Theme: To all the children on the Earth – message of nature
Venue: Banská Bystrica, Museum - Pamätník SNP
Date: 2 May - 6 May 2006
Expert guarantor: Miroslav Cipár
Deadline: 31 January 2006
Host: Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic
Organiser: Slovak Environmental Agency, Banská Bystrica
To instil love for nature and the environment into children by creation of habits and skills in their artistic self-expression. Works submitted to the contest should have a creative and motivating character, representing the children’s attitude to life and nature.
To all the children on the Earth – message of nature
During the previous year, children had possibility to present their relationship to mother town, village and house. This year the theme of contest is concentrated on global environment. Nature belongs to all the children on the Earth without any exception whatsoever, without discrimination on account of race, colour, age, sex, language national origin, without school credit, interest and hobby differences. Nature will belong to them in one year and in 10 years. It will belong to their children and to children of their children. Exactly these children as early as adult and valuable citizens of our globe, will have to face more and more frequently and faster occurred global changes. Knowledge and awareness of these changes, their causes and effects can help them to understand the message of nature: “To all the children on the Earth”.
There are no preliminary rounds to this international contest. The works should be submitted directly, in person or by mail, to the Slovak Environmental Agency in Banská Bystrica before 31 January 2006.
1. Category: drawing, painting, graphics and combined techniques
A) Primary Schools
children ages 10 and under
children ages 11 to 15
B) Extra-Curricular Primary Art School
I. cycle (15 years old and under)
II. cycle (over 15 years old)
C) Special Schools
children ages 10 and under
children ages 11 to 15
D) Nursery Schools
2. Category: children’s animated cartoon
A) Primary Schools
B) Extra-Curricular Primary Art School
C) Secondary Schools
3. Category: black-and-white and colour photography
A) Primary Schools
B) Extra-Curricular Primary Art School
C) Secondary Schools
In the category drawing, painting, graphics and combined techniques the works must not be rolled up or folded. Please do not send works that are three-dimensional, glazed or framed. Following information needs to be given on the reverse side: author’s name, age, home address and school address; work title, year of origination (not more than 1 year old), name of the teacher if the work was created at school and the address of the organisation submitting the work. Maximum format is A0. No limitations apply to the techniques used.
The works will not be returned to the authors! Some of them will be displayed at the Internet gallery of the Green World in the information portal www.enviroportal.sk. During the competitive exhibition of the Green World’s works, during the Envirofilm festival, approximately 1, 000 successful young authors will be presented. Children’s works from Nursery and Extra-Curricular Primary Art School with the strongest message will be integrated into the project called „To all the children on the Earth – message of nature“, where working sheets for children will be an output of it. Some will be framed and will decorate the premises of the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Environmental Agency.
Films for the animated cartoon category send please on Betacam, SVHS or DVD and fill in the attached registration form.
In the category black-and-white and colour photography the author’s classic photographs and digital photographs can be submitted in the max. number of 5 pieces. Photographs awarded in other contests, photographs with controversial authorship and photographs contravening basic principles of morality and ethics will be excluded from the contest.
Following data must be given on the reverse side of the photograph: author’s name, age, address, title of the shot, type of camera, type of lens, film, e-mail address, tel. number and information if the author requests the photographs back.
Colour and also black-and-white photographs can be submitted to the contest. Minimum format is 10 x 15 cm, maximum format is 24 x 30 cm. Photographs to be sent without passe-partout and frames. DO NOT SEND negatives with photographs.
Digital photographs for the competition must be sent either as classic photographs made on a photosensitive material or printed by an ink jet printer on photographic paper for ink jet printers. Minimum format is 10 x 15 cm, maximum format is 24 x 30 cm.
Submitted works must comply with requested technical conditions (film base, format, quality).
Competing works without duly filled in data or delivered after the deadline will not be admitted for the contest!
During the ceremonial at the Envirofilm festival the Main Prize of the Green World, three prizes in each category and the Prize of Audience will be awarded. At the same time the 3rd award of CH. B. Parks´ Environmental Foundation will be given. This foundation was established for Slovak children in Florida, USA.
Slovenská agentúra životného prostredia
Centrum environmentálnej výchovy a vzdelávania
Tajovského 28
975 90 Banská Bystrica
Slovenská republika
telefón / fax: +421 048 471 37 43
e-mail: simonovicova@sazp.sk
koskova@sazp.sk
www.envirofilm.sk