International Art Competitions - art contest for artists

Deadline:1.06.2016The Alfred Fried Photography Award is open to professional and amateur photographers from anywhere in the world. Digital submissions must be saved as .jpg, with a size between 2000 pixels and 3000 pixels on the longest side. The maximum file size is 2 MB. Images must not include any embedded marks, logos, names or borders. There is no entry fee! You may enter...

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Deadline:1.06.2016The Derwent Art Prize aims to reward excellence by showcasing the very best artworks created in pencil by British and International artists.Artists can submit 2D and 3D works created with any pencil or coloured pencil as well as water soluble, pastel, graphite or charcoal pencils.Images of up to 6 recent works, in digital format (jpg, max. 1MB file size (no min), and images...

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Deadline:1.06.2016WNDX pays special attention to the most innovative and ground-breaking works created by moving image artists. In the past, WNDX has featured spotlights on Crispin Glover, Richard Tuohy, Guy Maddin, Joyce Wieland, George Kuchar, Steve Reinke, Barbara Sternberg, Phil Hoffman, John Price and Michael Snow, a well as the work of the Loop Collective. We do not program conventional feature narrative films, conventional...

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Deadline:2.05.2016CICA Museum invites artists worldwide to participate in “Abstract Mind,” the International Exhibition on Abstract Art.Categories:- Installation-Photographs & 2D Digital ArtSelected works will be printed in 10×15 inches, framed, and installed by our curators & assistants. Please let us know if you have photographs larger than 10×15 inches.-Video & Interactive ArtWe will provide projectors and DVD/DIVX players for the show. Multiple single-channel works...

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Deadline:31.05.2016The Royal Photographic Society is calling for entries to the International Print 159 competition – a significant opportunity for photographers to become part of The Society’s 2016/17 exhibitions tour. An entry fee (RPS Member - £20 per person, Non Member - £30 per person, Entry for Under 30s* - £15 per person) is payable, per person, to enter the competition. Fees are reduced for RPS members and...

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Deadline:22.05.2016Cortona On The Move takes pleasure in promoting the work and passion of professional and emerging photographers alike. One of the chief instruments in this commitment is our HAPPINESS ON THE MOVE international photography award which is organized jointly with our partner, Consorzio del Vino Chianti. The theme of the competition is, naturally, happiness.Each entrant may submit a maximum of 3 projects.Each project...

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Deadline:31.05.2016The Festival of Ethical Photography of Lodi is pleased to present the sixth edition of the World.Report Award | Documenting Humanity.The World.Report Award 2016 is divided in four sessions:Master Award: This section is open to all photographers, with no restriction of any kind. Reportages must consist of min 20 and max 40 images. The prize will be of 6,000 Euros gross cash.Spot Light...

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Deadline:31.05.2016Now in its seventh edition, URBAN has as its main theme daily life in the city, which is seen throughstreet photography: real, instant images, that capture moments, people, faces and other elements capable of telling stories woven into the urban fabric. URBAN unveils the city and its secrets.On the special section Projects & Portfolios you can propose a sequence of images that tell a...

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Deadline:15.09.2016All contestants will be admitted with no distinction made regarding nationality or age.There are two categories:Youth category up to 15 years inclusive;Adult category: 16 years and older.Both professional and non-professional cartoonists are allowed to participate in this contest.The main theme is ‘Sports from start to finish’. This year Amnesty International offers a special prize to the best cartoon with theme ‘Right to medical...

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Deadline:31.05.2016The competition is open to artists of all nationalities of any age and profession. All graphic techniques are eligible in case they allow replication labeled according the International standard identifier for EX LIBRIS.The authors may participate with up to 3 /three/ works, 4 /four/ copies of each.The ex libris work must contain the text “EX VINO – EX VERITAS”, the author’s name and...

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Deadline:29.05.2016The PLURAL+ Video Festival is an empowering tool for young people to speak out about what they think of migration, diversity and social inclusion, using their own views and voices. The PLURAL+ Video Festival gives youth a platform to say what they think and to make themselves heard by people from all over the world.The PLURAL+ Video Festival is for youth. Anyone can...

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Deadline:27.05.2016Contest is open only to individuals who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry and who reside in the 50 United States, India, Canada (excluding Quebec), United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Italy, China, Japan, Germany, France, Indonesia, Spain, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland and Taiwan. Officers, directors and employees of National Geographic Partners, and...

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Deadline:24.05.2016The contest is divided into six categories: Documentary, Portrait, Street, Photojournalism, Fine Art and Open.You may submit single images and series (10 photos reviewed as one entry. Submission should work together as a group, thematically or aesthetically).Entry fees$20 USD for 1 single photo and $10 for each additional photo.$60 USD for a related series of 10 photos reviewed as one entry. Prizes• Series...

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Deadline:6.05.2016The Prix VIRGINIA, awarded every other year, beginning in 2012, is open to all living professional women photographers, regardless of age or nationality, with the exception of photojournalisms and advertising. Photographs submitted for the Prix VIRGINIA must not have been exhibited in France. Requests for assistance with projects, reporting, or exhibitions will not be considered.Participant may submit 12 to 15 photographs, (with captions,...

