Ex libris competition rules
7th International Graphic Competition for Ex Libris Gliwice 2007
(from the press release)
Director of Municipal Public Library in Gliwice Grazyna Lazar and competition commissioner Wladyslaw Gebczyk will be honoured to invite you to take part in the competition held to present the latest achievements in the art of ex libris.
I.
Conditions of participation:
This will be an open Competition.
Each Competition participant will be allowed to send an unrestricted
number of projects executed in any selected graphic technique (including
the offset and computer graphics) used for the purpose of ex libirs
design. Maximum work dimensions will not exceed 14 x 14 cm.
We will kindly request that you send only your new works, i.e. made
only during the period between 2004 and 2007.
The deadline for sending in your projects will
be the 15th of May 2007
Please send your project on the following address:
MIEJSKA BIBLIOTEKA PUBLICZNA
ul.T.Kosciuszki 17
skr.poczt. 109 44-100 GLIWICE
POLAND
Each project submitted for the Competition shall be delivered in
three (3) signed author copies.
Artists taking part in our Competition for the first time will be
requested to submit their projects, also those designed and executed
before the year 2004.
All projects submitted for the Competition will become the property
of the Competition Organizer and will be retained in the ex libris
collection held by Gliwice Municipal Public Library.
Since we are obliged to prepare the Competition catalogue, we will
ask you to quote the following information on the back of each copy:
Name and surname of the author, name of the technique used and the
year of creation. Please, enclose also a short biographical note
of the author.
The competition organizer will not accept any responsibility for
any loss or damage of the works suffered during transport by the
Post.
II. Prizes:
All submitted projects will be evaluated by the Jury appointed by
the Competition Organizer. The Jury will also select the projects
to be displayed at the Post-competition Exhibition.
The best projects will be awarded with the following prizes:
1st Prize – PLN 3500
2nd Prize – PLN 2500
3rd Prize – PLN 1500
and will be distinguished with the Competition Medals and Diplomas.
Additionally, the Organizer plans to award a Prize for the best
ex libris dedicated specifically to the Municipal Public Library
in Gliwice, as well as many other special awards.
The Jury may decide to divide and grant the set prizes in another
way. The Jury’s decision will be final.
III. Final resolutions:
The Competition results will be announced and the prizes will be
handed to the winners on the 28th of September 2007 in Municipal
Public Library Gliwice, pl.Inwalidów Wojennych 3. All awarded
projects and the projects selected by the Jury will be presented
at the Post-Competition Exhibition held from September to December
2007.
All authors of the projects selected for the Post-Competition Exhibition
will receive the Exhibition Catalogue. The organizer will reserve
the right to publish the projects free of charge, for the promotion
purposes in Poland and abroad.
Your participation in the Competition will be regarded as your acceptance
of the terms and conditions of these Rules.
Awards will be taxed according to obligatory regulations.
All updated information concerning the Competition will be published on our website: www.biblioteka.gliwice.pl
ORGANIZER:
MUNICIPAL PUBLIC LIBRARY IN GLIWICE
ul.T.Kosciuszki 17,
44-100 GLIWICE
POLAND
tel., fax. +48 32 238 25 10
e-mail:sekretariat@biblioteka.gliwice.pl
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