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THE GREEN WORLD

The 12 th International Contest of Children’s and Youths Artistic Creativity held in conjunction with ENVIROFILM 2007 - the International Environmental Film Festival.

Theme: Nature in the motives of the fairy tales
Venue: Banská Bystrica, Museum - Pamätník SNP
Date of exhibition: 16 May - 31 May 2007

Expert guarantor: Miroslav Cipár
Deadline: 3 January 2007
Host: Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic
Organiser: Slovak Environmental Agency in the cooperation with the Radio Regina Banská Bystrica, magazine for children Zornička and civil company Zoom-Art

Objective

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.

Nature in the motives of the fairy tales

Forest dwarfs, watermen and guards of lakes, obscure powers of nature, wraiths and evil ghosts, good fairies, talking animals, magic herbs, talking stones, healing springs, walking mountains…reveal and narrate their story with each sentence in writer´s magic quill. Fairy tales present Mother Nature in various forms and metamorphoses. It is mighty and nice; it can be gentle and cruel when needed. It is beautiful and rough at the same time. It can delight and smile but sometimes it is sad, harmed and tearful.

Since time nature has played an important role in a human life. Folk fairy tales, descending from generation to generation for decades, speak of this connection and mutual interdependence. They represent the treasure and cultural heritage of each nation. Nature and its inhabitants can speak through fairy tales. Through a tender language of old folk story-tellers, collectors and writers fairy tales bring the nature message also to you.

Organisation and the Course of the Contest:

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 3 March 2007 .

Categories of the Contest:  

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)
children ages 10 and under
children ages 11 to 15

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
Nature on its own is fabulous, reveals its magic, mighty and beautiful aspects every day. Evil ghosts and fairies, trees that are speaking or stones with the human face are still living in there. Try to discover them and picture this fairy tale by the camera lens.

A) Primary Schools
B) Extra-Curricular Primary Art School
C) Secondary Schools

Technical Terms of Participation:

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 and www.envirofilm.sk. During the competitive exhibition of the Green World’s works, during the Envirofilm festival, approximately 1, 000 successful young authors will be presented. Some will be framed and will decorate the premises of the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Environmental Agency.

Films forthe animated cartooncategory 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.

Classic photographs

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

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!


Prizes:

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 4 th award of CH. B. Parks´ Environmental Foundation will be given. This foundation was established for Slovak children in Florida , USA .

Contact address:

Slovenská agentúra životného prostredia
Centrum environmentálnej výchovy a propagácie
Tajovského 28
975 90 Banská Bystrica
Slovenská republika

phone / fax: +421 048 4374 175

e-mail: jana.simonovicova@sazp.sk,katarina.koskova@sazp.sk
http:www.envirofilm.skwww.enviroportal.sk

e-mail: envirofilm@sazp.sk | SAŽP 2007