1. International Reggae poster contest, 2012
Please see the official website for more information.
Deadline: March 30, 2012
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Call for posters
The Reggae Poster Contest Vision The objective of the First International Reggae Poster Contest 2012 is to continue to build awareness for Reggae music and to celebrate the global achievements of Reggae and its positive impact on the world. The term Reggae encompasses all the popular Jamaican musical genres; Ska, Rocksteady, Roots Reggae, Dub, Dancehall and the unique Jamaican Sound System. The Poster competition is part of a bigger vision that seek to establish a Reggae Hall of Fame in Kingston, Jamaica. We will also use this opportunity to raise funds to support the amazing work of a historic and wonderful Jamaican institution, the Alpha Boys’ School. The Alpha Boys’ School is a jewel in the center of Kingston, and it shines all over Jamaica and, through its graduates, in the music they create, throughout the world. Alpha decades of success with young Jamaicans, entering raw and emerging world-renown musicians themselves is testimony to the storied success. Without this amazing institution and its successful music program; Ska, Rocksteady, Dub and Roots Reggae music may not have been invented. The Goal and Theme of the Contest Through the First International Reggae Poster Contest, our goal is to auction off the 100 best posters from the contest with all funds going toward the world-renown Alpha Boys’ School. The theme of the contest is: Toward a Reggae Hall of Fame: Celebrating great Jamaican Music. We are looking for your talent and vision. We are very excited to see what designers can come up with in their original poster designs that will capture the energy and vibe of Reggae Music. The goal is simple: create a poster about Reggae Music – the rest is up to your imagination. Feel free to explore topics of Reggae covering any one of the genres. In addition, incorporate the contest theme as part of the poster design. Reggae music is one of the world’s few living folk music genres. It has remained incredibly popular, spontaneously generated by people’s experiences, emotions and traditions. Rising from humble roots, Reggae has grown to influence many cultures. Sharing your creative imagination will help us to support our vision to establish The Reggae Hall of Fame. This vision is intended to encapsulate all the achievements of Reggae in an iconic style of contemporary architecture. The Reggae Hall of Fame will be a monument to the achievements of Jamaica’s popular music and culture. The mission of The Reggae Hall of Fame will be to collect, conserve, and study the popular Jamaican musical genres. The Reggae Hall of Fame will exhibit the treasure of Reggae music and narrate the stories from a variety of perspectives for a broad and diverse audience. This will be the world’s first museum of this magnitude, celebrating the living heritage of Reggae music. AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES: Participation in the First International Reggae Poster Contest 2012 constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and the decisions of Reggae Poster Contest 2012, which are final and binding. Winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein in a timely manner. ENTRY PERIOD: The First International Reggae Poster Contest 2012 begins on December 26, 2011 and ends on March 30, 2012 (the “Entry Period”). SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS & PROCESS: To enter, complete the online entry form and check the appropriate permission boxes provided. You must include on the entry form your complete and accurate information, including your E-mail address, your name from your poster Entry or Entries, a description of the submitted poster Entry, and all other information requested. To qualify, your submission must conform to the following specific Contest Rules: Each Entry must be an original work that you have created that does not include material in which a third party has intellectual property rights. The work should be created Poster size: 50cm x 70cm portrait or vertical oriented poster format. Each Entry must not, in the sole discretion of the First International Reggae Poster Contest 2012, be obscene, indecent, offensive, violent, hateful, or libelous, or contain any other content otherwise inconsistent with the purposes of the Reggae Poster Contest 2012 as described in these Official Rules and related materials. Each Entry must be available for poster reproduction at 300 dpi (CMYK) or greater for reproduction purposes. *IMPORTANT* Each Entry must be submitted in JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg, or .jpe) or GIF format, size 50cm x 70cm, 72dpi and may not exceed 5MB. Please do not enter promotional or advertising poster in the contest, these will not be accepted. Artists/Designers are allowed to submit any number of original poster Entries, however, you may not submit the same Entry more than once. Reggae Poster Contest 2012 reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict participation in the Reggae Poster Contest 2012 to any person at any time for any reason and/or to disqualify any entry at any time for any reason JUDGING: Reggae Poster Contest 2012 competition poster entries are judged in two phases by two different international juries. The first phase is judged online by our pre-selection committee (Elmer Sosa, Eric Francis Eshun, Fabián Carreras, Francesca Agate, Frank Arbelo, Jacek Utko, Kathiana Cardona OpArt, Marina Córdova, Pamela Campagna Scheiderbauer, Susan Lee Quee, Yang Liu) . The committee is made up of members of the design professionals around the world. They will select 400 posters to go forward to the final judging phase. The final phase will be conducted by our jury of 10 leading design professionals from around the world (Andrew Lewis, Charis Tsevis, Finn Nygaard, Luba Lukova, Michael Thompson, Michael Thompson, Roy Villalobos, Sergio Olivotti, Yossi Lemel, Juan Carlos Darias, Ameena M. McConnell). They will convene to select 100 posters that will be published in the “First International Reggae Poster Contest 2012” catalogue and exhibited around the world. From the 100 best posters they will select the 10 posters that will be entered into the permanent collection of museums and design institutions internationally. The final 3 will be the winners. We will also include these 10 posters in the proposed Reggae Hall of Fame museum in the future. |