professional artist or art student in his/her two final years of education using a traditional printmaking technique (engraving, etching, dry point, aquatint, mezzotint, soft ground, woodcut, linocut, lithography, offset lithography, silkscreen, collagraphy, monotype, etc.) is eligible to enter the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017”.
Please note:
The International Jury composed of outstanding professionals will select the artworks which meet the requirements of the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017”.
Artists who wish to apply should:
Applications should be submitted in the period from September 15th to December 15th, 2016.
Submitting the application form to the contest implies that the Organizing Committee of the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017” has the right to exhibit, reproduce and publish the artworks sent in by the participating artists without any obligation of prior notice to the artist.
Each applicant may submit:
Artworks should have been created in the period of 2013-2016.
All applicants will be notified of the results of the selection stage via email by March 1st, 2017.
The list of the artists selected to participate in the exhibition will be published on the official website of the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017”.
All selected participants should send in their prints without frame and passe-partout by May 1st, 2017
On the official website of the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017” the applicants should:
Please note that prints received after May 1st, 2017 will not be considered.
The following notifications should be stated on the envelopes containing the prints:
All necessary labels can be downloaded from the official website of the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017”.
The selected artists are responsible for all postal expenses.
The Organizing Committee is not responsible for damages which may occur during the transportation of the prints.
By sending the works, the applicant artists are considered to have agreed to the conditions of the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017”.
The Organizing Committee will return the artworks in their original package within 6 (six) months after the contest.
The return charges will be covered by the Organizing Committee of the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017”.
The Organizing Committee would be grateful, if the artworks of the participant artists supplemented the collection of the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017”. To donate the artworks, please fill in the corresponding field in the online application form.
Winning artists will be awarded the following prizes attributed by the Organizing Committee of the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017”:
All main prize holders of the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017” will have the opportunity to hold solo exhibitions within the context of the upcoming “International Print Biennale Yerevan 2019”.
Additionally, several special “Honorable Mention Diplomas” will be attributed for distinguished artworks.
The prizes will be awarded during the awards’ ceremony of the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017” on October 28th, 2017.
If the winner is absent during the awards’ ceremony, the prize will be sent to him/her with his/her works by post.
The winning prints presented at the contest become the property of the organizer and will become part of the collection of the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017”.
The published catalogue of the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017” will be presented at the closing ceremony of the exhibition on November 10th, 2017.
Each participant artist will receive a copy of the catalogue by post.
NOTE: The organizer reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the conditions and deadlines of the contest and will announce them on the official website of the “First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017”.
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