Republic of Karelia, RUSSIA.

AQUABIENNALE

The 5th International Exhibition of Watercolours

Petrozavodsk, RUSSIA 2012

Organizer: Petrozavodsk City Exhibition Hall

Supported by: Culture Board of Petrozavodsk City Administration

Curator: Maria Yufa, art critic, director of Petrozavodsk City Exhibition Hall

Place: City Exhibition Hall, Lenin Avenue 26, Petrozavodsk, Karelia Republic, Russia

Deadline for entries: the 31st of May 2012

Exhibition period: the 8^th of November – the 9^th of December 2012

“AQUABIENNALE” is the 5^th biennial exhibition of watercolours in Petrozavodsk (Karelia Republic, Russia). Artists from Russia and from all over the world – those for whom watercolour is the professional sphere of interest, the method of comprehension of reality and the personal way of world outlook expressing – are invited to take part in this international project. The aims of the “AQUABIENNALE” project are to support the art of watercolours, to research its current situation and to promote its further development not only in Petrozavodsk but also in the North-West of Russia.

TERMS OF ENTRY

1. Each participant may submit up to 3 watercolour artworks made in the last 3 years (2010-2012).

2. The maximum size of the submitted art-works must be not more than 60 x 70 cm.

3. The deadline for entry is the 31^st of May 2012

4. The registration fee is 500 Rubles or 17 USD. Payment can be made:

· from abroad of Russia by Western Union to the curator of the exhibition - Maria Yufa, Petrozavodsk;

· from inside of Russia by Postal Order to the address: City Exhibition Hall, Lenin Avenue 26, Petrozavodsk 185035, Russia

5. The submitted artworks (without frames) and Entry Forms (completed in block letters in English or Russian and signed by the artist) should be sent to the organizing committee by Post.

The address is: Maria Yufa, P.O. Box 36, Petrozavodsk 185035,

Republic of Karelia, RUSSIA.

▪ Please, do write on the parcel/ tube/ envelope:

NO COMMERCIAL VALUE. FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES

▪ You are welcome to send additional information about yourself (CV, copies of publications, artist’s photo, thoughts about water-colours, etc.).

6. The artworks selected by the organizing committee will be exhibited from 08.11.2012 till 09.12.2012 at the City Exhibition Hall (Petrozavodsk, Lenin Avenue 26).

7. Each participant of “AQUABIENNALE” who has paid the registration fee will get a copy of the catalogue which will be dispatched in December 2012.

8. Organizing committee has a right to use the submitted artworks and materials for promotional purposes connected with the project.

9. Organizing committee is planning to include the full list of participants of the exhibition with their e-mail addresses into the catalogue. If you have no objections to publishing your e-mail address in the catalogue of “Aquabiennale”, please, put your signature in the necessary box of your Entry Form.

AFTER THE EXHIBITION:

After “AQUABIENNALE» is over (after 09.12.2012) the artworks can be

up to the author’s wish:

A. Returned to the author by Post. In this case you should tick box A in the Entry Form.

B. Donated to Petrozavodsk City Exhibition Hall collection.

In this case box B should be ticked in the Entry Form.

In case of absence of any notes in the Entry Form (both A and B

boxes are not ticked) and no registration fee paid - the artworks will be left in the collection of Petrozavodsk City Exhibition Hall.

Additional information about the project can be received at:

· E-mail: [e-mail], Maria Yufa

· Postal address: City Exhibition Hall, Lenin Avenue, 26, Petrozavodsk,

185035, Karelia Republic, RUSSIA.

· Telephone: [phone], Maria Yufa

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