FOR THE ARTSYOU KNOW AMATEURS
Now in its 8th edition, the goal of the project is for the Peleș National Museum to contribute to the discovery of talented young people who do not attend art schools or universities, offering them the opportunity to exhibit their works to a wide audience that visits Pelișor Castle.
The general objective is to continue the tradition of promoting young artistic talents, started by Queen Elisabeth, a patronage activity continued by Princess Maria, who gathered around her the plastic artists of the time, patronizing the Tinerimea Artistică society. In Pelișor Castle there are testimonies of this admirable activity, represented by plastic art works exhibited in the rooms open to the public.
The specific objective of the project is to organize a temporary exhibition at Pelișor Castle for talented young people from across the country, designated winners by a specialized jury.
All materials used belong to their copyright holders. Contest participants do NOT assign copyright to them. The Peleș National Museum reserves the right to use the works of those registered for NON-PROFIT purposes to promote the Carmen Sylva National Competition.
COMPETITION REGULATIONS
The competition is open to all talented young people in the country aged between 7 and 29 and there will be 3 categories of participants:
– category I: 7 – 14 years;
- 2nd category: 15-21 years;
– 2nd category: 22 – 29 years old;
The competition disciplines are: drawing, painting, engraving and photography;
The duration of the competition is 5 months, according to the following schedule:
– November 1, 2017 – April 1, 2018 – sending 3 personal works, scanned or photocopied, electronically, together with the fully completed registration form; all of these are sent to the museum's email address: peles.ro@gmail.com
– April 1– 15, 2018 – preselection and judging of works;
– April 16, 2018 – announcement of the winners on the website;
– April 17 – 18, 2018 – submission of appeals;
– April 19-30, 2018 – submission of papers;
– May 1 – 31, 2018– organization of the temporary exhibition for the winners, in the Hall of Honor of Pelișor Castle;
– June 2, 2018 – inauguration of the temporary exhibition at Pelișor Castle, which will be open to the public until June 30, 2018;
The topic is at the free choice of the participants;
Registration and submission of works takes place using the registration form that you can find on the museum's website: www.peles.ro and on the museum's official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/muzeulnationalpeles
The jury will be made up of members of the Scientific Collective of the Peleș National Museum and specialists in the disciplines of the competition;
The jury will designate three winners in each competition discipline and for each participant category, a total of 36 talented young people, who will be presented on the museum's official website on April 16, 2018.
The competition prize will consist of promoting the winners, by setting up a temporary exhibition at Pelișor Castle for 30 days;
To organize the exhibition, the jury will choose one work from the 3 sent by the winners by postal parcel to the headquarters of the Peleș National Museum, which will be displayed at Pelișor Castle.
The exhibition opening will take place on Saturday, June 2, 2018 and will be open to the public until June 30, 2018.
Participation in the competition is free;
A participant can register for multiple disciplines;
Works must not be edited on a computer (except for the Photography category, where changes in editing programs such as Photoshop are accepted);
Photos must be submitted for entry in jpg format with a resolution of 300 dpi, and if selected by the jury, they will be sent in RAW or PNG format at the original resolution;
The deadline for registration and submission of works is March 31, 2018;
The 5 members of the jury will each award a score from 1-10 for each author, and the winners will be designated in descending order of the score obtained, with the following specifications:
The jury will designate a single work that will be awarded the Grand Prize of the competition.
the maximum score is 50 points;
for the award of the first prize, the minimum score obtained by the competitor is 45 points;
for the award of the second prize, the minimum score obtained by the competitor is 40 points;
for the award of the third prize, the minimum score obtained by the competitor is 35 points;
The announcement of the contest winners will take place on April 16, 2018, on the museum's official website.
Appeals will be accepted between April 17 and 18, 2018;
The 36 winners will send the 3 works, in original, by April 30, 2018, in order to arrange the exhibition at Pelișor Castle;
After the exhibition closes, the works will be returned by the museum via postal parcel.