Deadline: 12 midnight EST on Thursday, March 1, 2012.

AZURE Magazine’s international awards program is open for submissions. Now in its second year, the AZ Awards is already regarded as an important distinction for emerging and established firms. Like the magazine itself, the awards are multi-disciplinary, recognizing the inter-connectedness of architecture, landscape, interiors and product design. Assisted by the editors of AZURE, a panel of international experts drawn from each of the disciplines meets together to review the submissions and choose the winners. The 2012 AZ Awards program is open to work completed before December 31, 2011.

To download a PDF of Submission Guidelines, click here

IMPORTANT DATES

CATEGORIES

• DESIGN: Furniture, Furniture systems, Lighting, Interior products
• ARCHITECTURE: Residential buildings, Commercial and institutional buildings, Landscapes, Temporary and demonstration spaces
• INTERIORS: Residential interiors, Commercial and institutional interiors
• CONCEPTS: Unbuilt competition entries, Other unrealized concepts

A+ AWARD: $5000 cash prize awarded for the best design product, architectural structure, interior space or concept developed by a student enrolled in a design or architecture program in 2011.Sponsored by George Brown College

SUBMISSION DEADLINES AND INSTRUCTIONS

Entries must be submitted and received via the online entry system by 12 midnight EST on Thursday, March 1, 2012.

All text (project description, specifications, etc.) must be submitted throughout online entry application. All text files must be in PDF format only. Please see the categories page for specific submission requirements.

All images must be in .jpg format, 300 dpi resolution and no larger than a 8.5″ x 11″ print size.

Project descriptions and images must not contain the name or logo of the designer, architect, firm, company, client or manufacturer.

CONTACT US

For technical questions please contact adbeast at azawards@adbeast.com.

For sponsorship inquiries, please contact Azure publisher Sergio Sgaramella at sergio@azureonline.com.

For all other inquiries pertaining to the AZ AWARDS please contact Azure executive publisher Melony Ward at melony@azureonline.com.

For more information about AZURE, please visit http://www.azuremagazine.com

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WHY PUBLIC SPACE?

With ideas of equality, plurality and progress constituting part of its very foundations, the European city is today facing new challenges arising from its exponential growth and increasing social and cultural complexity. Some of society’s main problems are radically expressed in the city’s public spaces. Segregation, rampant construction, homogenisation and privatisation of urban space are some of the phenomena that are putting into jeopardy the ideal of the open, plural and democratic community that has always been so distinctive of the European city.

The European Prize for Urban Public Space is a biennial competition that aims to recognise and encourage the creation, recovery and improvement of public space in the understanding that the state of public space is a clear indicator of the civic and collective health of our cities.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

The sponsoring institutions of the Seventh European Prize for Urban Public Space are the following:

- Barcelona: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona – CCCB)
- Frankfurt: Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM)
- Helsinki: Museum of Finnish Architecture (MFA)
- London: The Architecture Foundation (AF)
- Paris: La Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine
- Rotterdam: Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (NAI)
- Vienna: Architekturzentrum Wien (Az W)

The Prize, which is honorific by nature, is awarded jointly to the authors and promoters of the projects chosen by the Jury. The prize-winners (of the Prize itself and Honourable Mentions) will receive a Diploma confirming the award. In addition, the winner of the Prize will receive a commemorative plaque which is to be installed in the prize-winning public space.
The prize-winning works, the finalists and a selection made by the Jury will be published in the European Archive of Urban Public Space, which brings together and makes available to the public the best projects that have been presented in the competition since its inception.

INTERNATIONAL JURY

The Jury of the 2012 Prize will consist of the following members:

President: Josep Llinàs, who will be representing the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona

Jury members:

Ole Bouman, director of the Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (NAI)
Sarah Ichioka, director of The Architecture Foundation (AF)
Juulia Kauste, director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture (MFA)
Francis Rambert, director of La Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine
Peter Schmal, director of the Deutsches Architekturmuseum
Dietmar Steiner, director of the Architekturzentrum Wien (Az W)

Secretary: David Bravo i Bordas, representing the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona

The Jury will take into consideration only those interventions that comply with the conditions of participation and it is empowered to declare the competition null and void. Secretariat functions will be performed by the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, which will designate the secretary who is to assist the jury and produce the minutes of the sessions during the selection process of the Prize winners.

SCHEDULE

- 17 October 2011 – opening of the campaign of calling for entries for the Prize

- 17 October 2011 – 19 January 2012 – period of registration

- 5 March – 11 April 2012 – first part of the Jury’s deliberations (on-line)

- 19 and 20 April 2012 – Jury’s working sessions at the CCCB

- 29 June 2012 – prize-giving ceremony

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

Works that have created, recovered or improved public space within the geographic limits of the Council of Europe  in the years 2010 and 2011 may present for the Prize. These entries must be presented by the authors or the institutions that have sponsored the public space project.
Given that some urban public space interventions are of very long duration, any project that has not been completely finalised in the time period of 2010-2011 may still present for the Prize if enough phases of the envisaged end result have been completed to enable evaluation of the eventual repercussions of the intervention as a whole within its urban setting.
Anyone wishing to present for the Prize must complete and submit, within the established time limit, all the documentation stipulated in the Rules.

SELECTION CRITERIA

The criteria that will govern selection of the prize-winning projects from among those that are presented for the European Prize for Urban Public Space will not only be related with the quality of the work from a strictly architectural point of view since the jury will also consider other aspects in its evaluation of the effects of the urban transformation that has taken place in the specific setting and its impact on collective life:
- The explicitly urban nature of the intervention. The size of the city or town is not a limiting factor although priority will be given to medium-sized or large municipalities and those with a more general urban significance.
- The public ownership and/or clearly public-spirited vocation of the project.
- Appropriateness of interventions to the functions required of public space, from those directly linked with citizens’ occupation of a space, through to those pertaining to the collective imaginary.
- Capacity of the interventions to reduce social fractures within the city and eliminate physical and/or symbolic barriers in order to enhance quality of life for the inhabitants.
- Contribution of the projects in the domain of environmental improvement, in promoting public transport and innovation in the treatment of public installations, energy resources and urban waste.
- The degree of citizen participation and engagement in the conception, production and/or subsequent maintenance of the space. Degree of acceptance of the project by users.
- Transversal character of the planning concepts and/or objectives that have guided the project (sociology, demography, history, architecture, economy, engineering, landscaping, anthropology).

DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

The documentation required from anyone who wishes to present for the Prize is:

- 3 rigid panels in DIN A3 format with graphic and textual information about the work.
- A description of the work, approximately 4,500 characters in length, written in English and including an account of the previous state of the site, the aim of the intervention, a description of the intervention, and a final assessment of the project.
- A minimum of 10 photographs and plans of the work.

