12th International Children's Art Contest "Anton Chekhov and Characters of his Works

Taganrog Local Government is inviting you to take part in the International Children's Art Contest "Anton Chekhov and Characters of his Works" to be held in his home city Taganrog in June 2024.

Participants: students of children's art schools, schools of art, fine art studios, art clubs and individual amateur participants.

Age: The contest is open to children from all around the world from age 4 to 17 years.

Subjects:

Portrait of Anton Chekhov;

Illustrations to Chekhov's works;

Humor in Chekhov's works;

Landscape in Chekhov's works;

Family in Chekhov's works;

Taganrog - the home city of Anton Chekhov;

Style and Medium:

Graphic art

Painting (water-colors, gouache, tempera)

Decorative and applied arts (ceramics, textile).

Dimensions: 62 x 42.5 centimeters (40.4 x 16.7 inches) or smaller.

Other:

artwork should not be framed

artwork should be signed on the backside (in PRINT characters, in English or in Russian): original work title; author's first/last name; age; sex; mailing address; country; email; phone or fax

(for classes, clubs, groups, educational institutions) name and address of the school, first/last name of the teacher

the parcel with artwork(s) should bear the inscription: "WITHOUT COMMERCIAL VALUE".

Legal:

Original artwork submitted with contest entry becomes the property of the contest organizers and cannot be returned.

Participants assign all copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights in their submitted artwork to contest organizers.

Winning artworks may be used in various programs aimed at popularization of children's creativity.

By submitting an entry, each contestant and his/her parent/legal guardian agree: they have read, understand and will comply with these official rules; and, or to the extent permitted by law, consent to the use of the Contestant's name, likeness and/or biographical data for purposes of advertising and promotion by the organization committee, without further consent, compensation or approval.

Number of works:

Individual contestants may enter up to TWO works;

Educational institutions may enter up to TEN works.

Artwork should be sent to:

Foreign Relations Office

Taganrog Local Government

Ulitsa Petrovskaya 73

347900 Taganrog

RUSSIA

All entries must be postmarked by January 31, 2024.

Notification of the art contest results:

The list of winners will be published on May 3, 2024.