54th World Gallery of Cartoons - Skopje 2022

Dear friends, CARTOONISTS, let start the year with a good news!

Pleased that during of our fifty-three-years existence we have created a network of exceptional cartoonists - collaborators and friends of OSTEN, we announce the 54th WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS Skopje 2022!

APPLICATION

REGULAR APPLICANT should:

- Fill out the APPLICATION FORM (electronically or manually) and send it to the e-mail: cartoons@osten.com.mk along with a photo, short bio and digital images of the works she/he is submitting

- To send the electronically submited works BY POSTAL MAIL along with the printed and signed Application Form to our address:

OSTEN – WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS, “8. Udarna Brigada” 2, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia

with a note: NO COMMERCIAL VALUE! FOR EXHIBITION ONLY!!! - up to 30 April 2022 latest!

True to our commitment to preserve and foster the art on paper, ORIGINAL, hand-created works are to be expected. If the cartoonist works exclusively in digital technique, printed DIGITAL WORKS - named, numbered and signed in pencil on the front will be considered.

DEADLINES

30 April 2022 – Works submission

31 June 2022 – Announcement of the short-listed cartoonists

30 July 2022 – Announcement of the awarded cartoonists

September 2022 – Opening of the exhibition and awards presentation

AWARDS

GRAND PRIX for Lifetime Achievement (1500 $ & Sculpture) – decision by the Ambassadors of OSTEN

FIRST AWARD ($1000 & Plaque) – decision by the International Jury

SECOND AWARD ($500 & Plaque) – decision by the International Jury

5 THIRD AWARDS (Plaque) – decision by the International Jury

5 SPECIAL AWARDS (Plaque) – decision by the International Jury

CICO AWARD * for a Macedonian Cartoonist (Plaque) – decision by the OSTEN Board

* In honor of the great Macedonian cartoonist Vasilije Popovic – Cico

Fill out the APPLICATION FORM, sign up, submit the works, follow the updates on  FB , and do not forget to share this information with your colleagues and friends. For more information on:  www.osten.mk , and you can always contact us on: cartoons@osten.com.mk . WE ARE EXPECTING YOU!