ENTRY PROCEDURE

The entry procedure for the Prize, which is free of charge, consists of two parts:

On-line registration

To begin your registration click on the REGISTRATION button on the upper left part of this page.

The participant must register on-line by filling in, first, the basic form regarding the project and contact person and, then, providing all the other necessary information (technical file for the project, 3 panels, descriptive account, information concerning author/s, promoter/s, and photographs), besides uploading the photos and plans of the work.

The person entering for the Prize can continue to modify and complete the registration file as often as s/he wishes until the registration period closes. On-line registration automatically closes on 19 January 2012.

If the person entering for the Prize is presenting more than one work, the on-line registration procedure must be followed for each work separately.

Detailed instructions regarding on-line registration may be found at
http://www.publicspace.org/files/GUIDELINES.pdf

Presentation of the physical material at the CCCB

The following documentation must be submitted to the CCCB:

. One printed and signed copy of the Rights Sheet (this may be found in the procedure for on-line registration) once the data have been duly provided.

. 3 numbered panels: these must be rigid (in foam board or similar material) in DIN A3 format and oblong orientation. They must contain the following information:

- Map (or photomap) showing the location of the work inside its urban context (to scale).
- A pair of photographs of the site before and after the intervention, preferably from the same vantage point.
- Photographs of the finished work, indicating the two that are considered to be most representative. Images showing citizen use of the new space will be positively valued.
- Textual explanations in English where deemed necessary.

The documentation must be submitted in a well protected packet through the post, delivered by messenger or in person at the CCCB before 23 January at 2 p.m. In the case of packages sent by post or messenger, the date of dispatch must be certified at the post office or by the messenger service, and the CCCB is to be notified of the dispatch of the package at publicspace@publicspace.org on the same day. The package should be sent to the CCCB general registry (open on non-holidays from Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.), at the following address:

PUBLICSPACE 2012 / registration code
Registre General
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
Montalegre, 5
E-08001 Barcelona
Espanya

The documents submitted for the Prize will not be returned to the participants, who will not receive any fees for rights of public communication or use of the material selected, and who will also bear the costs of any claim or outlay pertaining to rights of intellectual property that might arise from the reproduction or use by the organisers of the projects that are presented. Entering for the Prize requires conformity with all the conditions specified in these rules.

INFORMATION

INFORMATION, CONTACT AND RECEPTION OF DOCUMENTATION

Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
Montalegre, 5
E-08001 Barcelona
Tel.: +34.93.306.41.00

www.publicspace.org

publicspace@publicspace.org

Complete rules and application form may be downloaded from the web site:

http://www.publicspace.org/en/prize/rules/2012

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Open to: international

The red dot design award dates back to 1955 and is now one of the world’s largest and most distinguished product competitions. More than 14,000 participations from over 70 nations document the relevance of the internationally sought-after red dot.

The “red dot award: product design” is the perfect opportunity to prove your design ability in an international comparison with renowned designers and up-and-coming talents. At present, large companies and independent designers from all over the world submit their creative work and compete for the red dot in one of 19 categories.

With growing competitive pressure on the international markets, it is now more important than ever for manufacturers to set themselves apart from the competition by proving quality rather than simply pursuing an aggressive pricing policy. More and more designers are also benefiting from the award. They are using the red dot to present themselves to their clients and as a visual aid that emphasises their own strength.

Product categories

1 Living rooms and bedrooms
Furniture, furniture accessories, stoves, materials, carpets, floorings, wallpaper, decorations and accessories

2 Households
Washing machines, drier, vacuum cleaners, cleaning devices, iron systems, ventilators, domestic appliances

3 Kitchens
Kitchen furniture, kitchen equipment, cooking implements, heaters and hobs, microwaves, extractor hoods, dishwashers, sink units, refrigerators and freezers, kitchen utensils and accessories, coffee machines, toasters, mixers, professional kitchens

4 Tableware and decoration
Dining, Porcelain, cookware and dinnerware, table decoration, table textiles, glass, ceramics, cutlery, accessories

5 Bathrooms, spas and air conditioning
Bathroom furnishings, bathroom accessories, sanitary installations, heating and air-conditioning technology, saunas, solaria, massage equipment

6 Lighting and lightdesign
Indoor and outdoor lighting, lighting systems and installations, lighting engineering and work lighting

7 Gardens
Garden and outdoor furniture, lounge furniture, garden architecture, landscaping, garden equipment and tools, garden lamps, tents, camping, grills and barbecue, florists and decorations, equipment

8 Outdoor, leisure and sports
Sports, sports equipment, trend sports, water sports, winter sports, fitness equipment, bicycles and biking accessories, outdoor functional clothing, outdoor accessories, spyglasses, penknives, perambulators, games, toys, funware, musical instruments

9 Fashion, lifestyle and accessories
Street- and urbanwear, denim, street fashion, function wear and casual dressed up, bodywear, sportswear, haute couture, collections, labels, leather goods, footwear, glasses, hats, suitcases, bags, flacons, umbrellas, accessories

10 Watches and jewellery
Watches, luxury jewellery and fashion jewellery

11 Interior Design
Micro architecture, technical building equipment, interior furnishing, patterns, sales displays, windows, doors, lounges, orientation systems and signage, object furniture, exhibition design and stands, shop equipment and stands, shop systems, shop design, flooring, wall covering, tiles

12 Architecture and urban design
Architecture, public design, urban planning, urban and landscape planning, property, office structures, residential buildings, garden and park architecture, hotels, restaurants, bars, clubs, shops, cultural and public amenities, playgrounds, museums, libraries, temporary architecture, events

13 Offices
Office furniture, furniture for reception halls and waiting rooms, office systems, office equipment, accessories

14 Industry and crafts
Machines, industrial plant and equipment, components, robots, tools, technology, measuring and testing equipment, cash dispenser, equipment, switches, timers, security technology

15 Life science and medicine
Medical equipment and devices, laboratory technology and furniture, medical furniture and sanitary equipment, furnishings for rehabilitation centres and hospitals, rehabilitation, mobility, care and communication aids, orthopaedic aids

16 Automobiles, transportation, commercial and water vehicles
Automobiles and automotive accessories, automobile technology, car entertainment, navigation equipment, motorbikes, caravans, construction, utility and commercial vehicles, fork-lift trucks, buses, railway carriages, sports vehicles, sailing and motor boats, yachts, ships, ski-doos, aircraft, interior and exterior design, accessories and components

17 Entertainment technology and cameras
TVs, DVDs, Blue-rays, home cinema, cameras, camera accessories, digital picture frames, MP3 players, camcorders, projectors, hi-fi systems, sound systems, headphones, speakers, accessories

18 Communications
Mobile phones, smart phones, telephones and telephone systems, conference technology, headsets, accessories

19 Computers and information technology
Computers, notebooks, tablet PCs, PDAs, servers, keyboards, modems, USB sticks, printers, scanners, monitors, presentation technology, game pads, peripheral devices and accessories

Entry rules

Manufacturers and designers from around the world are invited to compete for the internationally recognised mark of quality, the red dot. The condition for taking part in the “red dot award: product design 2012” is that the products entered are made in series production and were not available on the market prior to 1 January 2010 or will be available on the market prior to 1 July 2012.

