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Second International Biennial of Posters in the Islamic World, Tehran 2007

Note: This is the second version, with different deadline and exhibition dates, see the first version for other changes. Message received from M. Zare, Head of Saba Cultural & Artistic Institute, on 2007.01.14 Deadline extended to January 31, 2007 The most important subject of this year Biennial is Prophet Mohammad and Palestine. You know some artists have sent us some posters regarding Palestine but not regarding Prophet Mohammad. If you decide to cooperate with us please remember this matter. The Second International Biennial of Posters in the Islamic World will be held with the aim of bringing together and examining posters designed across the Islamic world (in Islamic countries and among Muslim communities in non Islamic countries). Sponsor: The Islamic Republic of Iran's Academy of Art Organizer: Saba International Cultural and Artistic Center Sections: 1. The Great prophet (Praise & greetings of God to Mohammad & his descendants). 2. Social and cultural posters; 3. Posters on the theme of Palestine; 4. Posters on the theme of illustrious figures of the Islamic World (1. Avicenna; 2. Mowlavi; 3. Ebn-e ‘Arabi; 4. Averroès; 5. Farabi; 6. ‘Allameh Eqbal-e Lahoori; 7. ‘Allameh Tabataba'i). Requirements: Social and cultural posters should be dated either 2005 or 2006. Note: This date limitation does not apply to sections 1, 3 and 4 ; Works may be submitted in printed form (silk-screen, offset, digital printout, etc.); Posters submitted should be accompanied by A4-size digitized files (TIF or JPEG format; 300 DPI resolution); Each submitted work should bear, on its lower right corner, a label reflecting its full characteristics and the personal specifications of its artist; Any artist will be allowed to enter a maximum of five works in each section; The secretariat of the biennial will be unable to register works lacking an identification label; Works reaching the secretariat beyond the deadline will not be entered in the exhibition; The works submitted to the secretariat will not be returned; The works accepted in view of the exhibition will be published in the book of the biennial; Each participant will receive a participation certificate and a CD containing the entire works presented in the exhibition; The secretariat will be entitled to publish the participants' posters, on the internet, in books, etc., for publicity purposes. Secretary of the exhibition Habibollah Sadeqi Scientific council and selection group Mostafa Asadollahi, Sedaqat Jabbari, Mehdi Hosseini, Habibollah Sadeqi, Mostafa Goodarzi. Jury Four Iranian and three non Iranian judges. Calendar of the biennial Posters submission deadline: 22 December 2006 Selection of works: Third decade of January 2007 Exhibition opening: 21 Februrary 2007 Exhibition closure: 20 April 2007 Prizes A) A Special Prize of the Iranian Academy of Art, comprising: A commemorative statuette, a plaque of honor and 20 Bahar-e Azadi coins, for an Iranian artist selected; A commemorative statuette, a plaque of honor and 20 Bahar-e Azadi coins, for a non Iranian artist selected; B) First Prize, comprising a plaque of honor of the Iranian Academy of Art, a commemorative statuette of the Saba Cultural and Artistic Center and 15 Bahar-e Azadi coins (in each section); First Prize, comprising a plaque of honor of the Iranian Academy of Art, a commemorative statuette of the Saba Cultural and Artistic Center and 10 Bahar-e Azadi coins (in each section); First Prize, comprising a plaque of honor of the Iranian Academy of Art, a commemorative statuette of the Saba Cultural and Artistic Center and 7 Bahar-e Azadi coins (in each section); Address of the secretariat of the biennial: Tehran, Taleqani Ave., No. 53, Saba Cultural and Artistic Center. International affairs secretariat: 1 - E-mail: poster@caiw.ir 2 - Tel.: 66494508-11; Fax: 66487534, 66494512