BalkanKult Foundation - International ex-libris
competition ‘Bread – cultural heritage’
Application deadline: December 15, 2006

Balkankult Foundation, Ericarts Institute, Ankara
Ex-Libris Society, The Bread Museum, Ulm and
Belgrade Ex-Libris Circle, have decided to organize
an international ex-libris competition on the
subject of Bread-Cultural Heritage, to support
co-operation amongst persons active in culture and
media, artists and entities inside and outside
South-East Europe, and help develop communicational,
professional and technical trans-border artistic
and cultural ties and independent exchanges of
information. The project Bread – cultural heritage
carried out by Balkankult Foundation is part of the
wider European Food Project led by ERICArts
Institute.

Participation rules:
· Article 1
This competition is open to artists from all over
the world. No fee is required for participation.
· Article 2
Artists are invited to make one or more ex-libris
on the theme the BREAD – cultural heritage, as
the most general and multisided symbol.
· Article 3
All works submitted must be conceived as
ex-libris, i. e. as small-format art graphics made to be
pasted into books and to identify their owner.
They must integrate within the image the words EX
LIBRIS, or a similar inscription in the language
of the participating countries and the NAME OF THE
OWNER, who must be an existing person or
institution.
· Article 4
There are no limitations as to the number of
different ex-libris which may be submitted. The
maximum size of the printed surface must not be more
than 13 cm. Participants must send FOUR prints of
EACH work submitted. The ownership of the
material sent will pass to the organizers of the
competition, as well as the rights of reproduction.
· Article 5
Ex-libris submitted must be printed original
graphic works, drawings, sketches or photocopies will
not be accepted. All graphic arts techniques will
be treated equally.
· Article 6
Each print of each ex-libris submitted must have,
legibly inscribed in Latin alphabet, on the back
of it in pencil, the artist's name and address,
his year of birth, the technique used and the year
in which the ex-libris was made. Each print must
be signed or initialed by the artist. It would be
appreciated if artists could send short
curriculum vitae with the material for the competition.
· Article 7
The international Jury will be composed of seven
members: Dr Andrea Fadani, Director of the Bread
Museum, Ulm, Germany, Prof. Dr Andreas Wiesand,
Executive Director of EricArts Institute, Bonn,
Germany; Prof. Hasip Pektaþ, graphic artist and
President of the Turkish Ex-libris Society, Ankara,
Turkey; Prof. Caslav Ocic, President of the
Belgrade Ex-libris Circle; Arpad Salomon, graphic
artist, Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia; Dimitrije
Vujadinovic, president BalkanKult Foundation, Belgrade,
Benoît Junod, collector and author of various
publications on bookplates, Geneva, Switzerland. The
president of the Jury is Caslav Ocic. The Jury
will pay attention to the artistic and technical
qualities of the ex-libris, as well as to its
originality and its merit as a mark of possession
integrating concept, image and text. The decision of
the Jury will be final. The jury reserves its
right not to award certain prizes or certificates if
there are not enough works submitted of
sufficien! t
 quality.
· Article 8
The following prizes will be awarded by decision
of the Jury a first prize of 1500 Euro, a second
prize of 1000 Euro and two ex-equo prizes of 500
Euro. Individuals and institutions can give
unofficial prizes.
· Article 9
The deadline date for submitting works is
December 15th, 2006. Material for the competition must
be sent to the address:
BALKANKULT Foundation, Trg Nikole Pasica 1, 11000
Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro with ‘EX-LIBRIS’
noted on the envelope. Contact person: KSENIJA
GRAOVAC, BalkanKult Foundation, tel/fax: +381 11 322
9349; tel. + 381 11 322 7441, E-mail:
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· Article 10
An illustrated catalogue of works submitted for
the competitions will be prepared and will be sent
free of charge to artists whose ex-libris are
illustrated therein. The best ex-libris from the
competition will be exhibited in Belgrade and
various cities of the region.
· Article 11
Participation in the competitions implies
unconditional acceptance of the above rules.
· Article 12
The results of the competitions will be sent for
publication to all the associations which are
members of the Fédération Internationale des
Sociétés d'Amateurs d'Ex-libris (FISAE).
More information
Website: www.breadculture.net
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