Jury

The jury for the red dot design award has high-level expertise and is absolutely independent. Members of the jury for the “red dot award: product design 2012” pledge to a “Code of Honour” and are excluded from taking part in the competition.

Furthermore, the red dot jury comprises design experts of international repute, whose background allows them to consciously assess the special intercultural aspects of design.

The products are assessed in nineteen different groups. The differentiation in the product categories means that the expertise is even more focused, as experts who assess the entries are carefully selected for each individual product group. The jury teams appraise, test and rate the products in detail on location, based on criteria such as degree of innovation, functionality, self-explanatory quality or ecological soundness.

Awards

red dot: best of the best
The “red dot: best of the best” is awarded for groundbreaking design and is the top prize in the “red dot award: product design”. This prize is reserved for the best products in a category.

red dot
The “red dot” is the prize for high design quality. The international jury only awards this sought-after seal of quality to projects that set themselves apart significantly from comparable projects thanks to their excellent design.

honourable mention
An honourable mention recognises particularly well-executed aspects of design work, and is awarded to products with excellent detail solutions.

red dot: design team of the year
Becoming the “red dot: design team of the year” is a very special honour. Since 1991, red dot has been selecting one design team every year that shapes markets around the world through consistently innovative design achievements. The list of winners in recent years reads like the “who is who” of international design, including such renowned companies as Apple, Nokia, Pininfarina, adidas, LG Electronics, BMW, Bose, Tupperware, Hilti – or currently Grohe.

Registration fees
Early bird: 210 euros (registration by 9 December 2011)
Regular: 240 euros (registration by 20 January 2012)
Latecomers: 270 euros (registration by 8 February 2012)

The registration fees include the logistic processing as well as the basic presentation of the products submitted for judging. The products will only be judged on location. We charge an additional non-recurring fee for excess sizes:

Fees for excess sizes
Large (from 1m³): 50 euros
XLarge (from 2m³): 100 euros
XXLarge (from 4m³): 150 euros

In the case of very large products (XXLarge), please send a plan with details of the planned presentation of your entry to our logistic department at logistics(at)red-dot.de so we can authorise the space needed.

Additional exhibits
If your registration includes additional exhibits, we will charge 50 euros for each additional exhibit.
This rule does not apply to series (for example crockery, cutlery, etc.).
If you submit images to supplement your product, we will charge a one-off lump sum of 50 euros.

Cost if a prize is awarded

When you register, you agree to purchase the Winners’ Package if you win a prize including:

• red dot labels
• presentation in the red dot design museum
• inclusion in the red dot design yearbook
• presentation in the online exhibition

Consequently, the results in a category ultimately reflect the future of the respective industry in terms of design, and thus serve as a guide for manufacturers and designers worldwide.

You can pay by credit card and you will receive an invoice by post. If you have any problems or questions concerning the payment method, please contact us at: team(at)red-dot.de

Dates

Registration deadline
Early Bird: 9 December 2011
Regular: 20 January 2012
Latecomer: 8 February 2012

Delivery of submissions
Dates for product submissions*: 23 January to 10 February 2012
Dates for self-assembly**: 25 January to 1 February 2012
Dates for motor vehicle
(automobiles, buses, motorbikes etc. in the original): 23 February 2012, 8 a.m.

*   Products which have not to be assembled
** Products which have to be assembled in-house by you

Collection of submissions
Dates for motor vehicle
(automobiles, buses, motorbikes etc. in the original): 23 February 2012, from 5 p.m.
Dates for collecting self-assembled submissions*: 5 March to 9 March 2012
Dates for collecting submissions: 12 March to 21 March 2012

Questions regarding the competition

Ms Katharina Kryszon
Tel.: +49 (0)201 30104-27
Fax: +49 (0)201 30104-40
E-Mail: kryszon(at)red-dot.de

Mr René Klügling
Tel.: +49 (0)201 30104-42
Fax: +49 (0)201 30104-40
E-Mail: kluegling(at)red-dot.de

Contact person China

Ms Sandra Peng
Tel.: +89 13922459377
Fax: +86 2086126337
E-Mail: sandra.peng(at)red-dot.org

Questions regarding the yearbook pictures

Ms Theresa Falkenberg
Tel.: +49 201 8141 811
Fax.: +49 201 8141 810
E-Mail: falkenberg(at)red-dot.de

Questions regarding delivery/collection of your products

Logistics team
Tel.: +49 208 3777787 / 3021886
Fax.: +49 208 3021885
E-Mail: logistics(at)red-dot.de

Contact via phone and fax only during the delivery and collection time

Recommended forwarder Kühne + Nagel

Beate Sobottka
Tel.: + 49 221 284-9248
E-Mail: beate.sobottka(at)kuehne-nagel.com

David Engels
Tel.: +49 221 284-9246
E-Mail: david.engels(at)kuehne-nagel.com

Complete rules and application form may be downloaded from the web site:

http://en.red-dot.org/product-design-2012.html

Tags: Product Design Award, Product Design Competition, Product Design Contest, Product Design Grant, Product design Prize
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It’s inescapable – it’s in our closets, our restaurants, our cars and our parks. It’s looking us in the eye, looming above us, stretched below us and around every corner. We often don’t think long and hard about color – but all that’s about to change. The theme of our new MINI Space Background Design Competition is Chromania!, a tribute to color in bizarre combinations, pleasing juxtapositions and monochromatic sweeps. Color defines the people, places and things around us, so anything goes!

Capture 1, 2 or many colors and submit your photograph, illustration or design. Your work will become a background on MINIspace.com and you’ll get a shot at winning some truly desirable prizes. All you have to do is:

Show us how you interpret the theme of Chromania! But first, the rules:

- Image must be 100% your original work
- Don’t use any brand logos in your work
- Get inspired, create, and share fun and fascination.

Once submitted, see your image displayed as a background on MINISpace.com

This time, we’ve got the brand new iPhone 4S on offer for our runners-up and a MacBook Air for the grand prize winner. And, as always, one of our winners is in the hands of the MINI Space community, you.