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Deadline:15.05.2016The contest is open to all photographers (professional and non-professional) who have reached the age of 18 on May 15th 2016, irrespective of sex, nationality or residence.Each registrant may participate with a set of 8 photographs part of a same project. The theme is: reportage.Format of the images to be uploaded on the contest’s website:JPEG, RGB a 8bit30 cm length (approx. 3600 pixel)...

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Deadline:15.05.2016The ZSL Animal Photography Prize is back for 2016. Wildlife photographers from around the world are invited to put forward and showcase their best wildlife photographs. Revelling in the beauty of wildlife from around the world, from the smallest insects to largest mammals, the ZSL Animal Photography Prize celebrates the outstanding diversity of the Animal Kingdom.The top images will be chosen by a...

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Deadline:31.07.2016Participants of the competition can only send sets, cycles of works. The competition is accessible for all the persons who take photographs. Up to 4 sets in every section can be sent in by one author.SECTION I REPORTAGE PHOTOGRAPHY Photographic registration of time and place we live in. Significant social issues. Personal autor's attitude to reality. A report, document, journalistic photography. Size of...

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Deadline:1.08.2016Addis Video Art Festival intends to provide a platform for innovative video art in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The festival will screen throughout the city in a variety of locations including street corners, rooftops, public centers and art centers. By sharing video art in both conventional and non-conventional settings, the festival will reach both the artist community and the everyday passerby. The festival aims...

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Deadline:1.06.2016CINESONIKA showcases international works of film and video with fascinating soundtracks, idiosyncratic sound design, eclectic scoring and innovative approaches to the sound-image relationship.We are open to works in any format, including narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, and uncategorizable styles, with no minimum or maximum run time. Videos will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the deadline, so earlier submissions will result in earlier...

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deadline:23.05.20162016 MIVA – Muestra Internacional de Video ArteQuito/EcuadorIn the framework of the Tenth Edition of the International Festival MIVA 2016 call for the following types opens.Creative Labs a.- Processes Multidisciplinaryb.- Official Theme Free Sample Videodanzac.- Official Sample MIVA 2016d.- Fashion Filmsto. CREATIVE PROCESS LABORATORIES CALL BASES MIVA 2016Call open to individual artists, groups, national and international stage and audiovisual groups to develop an inter-...

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deadline:1.06.2016Established on occasion of the terror attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015, the memorial project is dedicated to all victims of islamist terror. Many attacks were taking place before that date, and most recently, Brussels had been the place where again dozens of innocent people became victims of islamists. Like previous attacks, the attacks in Brussels on 22 March 2016 were addressed...

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Deadline:13.06.2016A renowned showcase of recent performance and moving image works by emerging and established artists, Visions aims to offer an international overview of the challenging and thoughtful uses of these ever shifting mediums.We are now inviting artists from all over the world to submit moving image and performance works for Visions 2016, which will run from October to December 2016 at the Nunnery...

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deadline:31.07.2016This call for entries is open to short films built up entirely with non-representational imagery. Only Dots & Lines as ends in themselves!We invite authors to focus on the expressivity of all the constituent elements of audiovisual art in its purest state: Colour, Motion, Form & Sound.Participation is freeThe films must be made entirely with abstract imagery, avoiding representation.· You can use any...

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deadline:31.08.2016The competition is open for everyone and there is no given theme of the worksThe allowed techniques are: drawing, painting, digital art and photography.A participant can submit one complete and full story, up to 8 pagesThe pages should be in a vertical A4 (210 x 297 mm) or A3 (297 x 420 mm) format.When sending original pages, copies or prints you should enclose...

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Deadline:31.07.2016The International Competition of full-length and short films for children and young people, which presents films made in the years 2014-2016. Both full-length and short films (live-action as well as animated ones) are eligible for the competition. Competition films will be categorised either as children’s films or as films for young people. Films will be categorised by the Organiser;It is a full-length or short live-action...

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Deadline:20.05.201610 YearsLes Rencontres Internationales Sciences & Cinémas (RISC)RISC’s goals are to screen contemporary films and to provoke encounters between directors, scientists and a large audience, including the young one.All genres of film (documentary, fiction, experimental, video art, animation, etc.), of any duration, whose subject is related to scientific topics (fundamental sciences, life sciences, environment sciences, medicine, economics, architecture, urbanism, sociology, anthropology, etc.) can...

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Deadline:10.05.2016Artists, designers and animators around the world are invited to turn one or more of these iconic posters as GIFs or short animations. Anyone can enter the competition!Animate one of the posters which form part of the history of the International Poster Biennale in Warsaw. Challenge tradition – study the present – look into the future.Poster images for animation will be made available...

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Deadline:12.06.2016Aim of contest is to promote traditional and contemporary graphic techniques; inspire to explore and discover the motives of designs Kashubia.The poster should refer to the Kashubian folk patterns and to be associated with them.The competition is adressed to students of art, graphic designers, designers, artists, at the age of 16 years.Participate can send maximum 5 art work.Details:http://mdk.reda.pl/content/cassubia-visuales ...

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