Our most representative competition starts again:

Draw the Artkeys 03 Box !

The Artkeys Box is a wearable and silkscreened cardboard box, containing the catalog of the various artkeys Award’s editions, totally designed by the organizers. Each year, il will be personalized and embellished with the winning illustration of the online contest, becoming itself a work of art and a collector’s item.

The importance of choosing an eco-sustainable, totally recyclable box, in line with the plastic free footprint of the main event, should not be underestimated.

The contest’s theme « Draw the Artkeys Box » is free, participation is free.

Artkeys’ box rules

Rules

ART. 1 Competition’s object

Blow-up Cultural Association announces an online contest for the selection of a free- themed illustration that will be screen-printed on the catalog box for Artkeys Award ‘s 4th edition.

10 artists will also be selected to expose their work at Artkeys 04.

ART. 2 Type of content and duration

The competition will focus on illustrations and graphics. Deadline for submission of works is 10th of April 2022.
The announcement of the winner and the selected for “Artkeys 04” will take place on 15 May 2022.

ART.3 Basic requirements

– Works on any medium and by any technique are allowed.
– It is advisable to consider that the winning work will be printed on Havana cardboard and included in the square format.
– The 10 works selected for the finalists exhibition can be sent in two formats:
1. Square size: max 40 cm per side, including frame size (frame is optional);
2. Rectangular format: size a3 (29,7 x 42 cm) both vertical and horizontal, including frame size (frame is optional);
– High resolution files are required in order to receive a proper judgment.
– To validate the application for the contest it is necessary to share on Instagram (history or post) the candidate illustration and tag Artkeys prize.

ART.4 Modalities of participation and sending of projects

Participation in the competition is free and without age limits, and it is possible to apply for only one work.
Interested artists can register by 23:59 on April 10, 2022 through the online mode to the registration page using the appropriate form.
Participants can enter a short description and indicate their own web site.
Each author is personally responsible for the presented works and declares to be
the author and the sole owner of all the rights, also in case of winning gives the rights of use, diffusion and press to the Cultural Association Blow-Up.

for info: artkeysbox@gmail.com 339 1983089 – 339 7858458

ART. 5 Jury and voting procedures

All works that do not comply with the requirements of competition’s object and the technical specifications in art. 1-2-3 of the regulation will not be admitted to the competition. The jury, composed by the Cultural Association Blow-Up, will select the winning work of the contest based on the following criteria: originality, presentation, quality of the work, adherence to the conditions set in art. 1-2-3 of the Regulation.
The judgement of the jury is essential and unquestionable.

ART. 6 Awards

The winner of the contest ArtkeysBox will be entitled to:
– € 500 in cash;
– Free participation at the fourth edition of “Artkeys 04 – International Contemporary Art Competition”;
– In addition, the jury will select 10 illustrations, respecting the rules and measures of Article 3, which will be exhibited during the presentation and award ceremony of Artkeys 04 ‘s finalists (October 2022).