Complete rules and application form may be downloaded from the web site:

http://www.minispace.com/en_us/background/17/?competition=17

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Open to: international

On 9th October 2011, the 22nd anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution of 1989, the City of Leipzig will hold an open application process for a Monument to Freedom and Unity.

The Leipzig Monument to Freedom and Unity is to be a national monument which transcends over the City through its location, stature and significance. It is to address a wide democratic public and above all, future generations through its political and artistic demands.

In May 2011, Leipzig City Council designated Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz as the location for the monument, directly on the Leipziger Ring, where the demonstration took place in 1989. The Leipzig Monument to Freedom and Unity is to be inaugurated on 9th October 2014 in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution in what will be the newly named ´Platz der Friedlichen Revolution`.

Artists, architects and landscape architects from all over the world are invited to submit an application by 16th December 2011 at the latest. 40 applicants/teams will then be chosen to take part in the restricted competition according to RPW 2008 (guide lines for planning competitions) . The selection of participants will be carried out by the client of Leipzig in consultation with a selection committee consisting of external experts.

Burkhard Jung, Lord Mayor of Leipzig, hopes that the competition will attract international attention and asks artists, architects as well as representatives of other professional categories mentioned to participate. The Government and the Free State of Saxony have been preparing the competition procedure in cooperation with the City of Leipzig for three years. The Lord Mayor thanks both for their support so far and also for their readiness to remain active in further proceedings. The Government and Free State will be represented in both the selection committee and the jury of the competition. (For a list of jury members, see below).

The financial framework for the whole project is 6.5 million euro, of which 5 million euro will be from the Government and 1.5 million euro from the Free State of Saxony. A gross amount of 175.000 euro will be available for the competition.

Prior to the competition brief, the City of Leipzig organised a work-shop phase at which mainly citizens but also experts aired their opinions. Of special importance are the results of the youth work shop where young people from Leipzig and twin towns Hannover, Krakow and Houston, addressed the specifications of the competition. According to their assessment, it is important to carry the experiences of the Peaceful Revolution into the future and, above all, to bring home the events of the revolution to young people.

Members of the Jury

Expert Judges:
Prof. Henri Bava, Landscape Architect
Prof. Dr. Dieter Daniels, Art Scientist
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Endlich, Publicist ·
Jochen Gerz, Artist
Dr. Ulrike Lorenz, Curator
Martin zur Nedden, Town Planner
Prof. Gernot Schulz, Architect
Prof. Dr. Philipp Ursprung, Art Scientist

Assistant Expert Judges:
Jochem Lunebach, Town Planner
Roland Nachtigäller, Curator
Prof. Petr Pelcak, Architect
Tilo Schulz, Artist

Additional elegible Judges:
Lord Mayor Burkhard Jung, City of Leipzig
Councillor Roland Quester, City of Leipzig
Johannes Selle, Member of Bundestag
Ministerialdirigent Dr. Michael Roik, Office of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media
Robert Clemen, Member of Landtag
Dr. Günter Kröber, Free Stateof Saxony
Konrad Weiß, Person of Contemporary History

Additional Assistant Judges:
Mayor of Culture Michael Faber, City of Leipzig
Councillor Axel Dyck, City of Leipzig
Patrick Kurth, Member of Bundestag
Dr. Sigrid Bias-Engels, Office of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media
Dr. Dietmar Pellmann, Member of Landtag
Gunther Hatzsch, Free State of Saxony
Tobias Hollitzer, Speaker of the Initiative “Day of the Peaceful revolution – Leipzig 9. October “

Backround of the project

The memory of 1989′s Peaceful Revolution is at a very sensitive and pivotal transitional point: today’s 20-25 year olds are the first generation for whom 1989 is not a part of their own personal biography. So far, 1989 and its importance have been passed along to those who were not there by means of memories and the stories of those who were. This “communicative memory”, however, can last only three generations at the most and is very dependent on locations, rituals, historical research, debate among society’s citizens and, finally, monuments. For this reason, the christening of a monument 25 years after the Peaceful Revolution in Leipzig, the revolution’s point of origin, is the right sign in the right place at the right time.

With its decision of December 4, 2008, the German Bundestag cleared the way for Leipzig’s Monument to Peace and Unity. Accordingly, Leipzig’s city council decreed on June 7, 2009, that the mayor was to begin the process of having one created. The federal government provided up to 5 million Euros for the monument with the Saxonian State Parliament agreeing on June 17, 2010 to contribute another 1.5 million Euros.

This Monument to Peace and Unity is recognition of Leipzig’s major role in the revolution. The peaceful outcome of October 9, 1989′s massive public protests, in which over 70,000 people participated, played a key role in the revolution’s further development. Leipzig’s monument stands for the variety and scope of the courageous rebellion throughout the entire GDR. Individual actions and smaller initiatives grew into a massive movement in the autumn of 1989. As a national monument, its location, design and significance are meant to extend beyond Leipzig. Additionally, it makes reference to the freedom movements that were taking place in Central and Eastern Europe and which were important prerequisites for the events of East Germany’s Peaceful Revolution.

Public Participation

Intense and sometimes controversial discussions took place regarding the location and meaning of the monument. The experiences gained in the competitive process held in Berlin also showed that a precise and clear task definition for both content and artistic goals was of absolute importance. For this reason a “workshop phase” with the participation of the city’s citizenry was established in Leipzig as a precursor to the actual competition itself. The goal was to establish the central and key messages for the competition and to provide the city council with a basis for deciding the monuments location.

Workshop Phase

The workshop phase began in January, 2011 as a survey concerning the monument and asking for ideas and comments was sent to 3,000 selected, representative citizens of Leipzig. More than half of the respondents wrote that the Monument to Freedom and Unity would be of great importance for the city of Leipzig.

In February, 2011, young people from Leipzig and its partner cities Hannover, Krakow and Houston participated in an international youth workshop where they laid out the central messages for the Leipzig monument. These included non-violence, courage and the determinedness with which the demonstrators protested for their basic and civil liberties in the fall of 1989 and which should be both inspiration and motivation for coming generations when dealing with processes of political change. The results of the workshop were then worked into a two day expert workshop including citizens of Leipzig, civil rights activists form Plauen, Erfurt and Leipzig as well as historians, art historians and civil engineering experts. At the beginning of March, the core messages defined during the workshop phase regarding the monument, the artistic design and its location were presented to the public and discussed in a citizen’s forum.

