Call for Entries
10th Fadjr International Festival of Visual Arts
23rd January - 23rd February 2018

The Visual Arts Center of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in collaboration with the Institute for the Development of Contemporary,

the Culture and Islamic Guidance administrations of the provinces, art assemblies and galleries organizes the 10th Fajr International Festival of Visual Arts from 23rd January – 23rd February 2018 with the objective of introducing original ideas, interactive and creative artistic productions.
The Organizing Committee extends its invitation to artists and researchers around the world to participate in this event.

Theme: Open
The Organizing Committee believes artists to be the gentle soul, the aware human conscience and the worried eyes of their era's challenges.

Therefore, the concerns and materials of their works shall be the pivotal theme.

Festival's strategy
Introduction of works with novel and engaging capacity in the frame of using one or more disciplines of classic and new visual arts,

which have become organized and exhibit an original and conceptual artistic idea.
Method, technique and the number of works
The technique and method for presenting the work is free.
Each applicant may participate with 3 single works or one project (or a combination of both) in the Festival
The presentation space for statues or installations in the exhibition is a maximum of 300 x 300 x 300
If a work is exhibited in a relevant combination, installation, body or structure, it will be construed as a project.
A maximum of one work or one project will be admitted from each selected artist.
The submitted work should not have been displayed at previous Fajr Festivals of Visual Arts
Drawings, paintings, Persian painting, calligraphy, ceramic, photography, caricature, graphic, sculpture, illustration, architecture

(monument design), video art, installations, environmental, performance, new arts, etc., which have been created independently or in combination, will be accepted
Submission and selection of works
Registration, application ad submission of the works' images can only be made through the Festival's website of www.ivafestival.ir
The size of each submitted file should be a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 6 MB.
The applicants are required to register their CVs and 3 examples of their previous works in the Festival's site.
The applicants are required to submit a written text (statement) for description and clarification of their works. The statement shall not exceed a maximum of 100 words.
The works will be selected in two stages. First the Art Council will review the CVs, the image of the works and the statements to designate the selected artists and works.

The relevant artists will be informed of the results.

Then in the second stage, the selected artists in interaction and coordination with the Art Council will prepare the final work and deliver it to the Festival's Secretariat.
Rules and regulations
Participation in this Festival is open to all artists
Participation in the Festival signifies the acceptance of the regulations and judgment of the Art Council and the Jury.
Any paraphrase, citation, quotation or copy from the work (s) of reference artists shall be clearly mentioned in the statement.

Failure to comply with this regulation shall result in the elimination from the Festival and the revocation of prizes and awards.
The artist shall be responsible for preparation, supply of equipment and material, presentation and display of the work.
The artist shall be responsible for submission, receipt, transportation and execution of the work at the exhibition.
The Festival Secretariat shall have the right of using the works in media and information,

cultural advertisement and display inside and outside the country subject to mentioning the name of the artists.
The Secretariat will not accept any liability for damages arising from improper shipment or posting of the work.
Interested artists may refer to the website of www.ivafestival.ir for further information and the regulations of other sections of the Festival.
Decision about contingencies shall be taken by the Festival’s Secretary General.

Chronology
Call for entries and start of registration on the website: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Deadline for registration on the site: 11th December 2017 (max. by 14:00)
Initial selection of the works: 13th – 21st December 2017
Announcement of the initial selection: 23rd December 2017
Collection of selected works from the artists: 24th December 2017 – 5th January 2018
Final selection of the works: 6th – 8th January 2018
Announcement of final entrants to the Festival: 8th January 2018
Installation of works: 8th – 22nd January 2018
Opening ceremony: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Closing and prize award ceremony: Friday 23rd February 2018

Address and contact number of the Permanent Secretariat:
#17, Shahid Sodooghi Alley,

opposite Laleh Park, 
North Karegar Street, 
Tehran 
IRAN
Postal code: 14186 – 93541
Phone and fax: + 98 21 6694 6910 - + 98 21 6694 6911
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