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Canada International Children’s Art Festival

Rules and Regulations

 

Theme: Country Road

Participation requirements:                                         

17 years old and under (All Nationalities, All Regions, All Ethnicity, Special needs)

Age Group:     

06 years old and under

07 to 08 years old

09 to 10 years old

11 to 14 years old

15 to 17 years old

Categories:

A. Fine Arts: (2 dimensions and 3 dimensions)

Anime, calligraphy, cartoons, ceramic and pottery art, Asian seal carving art, greeting cards, handicraft production, illustrations, paintings, posters, prints, sculpture, etc…

B. Video Arts :

Visual arts using digital/analog technology, photography and video (animation photography included).

C. Written Art: (Literature)

Fairy tales, poems, scripts (drama, film etc.), stories

D. Music: piano, violin, wind music, children’s play, singing. (see music competition Rules and Regulations for details)

E. Dance: (see dance competition Rules and Regulations for details)

F. Speech: (see speech competition Rules and Regulations for details)

G. Drama: (see drama competition Rules and Regulations for details)

Artwork Requirement

1. Entries are collected globally.

2. All artwork shall be done and completed by the artist him/herself within the last 12 months. Entries must not be mounted or framed.

3. for Fine Arts: Art works should be flat and the dimensions should all be 14 X 17 inches (35.5 X 43.2 cm.). Chinese paintings and calligraphy art pieces should be 4 feet (120 cm.). Photo prints should be 12 X 16 inches (including group of photos and series of photos). For a series of photos and group photos, please indicate the order in which you want them displayed. Three-dimensional arts: The length, width and height of should not exceed 40 inches (1 metre). Short films should not exceed 3 minutes. The format used for short films should be: MOV format; H264 video decoding; MPG format; MP4 format; and would be greater than or equal to 1080P or 1080I HD Film source format. Written art length should be about 1500 words (with a brief summary in English).

4. Please specify in writing behind each art work: the title of the artwork, name, age and school.

 (Note: the candidate’s information and name (Name; Age; Mailing Address; Postal Code; Telephone Number; Email Address) must not be displayed in front of the art work. The size of the works cannot be arbitrarily changed. If any category of art doesn’t meet any of the criterias stipulated by the Festival’s regulation, they will be automatically disqualified.

5.  Any copying, photocopying, plagiarizing (completing someone else’s work), inspired by an existing work will be disqualified. The Organizing Committee has the right to cancel all qualifications for selection, exhibition, publication, and publicity in the art festival at any time.

6. All entries for the festival will not be refunded. The ownership of the entries will belong to the Organizing Committee of the Canada International Children ’s Art Festival. The organizing committee has the right to auction, copy, distribute, exhibit, and film the selected works; the right to take pictures and publicly use the photos freely; to use the author’s information in the registration form and website for the booklet publication and promotional purpose. 

Registration and schedule

1. Participants, please fill out the online registration form first, click here to register online.

2. After the registration form is submitted successfully, the system will automatically generate a registration confirmation code. Please write the “Registration Confirmation Code” on the back of the work and mail it to the designated address of the organizing committee office: 60 N Wind Pl, Scarborough, ON M1S 5L4 Canada. Recipient: Ziona Zhou, phone: +1 647-996-2877. Please remember the name and tracking number of the courier company, so that you can track it yourself. For digital submission: After uploading the artwork to the cloud disk (Google, Baidu cloud disk), send your name, registration confirmation code, the link URL, sharing password and related materials to the email designated by the organizing committee: artwork@childrenart.ca

3. the participants will be charged an registration fee of $ 30 CAD /entry ($ 30 / entry outside Canada), and all the fees will be used to supplement the cost of the festival.

4. Payment method:

Canada: cash, cheque or online payment e-Transfer to CICAF (email: info@childrenart.ca) The cheque should be payable to: Canada International Children ’s Art Foundation.

Other: Paypal and WeChat Pay.

Please put your name and category of the competition when paying. After successful payment, please send your name, category, registration confirmation code, payment method, payment confirmation code to payment@childrenart.ca

5. After confirming the receipt of the entries and payment information, the organizing committee will notify the participants by email.

6. The deadline for registration is June 30, 2020. Mailing works are based on postmarks. Please indicate on the envelope “18th Canadian International Children’s Art Festival Registration”.

Judges and Awards:

1. Canada International Children’s Art Festival Organizing Committee has expanded into a platform promoting creative collaboration between Canadian and World-renowned artists and educators. These experts are representatives of Canada’s and the World’s vast multicultural society. Our objective is for the art festival to become internationally recognized an acclaimed Their mission is to judge artworks based on the Relativity of the Year’s Theme, Creativity, the Quality of the Artwork.

2. Awards

Gold Award

Silver Award

Bronze Award

Award for Excellence

Special Mention Awards

Best Creative Award

Newcomer’s New Works Award

Organization Excellency Award:  Given to Institutions, Schools and Teachers, that have recommended 100 Artworks or more

The Tutor Excellency Award: Awarded to all instructors whose students have won Gold, Silver and Bronze.

3. The “Golden Beaver” award was established for the first time this year. Reward special talents and make special contributions to the festival.

Booklet Publication

The organizing committee will announce the winners on the official website of the festival. If the winner is unable to pick up the award, he/she can request the organizing committee to mail the trophy and certificate, and the mailing cost shall be paid by the winner themselves. The organizing committee will invite Canadian celebrities, arts, sponsors and celebrities from all walks of life to present awards to the winners. The commendation was jointly issued by the Canadian parliamentarian and the chairman of the festival organizing committee.

2. The organizing committee will edit and publish the “18th Canadian International Children’s Art Festival artwork collection booklet”. The festival cooperates with publishing firm to provide the international standard book number ISBN. The booklet is expected to be published and distributed in October 2020. Now we are accepting pre-order, booklet price

Canada: $ 35 CAD / volume (if the booklet is paid with the registration fee at the time of registration, the cost of the booklet is $ 30 CAD / volume).

Other: $ 35 USD / volume (if the booklet is paid with the registration fee at the time of registration, the cost of the booklet is $ 30 USD / volume).

If you need to mail, please add a mailing fee of $ 25 CAD / volume (within Canada).

3. Payment method: Canada: cash, cheque or online payment e-Transfer to CICAF (email: info@childrenart.ca) The cheque should be made payable to: Canada International Children ’s Art Foundation Other: Paypal, WeChat Pay

4. Please put the participant’s name when paying. After successful payment, please send the name, the order quantity, mailing address, payment method, and payment confirmation code to the organizing committee by email booklet@childrenart.ca to confirm the order information. 

5. After confirming the receipt of the order information and payment, the organizing committee will notify the participants by email All time schedules are for reference only, the actual situation must be based on the actual progress of the festival.

(Note: The final interpretation right of the art festival charter belongs to the art festival organizing committee)

 

Contact Information:

Canada International Children’s Art Festival

Address: Toronto Office: 60 N Wind Pl, Scarborough, ON M1S 5L4 Canada

Telephone: +1(647)996-2877

Mailbox: info@childrenart.ca

Official website: www.childrenart.ca

WeChat customer service: zionazhou

 

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