Location – Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz

As a result of the meetings, citizen participation and the youth workshop, Leipzig’s city council declared a clear resolution on the 18th of May, 2011. The Leipzig Monument to Freedom and Unity, meant to remind all of, among other things, the civil courage and peaceful protests of the brave East German citizens, shall be erected at the Wilhelm Leuschner Platz. Because of its direct proximity to the “Promenadenring” and the New City Hall, this location has a direct spatial correspondence to the Monday demonstrations and original venues. In addition, it offers the special opportunity to create a new public space which provides the perfect prerequisites for the national dimension of the monument. The goal is to christen the monument on the 9th of October, 2014, the 25th anniversary of the peaceful revolution.

Contact

Lars Loebner
Tel. ++49 341 123-4834
lfed@leipzig.de

Complete rules and application form may be downloaded from the web site:

http://www.leipzig.de/int/en/stadt_leipzig/herbst89/ausblick/denkmal/index.shtml

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Open to: international, for artists working in any medium, to professional artists and to students (17+)

Exhibition 28 April – 27 June 2012 Exhibition Opening 6-8pm,
Saturday 28 April 2012. Prizewinners announced at 7pm.

1st Prize £1500 + solo exhibition
1st Student Prize £750 + solo exhibition
1st prize winners will each be offered a solo exhibition at Oriel Davies Gallery in 2013 as well as receiving their cash prize.
People’s Choice Prize £250
Awarded to the most popular works, or collection of works, in Oriel Open 2012 as voted by the viewing public during the exhibition period. Oriel Davies is seeking submissions from artists working in any medium. This includes: performance, time-based, sound, digital, installation, painting, sculpture, print, photography and moving image. The exhibition will show at Oriel Davies Gallery from 28 April – 27 June 2012. There is no geographical restriction and entry is open both to professional artists and to students (17+) currently training in visual art.
All entries must arrive at the Gallery by Monday 5 December 2011.

Selectors
Ben Borthwick Chief Executive and Artistic Director, Artes Mundi www.artesmundi.org
Ann Jones Curator, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk
Sally Tallant Head of Programmes, Serpentine Gallery www.serpentinegallery.org
Emma Posey Curator, Oriel Davies Gallery www.orieldavies.org

The selectors are looking for the very best in a wide range of media and approaches across national and international contemporary art practice today.

Checklist
- Three submitted works
- A signed Entry Form
- An Artist’s Statement
- SAE (if you entered by post and wish and require your disc to be returned)
- Entry Fee payment

If you have any questions concerning entry, ring 01686 625041 or email: open2012@orieldavies.org

Conditions of entry

Selection Process Works for the exhibition will be selected from the images submitted. Oriel Davies cannot guarantee that any individual work or artist will be selected for exhibition. The selectors’ decision is final and Oriel Davies will not enter into discussions regarding acceptance.
Notification of outcome Artists whose work is selected for inclusion will be notified on or before the 15 February 2012. Unsuccessful applications will be notified by email on or before 30 February.

Entry Fee

There is a non-refundable entry fee of £15 for 1 entry, £20 for 2 entries and £25 for 3 entries. (£10, £15 and £20 concessions for students and unemployed).
How to Enter Send the following with ‘Oriel Davies Open 2012’ clearly marked on the submission to: Oriel Open 2012, Oriel Davies Gallery, The Park, Newtown, Powys, Wales, UK SY16 2NZ:
1. No more that three digitized still or moving images of new or recent works (made within the last year). These must be supplied on a disc (DVD, CD) – if applying by post – and saved as jpg files at a minimum 72dpi and maximum 300dpi. Please do not supply images as tiff files.
For moving images, please provide related still images and a preview of no more that three minutes in length (per film). Artist’s full name must be marked on the disc as well as the cover. No actual works will be accepted for submission. We will only return submitted discs in exceptional circumstances. If you need your disc returned please enclose an SAE.
2. Completed Entry Form with a list of titles, media, sizes etc. Entries can also be accepted by email. Email your entries to open2012@orieldavies.org attaching images as jpg files @ 72dpi together with an artist’s statement and the E-Entry Word Document which can be downloaded at www.orieldavies/open2012
3. An artist’s statement of a maximum of 100 words describing your working practice and submitted entries.
4. Stamped addressed envelope for return of discs, if required.
5. Correct entry fee for submission. See ‘Entry Fee’ and ‘Payment Methods’ section. Payment Methods Cheques: Make cheques payable to ‘Oriel Davies Gallery’, and write ‘Payment Reference’ on back of cheque. Credit/Debit Cards: Ring Gallery Reception on 01686 625041 to pay over the telephone giving ‘Payment Reference’. BACS: Payment details: Account name ‘Oriel Davies Gallery’, Sort Code 40-34-33,
Account number 51484494 stating ‘Payment Reference’. International Bank Transfer: IBAN number GB17MIDL40343351484494, branch identifier code: MIDLGB2113N plus ‘Payment Reference’. Payment must be made in sterling. Oriel Davies will not accept other currencies.
‘Payment Reference’: All payment methods given above must clearly reference ‘Open’, followed by your full name. eg. ‘openjohnwilliamsmith’
Please note that entries for which payment has not been received will not be considered in the selection.

If your work is selected

Transportation and Insurance Artists are responsible for thetransport arrangements of their works. Costs incurred in couriering works to and from the Gallery cannot be met by the Gallery. Artists should insure their work while in transit both ways ensuring that it is adequately packed. Oriel Davies Gallery will cover insurance while work is in its care only. The selling price will be used as the insurance value. As any insurance claim will be subject to an excess of £250, artists are advised to cover the excess amount with their own insurance. The Gallery reserves the right not to display work that has been damaged in transit.
Labelling Accepted art works must be clearly labelled showing name and address of the artist, title of the work, medium, date, and selling price. The information should match the entry form.
Hanging The Curator and Selectors will not enter into discussions regarding installation and hanging. Sale of Work The Gallery will take a commission of 35% inclusive of VAT from the selling price. Oriel Davies will not enter into dealings with third parties such as commercial galleries or artists’ representatives.
Delivery and collection of work Artists are required to deliver their works to the Gallery between 10am and 5pm between 30 March and 14 April 2012. Exhibited work must be collected from Oriel Davies between 10am and 5pm on Saturday 30 June, Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 July or alternative pre-paid arrangements must be made for works to be returned by post. We regret we cannot hold on to uncollected works after 12 July 2012.
Availability of work All works submitted must be available for the duration of the exhibition and cannot be taken from display until after the exhibition closes. Oriel Davies reserves the right to show video and/or DVD work screened or projected as part of a dedicated programme.

Copyright

The copyright of each work remains with the entrant. By signing this entry form, artists give permission for their work to be photographed for publicity purposes and to give permission for images of the work in the exhibition to be published. There will be no catalogue of the exhibition. A full list with images of the work in the exhibition on the Gallery’s website.

