Convocatoria Concurso Internacional de Artes Plásticas
2018. Centro de Arte y Técnicas para la Juventud “Louis François” para la
UNESCO
REGULATIONS FOR ART
COMPETITION 2018
« Peace, to live
together in harmony »
1: ORGANISATION AND
DATES OF COMPETITION
The Louis François
Centre for UNESCO holds an annual art competition starting 21 September
2017 and ending 24
February 2018.
2: THEME FOR 2018 AND
OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPETITION Theme of the year « Peace, to live together in
harmony »
The competition’s aim
is to promote the practice of art among children and young people around the
world in the hope of uniting them under an international activity.
The Louis François
Centre for UNESCO has given itself the task of Give childhood and youth a place
in the Memory of Mankind; the centre archives all participants artistic
creations inside its artothèque, « Memories for the Future ». Prize winning or
not, all paintings remain the property of the Centre for UNESCO. The centre
therefore holds the right to use the creations for all practical purposes
within the framework of its activities (exhibitions, presentations,
communication mediums, etc.).
3: CONDITIONS FOR
PARTICIPATION
• The competition is
open to all children aged 3 to 25 throughout the world. It is divided into 5
age
categories (03-05,
06-09, 10-13, 14-17, and 18-25) as well as a medical-social category open to
all ages from 3 to
25.
• Only one entry is accepted per individual.
• The identification
label must be correctly filled out and secured to the back of each creation.
Labels that are
illegible or incorrectly filled out will not be taken into account.
• The participant
should attach an explanatory text onto the creation describing the creative
process.
• Only creations on a
flat surface are accepted (no three-dimensional creations) and they must be
on flexible material
(unframed, no wood).
• The maximum dimensions are 0.9 x 1.2 m.
• The creations must
be sent to the « Centre pour l’UNESCO Louis François » in Troyes (shipment
is paid for by the
sender) and are the responsibility of the contestant. Please note, we recommend
you state on the package the value of the creation (no less than 10€ and no
more than 20€) and a description of the contents to avoid fines and taxation
when the package goes through french customs. The Centre for UNESCO will not
pay any fines or tax for the delivery of artwork.
• Participants who do not respect the above
criteria will be disqualified from the competition.
• The final date for
candidates to send in their entry is 24th February 2018.
4: CRITERIA FOR
SELECTION
A jury views the
creations on Saturday 24 Mars 2018 to select nominees and 100 winners in
accordance to respect of the theme, artistic value and prowess.
5: PRIZES
The 3 winners of each
category will be awarded a medal (gold plated, silver plated and solid bronze)
and a certificate. The other winners will each receive a bronze medal as well
as a certificate.
Nominees will each
receive a certificate.
The winning prize can
in no case be exchanged for currency or another prize.
6: EXHIBITION OF THE
ARTWORK
The winning and
nominated creations will be exhibited under the event « Graines d’artistes du
monde entier® ». These creations will make up itinerant exhibitions which will
be circulated around France and abroad.
7: ANNOUNCING THE
RESULTS
The winners will be
informed by mail and the results will be published on the website and
Facebook page of the
Centre for UNESCO from 10th April 2018.
8: AWARDING OF PRIZES
The winners will
retrieve their prizes during an award ceremony on Saturday 2nd June at the international
event « Graines d’artistes du monde entier® » in the « Espace Argence » at
Troyes which takes place 29th May to 2nd June 2018. In the event that the
winner cannot be present, the prize will be sent via air mail to the address
indicated on the painting’s label. The Centre for UNESCO will not in any case
be held responsible for the tracking and arrival of packages.
The medal will be
sent to the address of the participant and the certificate will be sent via
standard mail to the
same address. The Centre for UNESCO will not in any case be held responsible
for the loss, theft or degradation of packages (medals and certificates); the
centre cannot replace nor compensate for theft, loss or degradation. Each medal
and certificate is unique and only one copy is made.
9: INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
With your
participation in the competition, you are involving yourself in the definitive
cession of your work to the Louis François Centre for UNESCO exclusively and
free of charge. The Centre for UNESCO will hold the copyrights to the artistic
creation presented and, in particular, the rights to
or to not to diffuse, exhibit, utilise and reproduce the creation for commercial
purposes. This
being or not in the
form of reports, newsletters, magazines, websites, CD-ROM and DVD with the
intention of promoting the centre’s activities.
The participant who
is awarded a prize agrees for the transfer of all copyrights to the Louis
François Centre for
UNESCO. The transfer of these rights takes effect as soon as the prize is
awarded. The Centre
for UNESCO reserves all rights for distribution of the creation. The
undersigned will be mentioned as the creator upon each usage. The undersigned
accepts that their artistic creation is or is not used for commercial ends in
or not the form of reports, newsletters, magazines, websites, social network
with the objective of promoting the centre’s activities.
10: EXCLUSIONS
Participants are
prohibited from engaging in counterfeiting or plagiarism. The artistic
creations must be originals and not be the subject of a copy.
These regulations are
final and will not be the object of any plea, appeal or prosecution by the
schools nor the authors.
