53rd World Gallery of Cartoons – Skopje 2021
Theme: Free
Dear friends, CARTOONISTS, let start the year with a good news!
Pleased that during of our fifty-two-years existence we have created a network of exceptional cartoonists – collaborators and friends of OSTEN, we announce the 53rd WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS Skopje 2021!
APPLICATION
REGULAR APPLICANT should:
– Fill out the APPLICATION FORM (electronically or manually) and send it to the e-mail: cartoons@osten.com.mk along with a photo, short bio and digital images of the works she/he is submitting
– To send the electronically submited works BY POSTAL MAIL along with the printed and signed Application Form to our address:
OSTEN – WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS, “8. Udarna Brigada” 2, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia
with a note: NO COMMERCIAL VALUE! FOR EXHIBITION ONLY!!! – up to 30 April 2021 latest!
True to our commitment to preserve and foster the art on paper, ORIGINAL, hand-created works are to be expected. If the cartoonist works exclusively in digital technique, printed DIGITAL WORKS – named, numbered and signed in pencil on the front will be considered.
DEADLINES
30 April 2021 – Works submission
31 May 2021 – Announcement of the short-listed cartoonists
30 June 2021 – Announcement of the awarded cartoonists
September 2021 – Opening of the exhibition and awards presentation
AWARDS
GRAND PRIX for Lifetime Achievement (1500 $ & Sculpture) – decision by the Ambassadors of OSTEN
FIRST AWARD ($1000 & Plaque) – decision by the International Jury
SECOND AWARD ($500 & Plaque) – decision by the International Jury
5 THIRD AWARDS (Plaque) – decision by the International Jury
5 SPECIAL AWARDS (Plaque) – decision by the International Jury
CICO AWARD * for a Macedonian Cartoonist (Plaque) – decision by the OSTEN Board
* In honor of the great Macedonian cartoonist Vasilije Popovic – Cico
Fill out the APPLICATION FORM, sign up, submit the works, follow the updates on FB , and do not forget to share this information with your colleagues and friends. For more information on: www.osten.mk , and you can always contact us on: cartoons@osten.com.mk . WE ARE EXPECTING YOU!