Complete rules and application form may be downloaded from the web site:

http://www.orieldavies.org/en/open2012

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Deadline:

Open to: anyone over 18 who is not a Folio Society published illustrator.

International Book Illustration Competition

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

ABOUT

We are delighted to be working with The Folio Society for a second time on The Book Illustration Competition. Following on from last year’s successful competition, the book to be illustrated this year is The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter. We hope this will provide a fascinating challenge to all illustrators.

Last year’s competition, Getting Inside The Outsider, was won by Matthew Richardson.

PRIZES

The winning entry will form part of a Folio Society commission for the book which will be published in August 2012, for which the winner will receive £4,000. Five runners up will each receive a cash prize of £500.

RULES

• This competition is open to anyone over 18 who is not a Folio Society published illustrator.
• Entrants should register their details and enter online.
• The entry fee, which includes VAT, will be £25 (£15 for students), payable online. Once registered for entry, no refunds of entry fees, part or whole, will be offered.
• Only one entry per person will be accepted.
• All judging is done anonymously. The judges’ decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. The first prize will be a Folio Society commission.
• The winner will be asked to provide a total of seven illustrations for the final book, as well as a binding design, and must agree to complete the commission within the given deadline (end of March 2012).
• The winner will be paid £4,000 for the commission. Five runners-up will each receive prizes of £500 cash. Three prizes of the six will be awarded to student entries.
• The winner, runners-up and shortlisted finalists must be prepared to lend some or all of their original artwork for display and will be required to allow reproduction of the artwork for use in web and printed publicity. Please see the terms and conditions.
• The judging will take place shortly after the deadline for entries. The winner and runners up will be announced publicly in July 2012, to enable the winner to work on the book and for it to be published.
• Deadline for entries: Tuesday 10th January 2012

Judging will take place: January 2012

Winner and runners-up announced: July 2012

HOW TO ENTER?

1. Read the book

The chosen book for this year’s competition is Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories.  To enter the competition you will need to submit three illustrations and a binding design.

2. Select and illustrate three scenes, one from each selected story

Each entrant should illustrate three scenes from The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, one from each of the three stories we have selected. The selected stories are The Bloody Chamber, Puss-in-Boots and The Company of Wolves. Only illustrations from these stories will be considered. Your illustrations should be portrait, not landscape. Please read the document below before starting work (here http://competitions.houseofillustration.org.uk/folio-2011/files/2010/09/The-Illustrations1.pdf)

3. Design a binding

Entrants should also design and submit a binding to accompany the three illustrations. The binding design can be from any of the stories or inspired by the overall tone and themes of the book. Please read the two documents below about Folio bindings before beginning work on it. The binding does not need to be finished artwork (although the three illustrations do).

The documents:

• The binding
  http://competitions.houseofillustration.org.uk/folio-2011/files/2010/09/The-Binding.pdf
• Binding layout for The Bloody Chamber
  http://competitions.houseofillustration.org.uk/folio-2011/files/2010/09/Binding-layout-for-The-Bloody-Chamber1.pdf

4. Register online

We will only accept entries via the online form on the website. You will need to register, after which we will send you a confirmation email with your login details to enable you to return to your entries until the final deadline. Please check your spam folder for this email if it doesn’t arrive immediately. The online form will enable you to edit your contact details and also the captions for your uploaded images.

5. Save and upload your images and captions

Please retain a separate high resolution copy of your entry, to the specifications detailed in the “The Illustrations” guide (300 dpi, CMYK, TIFF files); this is the copy which will be used if your entry is selected as a winner.

For upload to the site, illustrations should be saved as 150 dpi, RGB, JPEGs as detailed in the “The Illustrations” guide above. Your binding and your illustrations of the three scenes must be submitted in the same entry. Work may be disqualified if these specifications are not met in full. Only online applications will be considered.

6. Read and accept the Terms and Conditions

By submitting entries to the competition, you are confirming that you have read, understood and agree to the Terms and Conditions.

7. Pay your entry fee

Once you have accepted the Terms and Conditions, you will be taken through to the Paypal page to pay for your entry. If you do not already have an account with Paypal, you will need to set one up first.

8. Confirmation

We will send you a confirmation email once payment has been received and your application has been successfully submitted.

ABOUT THE BOOK

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

The Bloody Chamber is an astonishing collection from a virtuoso writer. Angela Carter’s masterly reworking of ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’, a bawdy ‘Puss-in-Boots’ and a startling version of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ are all darkly sensual, subversive takes on traditional fairy stories, as shocking today as when the collection first appeared in 1979. These are Gothic tales, cruel tales, tales of wonder, tales of terror, fabulous narratives that deal directly with the imagery of the unconcious, with narratives suggested by traditional Western European fairy tales.

To her readers’ delight, Carter found she had conjured up an exotic new hybrid: ‘My intention was not to do “versions” or, as the American edition of the book said, horribly, “adult” fairy tales, but to extract the latent content from the traditional stories.’

‘One of the century’s greatest writers’ Sunday Times
‘Magnificent set pieces of fastidious sensuality’ Ian McEwan

JUDGES

Angela Barrett has illustrated over thirty books for children and adults. Winner of the W H Smith prize for The Hidden House and runner-up for Snow White, Angela has also taken part in numerous group shows and had a one-woman exhibition in London in 2000. As Joanna Carey wrote in the Guardian, ‘There is a stillness and a quiet atmospheric intensity to her illustrations which appeal across a wide range of understanding. She doesn’t simplify things – on the contrary, she both assumes and respects the intelligence of her readers – and her richly allusive work, full of detail and symbolism, invites and rewards as much time and investigation as you care to give it.’

Flora Craig has been the Project Director of the House of Illustration since 2007. A History of Art graduate from Edinburgh University, she has extensive experience of leading visual arts organisations and has worked at Modern Art Oxford, Camden Arts Centre and the Crafts Council.

Matthew Richardson’s illustration work has been widely used in book, newspaper and magazine publishing and design, television and advertising. He studied at Middlesex University and Central Saint Martins. Clients have included the V&A, Penguin, Adobe, Vodaphone, Decca, The British Council, BBC, NatWest, EMI, The New Yorker, Harpers and The Royal Parks.

Matthew has taught at art colleges across the country. He has won several prizes for his work, including Bronze, Silver and Gold from the Association of Illustrators and was the winner of the House of Illustration and Folio Society’s inaugural book illustration competition Getting Inside The Outsider earlier this year.

