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Sand Sculptures : Master Sculptors proved their talent when they flew down to the sandy beaches in Siesta Key. Siesta Key Sculptures holds annual sculpture competition and it's currently in it's eighth year. The Siesta Key is known for it's whit
Architecture Design : Crystalline Cube is the pet project design by Kieran Timberlake. It's a 65-metre-tall, 12-storey cube building which has reflective glasses, which changes according to the weather and sunlight. The odd looking design has been built to sustain modern day security systems and to projects the emotions of openness. The sides of the buildings have been coated with a transparent film of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), which is similar to the ones used in their Eden Project. The cube designed building is currently sitting on an...
Animation : France's Academie Des Arts have announced it's Cesar Awards for it's Animation Category. The short film and feature film categories have been announced. The Cesar Awards is similar to the Oscar Awards. The Award ceremony will be held in Paris on March 2nd 2018. The nominations for Animation Feature Film is: The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales Big bad wolf animation film nominee Sahara by Pierre Core Sahara animation film nomiee Zombillenium by Arthur De Pins Zombillenium animation film nominee Short Animation Categories are: Le...
It's the harvest festival time in Japan. Japanese are known to be very frugal and do not waste any bit of scrap. After the harvest, the straw is fed to the livestock, enhancing soil and also donated to the annual Wara Art Festival which is held at the Uwasekigata Park. This is the 10th edition of the Wara Art festival and this year we have giant size straw animal sculptures like gorilla, dinosaur, snake, roaring lion and so on. The Wara Art Festival started in the year 2008, when the Niigata’s farming community contacted the local Musashino Art University...
Design Contest : The winner of the 2018 Buenos Aires Medal Design goes to Muhamad Farid Husen from Indonesia. The design was chosen from more than 300 entries and it was a dream come true for the 18 year old Muhamad Farid Husen. It's a coincidence that the winner of the medal design and the birth of the youth olympic games are of the same age. Yog medal design winner by muhamad farid husen According to Muhamad Farid Husen,"It is really an honour for me to be a little part of Youth Olympic Games. I can't describe how my feeling is…being the designer of...
Photography: Leica Oskar Barnack Award is an international photography award which shows the creativity of the photographers in their surroundings. Ten or Twelve images can be submitted as a sequence of images to display their creativity. The photographs should be combination of the man and the environment in different style which can be in any style. Photographers can submit one entry which can be a sequence of 10 to 12 images. The online submissions portal will open on March 1st and will end on April 5th 2018. Leica Oskar Barnack Award Newcomer is open to...
Photography: Voice of Humanity and Hope is organizing it's first Photography festival and it's a biennial event. The VOHH photography festival will take place between March 4th - 10th in Bangladesh. The VOHH was started in 2016 on March 4th, so this year the festival will be conducted on it's anniversary. Participants from worldwide can join the contest and send their digital images through email. It's a free entry. Participants have an amazing chance of winning the Gold medal and Honorable mentions awards along with great international exposure. The deadline to...
Street Photography: It's time to explore the streets and capture stunning photos which can yourselves $5000. Motif Collective organizes regular contests to appreciate uniqueness and creativity of the photographers. This month the theme is "Street". There is an entry fee of $12 and the contest is open to all photographers(18+) worldwide. The entries have to be submitted online and format of the images should be in JPG and size should be 1200 * 900 and the file size not exceeding 1 MB. You can choose random subjects and location. Get creative with your frames and...
Design: It's the 53rd annual Design Award Contest for the 'Society of Publication Designers' and they will be accepting entries till January 26th 2018. Society of Publication Designers is a contest which recognizes editorial design, photography and illustration in print and digital mediums. Entry fees is 60 USD for SPD members and non-members it's 120 USD. You can upload your design entries as a story format or a book format. You can find the tips on how to prepare your entries by clicking on the below link. Visit spd.org for more info. The finalists...
WeCare Festival : Living to the end is an international festival which celebrates creative representations of life(through short films and Photographs). WeCare promotes knowledge about important issues at the end of life through research, training and other social actions. End of life is a strange feeling for many and it's often associated with suffering, WeCare Festival aims to change the views of the people by making it more meaningful till the end. The competition them is "End of Life" and photographers have to come up with a meaningful story from those kind...
Painting: Jackson's Open Painting is currently in it's third year and it welcome entries in 2d painting, print making or drawing. It's an annual competition and the winner takes home $13,532 USD as cash prize and an international recognition. Selected paintings will receive a physical painting exhibition at the Hampstead Affordable Art Fair in London which will be held in May 2018. Artists from all over the world can participate in this contest and entries will be accepted till 16th March 2018. The first round of judging will be on March 30th and around 380 fine...
Design: European Design Awards was initiated in the year 2007 and ever since has been conducting award ceremonies which recognizes the talent in print, web and exhibition design, illustration, packaging, mobile apps and motion graphics. It's one of the most prestigious awards organization which recognizes and promotes the artists work in the mixed media. It's one of the most sought after design and print media contest in Europe. Participants living within Europe can submit their entries which was created in 2017 after creating an account with them. Enter the...
Animation: BAFTA awards are big deal since they are similar to the oscar awards. The British Academy film awards have three categories for animation: animated feature, british short animation and special visual effects. The most awaited 2018 BAFTA awards is all set to take place on February 18, at the Royal Albert Hall in London. If Disney's Coco bags an award at the BAFTA, we can say that Coco is all around winner at many of the film awards and hope to see more of them in the coming years. Nominees for Animated Feature Film are: Bafta nominee coco disney pixar...
The most prestigious Monochrome Photography Awards has announced the winners of 2017 contest. The contest is conducted for both professional and amateur photographers across the world. The Monochrome photographer of the year - professional category was won by Ian Pettigrew whose photograph titled "Bailey" which describes about a women with fatal disease Cystic Fibrosis and has brought out the lifelong difficulties the patient would face due to the illness. He has received a cash award of $2000 and the coveted title. Under the Amateur category The Monochrome...
Design: OWP eyewear company is conducting an eyewear design contest to bring in some of the most trendiest and wearable eyewear designs of the future. The aim of the eyewear design contest is to bring forth innovative ideas for the corrective frames and sunglasses. The materials used by the participants should be large scale production friendly. The frames can be designed for both men and women and this design contest particularly targets university level students and graduates who are in the creative field. There are no entry fees.The following factors play a...
Illustration: The House of Illustration and the Folio Society are looking for new talent in the book illustrations. The annual international competition is open to artists above the age of 18 across worldwide. Participants need to submit three illustrations and a binding cover design for a book which will be chosen by The Folio Society. The first prize winner will receive 6,760 USD, which covers a nine book illustration and binding design of the book, which will be published by the Folio Society. The book illustration competition was started in the year 2011 and...