KADS NY Launches The 2014 Celebrating Print Competition

NEW YORK - July 22, 2014 - PRLog -- KADS NY is pleased to present the 2014 Celebrating Print Competition, and calls for submissions of fine art prints from artists worldwide of Czech or Slovak background. Prints, juried by visual artist, printmaker and curator Eva Nikolova, will be on view at BBLA Gallery at Bohemian National Hall in New York City from December 8, 2014 until January 15, 2015.  Cash prizes will be awarded.

All fine art printmaking media, including intaglio, relief prints, lithography, silkscreen, monotype, and monoprint, are eligible.  Digital prints are eligible only if they incorporate other methods of hand pulled printing.  Art must be hand-pulled and generated on stone, block, or plate using the printing process.  The presented works must have been created between 2010 and 2014.

Eligible artists must be of Czech or Slovak background (citizenship, ancestry) or must have graduated from a Czech or Slovak art school.  CPC.2014 will be juried by Bulgarian-born, New York-based visual artist, printmaker and curator Eva Nikolova.

Submission deadline: Friday, October 10, 2014, 6:00 pm EST.

Fee: $30 (return shipping included) for images of up to 3 prints.

Print paper size limit: 18 x 24 inches (45 x 60 cm) (paper size up to 24 x 36 inches, 60 x 90 cm, will be accepted for additional fee of $20).

Juror’s selection announced: Friday, October 24, 2014, 6:00 pm EST.

Delivery of selected prints: Friday, November 28, 6:00 pm EST.

Exhibition on view: December 8, 2014 – January 15, 2015 at BBLA Gallery, New York City.

Submissions can be done electronically or by mail.  For more information, CPC.2014 Rules & Regulations and to download CPC.2014 Prospectus, visit the competition website http://www.kadsny.com or email celebratingprint@gmail.com.

The inaugural competition CPC.2014 is organized by New York-based studio KADS NY under the auspices of Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York and Consulate General of the SlovakRepublic in New York.

KADSNYis a New York based art and design consulting studio presenting fine art prints from Central and Eastern Europe.  Established in 2010, KADS NY has been regularly showing Czech and Slovak prints at various venues in New York and other states as well as organizing educational events in partnership with other cultural institutions.