Catherine Taylor has been with the Folio Society since 2002 and has been Publisher since 2008. A graduate in English and Philosophy, her postgraduate studies in publishing and printing have led to a varied career encompassing the British Library, Microsoft and Amazon. Catherine is also a prolific literary critic and has written for The Guardian, Telegraph, Sunday Times and Independent on Sunday.

Marina Warner is author of numerous books, including the novels The Lost Father (l988, short-listed for the Booker), Indigo (l992), and The Leto Bundle (2000), and many short stories; her many award-winning studies of mythology and fairy-tales include Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary (l976), From the Beast to the Blonde (1994) and No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling and Making Mock (1998). Recent studies include Fantastic Metamorphoses; Other Worlds (2002), and Phantasmagoria: Spirit Visions, Metaphors, and Media (2006), a study of phantasms and modern technologies. Her new book Stranger Magic will be published by Chatto in November this

Joe Whitlock-Blundell has been Design and Production Director of The Folio Society for over twenty years, responsible for all aspects of the books’ appearance: typographic design, art direction, choice of materials and manufacturing quality. In this capacity he has seen well over 1000 different titles into print. He is also a photographer with a number of books and one-man exhibitions to his name.

REGISTRATION

You can register here: http://competitions.houseofillustration.org.uk/wp-signup.php

Complete rules and application form may be downloaded from the web site:

http://competitions.houseofillustration.org.uk

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Deadline

Open to: amateur and professional photographers, there are three categories – adult, student and junior

To enter, please think about what your heart means to you. There is only one rule; you must include the colour red in the photograph!

The winners will be selected by our expert panel of judges and have their image displayed in the windows of our shops across the UK.

The categories

Adults: Open to amateur and professional photographers who will be 16 or over on the closing date. £10 entry fee.

Students: Open to all students aged 16 or over undertaking full or part-time courses at a UK-based college or university. You must supply the name of your college/university as part of the registration process. If selected as a winner you will be required to provide proof of your student status otherwise you will be disqualified. £5 entry fee.

Junior: You must be aged 15 or below on the closing date of Sunday 6th January 2012. You must obtain your parent’s or guardian’s permission before entering the competition as part of the registration process. £5 entry fee.

Step 1 – Register and pay your entry fee

You can submit up to three digital photos into any one of the categories but entries will only be considered once you have registered and paid on the website.

Once you have gone through the registration process and paid, you will receive a confirmation email from us with details of how to submit your photos.

Step 2 – Send us your photos

Submit your entries via email to redphotos@bhf.org.uk, following the instructions below and in your registration confirmation email.

You will need to give each photo a title and a short supporting statement – no more than 100 words per photo, telling us about your photo and what ‘heart’ means to you.

Please do not send us your original photo unless we contact you.

PRIZES

A selection of the winners and finalists will feature in the Independent on Sunday newspaper. And that’s not all, we had a range of fantastic prizes as listed below.

Winner Adult Category

• One to one master class with award winning photographer John Angerson
• Canon EOS 60D Digital SLR Camera with 18-135mm IS Lens (RRP £1,299)*
• SanDisk 16GB Extreme Pro 45MB/Sec SDHC Card (RRP £79.99)*
• Beautifully bound hardback photobook of your choice from Bob Books (up to £100)
• Your photo showcased in the windows of all BHF Shops across the UK

Winner Student Category

• Once in a lifetime opportunity for a one-day shoot shadowing a Getty photographer.
• Canon EOS 60D Digital SLR Camera with 18-135mm IS Lens (RRP £1,299)*
• SanDisk 16GB Extreme Pro 45MB/Sec SDHC Card (RRP £79.99)*
• Beautifully bound hardback photobook of your choice from Bob Books
  (up to £100)
• Your photo showcased in the windows of all BHF shops across the UK

One Runner up from each category

• SanDisk 16GB Extreme SDHC Card (RRP £79.99)*
• Beautifully bound hardback photobook of your choice from Bob Books
  (up to £100)
• Your photo showcased in the windows of all BHF shops across the UK
• 1 year subscription to Amateur Photographer Magazine (RRP over £135)

Winner Junior category

• Canon PowerShot A3300 IS Digital Compact Camera – red of course! (RRP £149)
• SanDisk 4GB SDHC Card (RRP £14.99)
• Beautifully bound hardback photobook of your choice from Bob Books
  (up to £100)
• Your photo showcased in the windows of all BHF shops across the UK

Junior Runner up

• Motorola MF1001 10″ Digital Photo Frame with video and music player (RRP £119.99)
• Beautifully bound hardback photobook of your choice from Bob Books
  (up to £100)
• Your photo showcased in the windows of all BHF shops across the UK

* Kindly donated by Wex Photographic

There will also be a selection of winning and highly commended photos featured in the Independent on Sunday.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS

Original image size

Your picture(s) need to be high enough resolution to be printed to at least 30cm x 25cm at 300dpi (3,600 pixels along the longest length).

Resized images to submit by email

Before you email your image(s) please resize each one to 800 pixels along the longest edge at 72dpi. Make sure you save it as a separate version and don’t delete your original photo.

Naming your image

Please save your resized photo as a JPEG with your name and the image number in the format firstname _surname_1.jpg.

For example if your name is Joe Bloggs and you are entering three images, the third image would be saved as joe_bloggs_3.jpg. If you are entering only one image, please still include ’1′ in the title.

Submitting your images

Once you have registered, paid and received your confirmation email, forward the email to redphotos@bhf.org.uk with your resized image(s) attached.

In the email please also include:

• Your name and phone number - in case we need to contact you
• A title for each photograph
• A short supporting statement (no more than 100 words)
• Your reference number – you will receive this after you have paid your entry fee

Please note – the confirmation email you receive following registration will also contain all the above information regarding submitting your entries.

THE RULES

Please read the competition rules (terms and conditions) before entering.

• The competition opens on Sunday 9 October 2011 and the closing date for entries is midnight on Friday 6 January 2012.
• Entries will only be considered following payment. If you have any problems with payment by card, please email redphotos@bhf.org.uk
• Entrants may submit up to three digital photos only and can only enter once into one of the categories.
• Entries will only be considered if submitted images have been resized as specified in the entry instructions.
• Please keep your original image – if your image is shortlisted we will need the high resolution file.
• Entry is restricted to individuals with addresses within the UK (including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man).
• By entering this competition you are giving the BHF the licence to use the
  image(s) for any BHF publication or promotion for a period of no more than three years – free usage rights.  Where an image is used, the photographer will always be credited.
• Copyright of all images submitted for this competition remains with the respective entrants.
• All images submitted must be the work of the individual submitting them, the entrant must own the copyright and must not have been published elsewhere or have won a prize in any other photographic competition.
• If your photograph features any person or people in the forefront of the picture so that they are instantly recognisable, they should be aware that they are being photographed and permission should be obtained from all involved (or their parent’s/guardian’s permission if under 16). If, however, it is a scenic shot or an action shot where the subject is part of a wider scene and/or is not clearly recognisable and in addition it is not feasible to obtain permission, the image will be accepted without permission.

