Conditions of VII. International Biennial of Drawing Pilsen 2010
Organizer
The Professional Association of Legal Entities, The Biennial of Drawing Pilsen
Members of the Professional Association
- The City of Pilsen
- The University of Western Bohemia in Pilsen
- The International Association of Art – Europe, IAA
- The Union of Visual Artists of the Pilsen Region
Selected works will be exhibited in following galleries:
- Musem of West Bohemia, Kopeckého sady 2, Pilsen
- University Gallery, Jungmanova 2, Pilsen
- Jiří Trnka Gallery, nám. Republiky 40, Pilsen
Exhibition date:
6th October – 14th November 2010
Terms of participation
Monochrome drawings of maximum dimension 100×70 cm – dimension of a paper.
Number of works : maximum 5 works, created after 2005. Each drawing will be judged individually. Sets of drawings which, when put together, produce a size larger than 100×70 cm, will not be accepted.
Application for the competition
Application form must be enclosed in a package with drawings and sent to the address:
Bienále kresby Plzeň
Klatovská 51
301 00 Plzeň
Czech Republic
Application forms will be available at the following places:
- Office of the Biennial of Drawing Pilsen, Klatovská 51, 301 00 Pilsen
- Outside the Czech Republic: in the IAA centres of the participating countries, in Czech Centres.
Payment
The application includes an entry fee of 50,- EUR for foreign artists and 500,- Kč for Czech artists to be paid on the account:
Bienále kresby Plzeň
Banka ČSOB, a.s., account number: IBAN CZ 41 0300 0000 0008 8866 6111
SWIFT: CEKOCZPP
Variable symbol: Participant’s Date of Birth
The fee must be paid by means of OUR (all charges must be paid by the sender).
Delivery of Works
Entirely at the author’s cost. If the foreign partner organizes shared handover of drawings, it is possible to agree on individual terms of contract.
Works should be labeled in correspondence with the application form, without mount, safely wrapped in a firm package to ensure safe delivery and its return to artist.
The drawings and the application form including the pay receipt must be sent by 30th May, 2010 (date of postal stamp is relevant).
Works must be delivered free of all freight charges. A package burdened by any postal charges will not be accepted. The works of authors who will not pay the required fee of 50 EUR in time will not be included in the competition.
Promotion of Exhibition and the Catalogue
- The application for the participation in the exhibition allows the organizer to use free of charge the replicas of the works, slides or videotapes submitted by the participants for the catalogue, for promotion of the exhibition or for educational activities.
- Authors of the awarded works agree in advance that their works may be included in a collection which will be displayed in some European and other countries. The works will be returned after these exhibitions.
- The organizer will publish a catalogue with replicas of the exhibited works. Each artist whose works will be exhibited is entitled for inclusion in the catalogue with the reproduction of one of his/her works and the basic personal data. (S)he will also receive one free issue of the catalogue.
Return of Works
Works will be returned to the authors at the organizer’s own cost.
Selection of Exhibits
Works submitted by participants will be selected by an international jury with regard to their artistic and spatial qualities and on the basis of meeting the terms of participation.
Prizes
Works exhibited at the VII.International Biennial of Drawing Pilsen 2010 will be judged by a qualified international jury. This jury will also award Grand Prix.
There will be other prizes awarded:
- Prize of the President of The Pilsen Region
- Prize of the Lord Mayor of the City of Pilsen
- Prize of the Union of Visual Arts of the Czech Republic
- Prizes of the main co-organizers
The above mentioned awards will be announced and handed over to the winners at the Opening ceremony of VII. International Biennial of Drawing Pilsen 2010.
Contact
Ak. mal. Jaroslav Zapletal, The Vicepresident of the IAA National Committee and The President of the Biennial of Drawing Pilsen.
Mgr. Gabriela Darebná, executive director of Biennial
mobil phone: +420 732 202 800 English speaking, info@bienale-plzen.cz, www.bienale-plzen.cz
Address: Klatovská 51, 301 00 Plzeň, Czech Republic
Official languages of the Biennial 2010: Czech and English.