• Additional category rules:
  • Adults: Open to amateur and professional photographers who will be 16 or over on the closing date of Friday 6 January 2012

• Students - Open to all students aged 16 or over undertaking full or part-time courses at a UK based college or university. You must supply the name of your college/university as part of the registration process. If selected as a winner you will be required to provide proof of your student status otherwise you will be disqualified.

• Juniors – Open to all young photographers aged 15 or below on the closing date of Sunday 6th January 2012. You must obtain your parent’s or guardian’s permission before entering the competition as part of the registration process.

• In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the BHF reserves the right at any time to cancel, modify or supersede the competition (including altering prizes) if, in their sole discretion, a competition is not capable of being conducted as specified. BHF reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal value in the event that circumstances beyond their control make this unavoidable.
• All prizes are non transferable and there are no cash alternatives.
• Prizes do not include travel expenses & accommodation.
• Entrants and winners attending any exhibition of the images must do so at their own expense.
• Winners will be announced by the 1 February 2011.
• Whilst every effort will be made by the BHF to safeguard entries, the BHF will not accept responsibility for loss of entries through technical fault, transmission delays or incomplete, illegible or other damaged entries. All entries are made at the photographer’s own risk.
• BHF regret that only winning entries will be acknowledged personally. You will receive an automated confirmation email when you submit your images.
• Paid employees of BHF are excluded from entering.
• The judges’ decision is final; no correspondence will be entered into.
• There will be one winner and one runner up from each category. We may award some entrants with a highly commended status.

About the judges

John Angerson

Professional photographer John’s critically acclaimed work has been exhibited at many major art institutions. He’s worked around the world on photography commissions for a variety of international publications.  See more of his work.

Sophie Batterbury

Sophie is Picture Editor of The Independent on Sunday where she is responsible for all sections, apart from The New Review magazine.

Her career in photojournalism began in The Independent darkroom in 1989, where her keen interest in photography became the passion that it is today. Since then she’s had various roles across both Independent titles either side of a short stint at a celebrity agency. She is also a contributing editor of ei8ht magazine.

Damien Demolder

Damien is currently Amateur Photography Magazine editor, where he has worked for over ten years, moving from writing interviews and articles on technique, to camera and  equipment reviews, until he became editor in 2006.

An obsessive photographer as well as a journalist, his interests span every majorphotographic subject – for which he uses a wide range of ancient and modern film and digital  camera.

Tom Hind

Tom has worked as the European Head of Content for Getty Images for the last five years, a role which involves managing the Creative Department in creating, editing and sourcing imagery for Getty’s collections.

Prior to this, Tom spent seven years as Art Buyer, then Head of Art Buying for WWAV Rapp Collins, Europe’s Largest Marketing agency, commissioning brand and campaign photography for a diverse range of clients, including Sony, Pfizer, LTSB and WWF.

Previous winners

See some of the winning entries and runners up for competitions in previous years on the website.

There is also an exclusive Red for Heart 2012 calendar available in our online shop featuring the winners and some of the highly commended images from the 2011 competition.

Contact us

If you have any questions, or problems with your entry please email redphotos@bhf.org.uk – or call 020 7554 0326.

Complete rules and application form may be downloaded from the web site:

http://www.bhf.org.uk/get-involved/fundraising/red-for-heart/photo-competition.aspx

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A few have said that painting is dead, but alas it is flourishing as never before. There is great work being done, on the level of Gerard Richter, Susan Swartz, Tomma Abts and David Hockney, to name just a few. And all have exhibited in NYC – now perhaps you can as well.

The Jeffrey Leder Gallery will start the new year with an expansive exhibit: “International Painting NYC.” The exhibit will occupy 3 floors of the gallery. We are located in LIC, New York City: 8 minutes from Manhattan, around the corner from MoMA PS1 Museum, 2 blocks from the Sculpture Center and 6 Blocks from the Noguchi Musuem.

This exhibit open to all artists, American and International, who have created work within the discipline of the painting medium. This exhibition celebrates the range of creative exploration in painting. Each painting will be considered based on the merit of the single piece.

Submission Format:
Photographic images of paintings in jpeg format on CD: 300 dpi, no larger than 3000 X 3000 pixels. Name each image file with your name and the corresponding image number from the entry form image list. Include the entry form image list, project proposal, a CD of your entry and a check payable to Jeffrey Leder Gallery for your entry fee. CD will be kept on file for future opportunities at Jeffrey Leder Gallery.

Use Rights:
Artists whose submissions are accepted for exhibition grant Jeffrey Leder Gallery the right to use their images for the purpose of marketing the exhibition, marketing related programs, and subsequent display on the Jeffrey Leder Gallery website, unless indicated otherwise.

Size:
All paintings submitted must be no taller than 4 feet in any direction.

Schedule:

December 10, 2011 – Submission postmark deadline

December 16 , 2011 – Notification of accepted art

December 30, 2012 – Artwork delivered to gallery

January 8, 2012 – “International Painting – NYC” Exhibit opening reception

Exhibition from January 8 to March 4, 2012

Enter and compete to be part of a prestigious group exhibit in New York City

Entry Fee:
$40 for up to 5 images, $10 for each additional image entered

Juror:
Jeffrey Leder, Gallery Director, Jeffrey Leder Gallery

Notification of Selected Works:
Artists will be notified of selected works via email. Artists must confirm their participation in the exhibition.

Exhibition Format:
All paintings should be ready to hang on the wall for the exhibition, for example: pieces equipped with D-rings and wire, or mounted on sturdy substrate material equipped with a hanging system.

Shipping of Selected Works:
Work must be delivered to the gallery by December 30th. 2011. Exhibiting artists are expected to cover the round trip shipping costs for their work if the art does not sell in the exhibit. Please ship the work in reusable packaging, along with return postage for the package. If work is not delivered by due date, artist is disqualified from the exhibit.

Associated Fees and Information:
There is a 40% gallery commission for work sold. Jeffrey Leder Gallery cannot be responsible for damage or loss during transit, but does insure the work once recieved by JLG. By submitting work to the call for entries you agree to all terms and conditions set forth in the entry form.

Mailing Address:
Send submission fee, admission form and cd for consideration:
Jeffrey Leder Gallery
2137 45th Road, LIC
New York City, NY 11101

Complete rules and application form may be downloaded from the web site:
http://jeffreyledergallery.com/juried.php

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