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Juror for New York Cartoon Festival

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Jury-Mitglied: 2006 war ich Juror des New York Cartoon Festivals. Professionelle und Hobby-Zeichner weltweit waren zur Teilnahme am von CartoonRing veranstalteten Wettbewerb eingeladen. Jury Assigment: In 2006 I was appointed a juror for the New York Cartoon Festival. Professional and amateur artists worldwide were invited to participate in the competition which was organized by CartoonRing. THE COMPETITION JURY

ORGANIZED BY: New York Cartoon Festival TOPIC: Cartoons on the topic of "Knockout Drugs" ASSIGNMENT: Jury Member (2006) Festival Poster

THE COMPETITION

I ch war Jury-Mitglied des New York Cartoon Festivals 2006. Die sechs Jury-Mitglieder repräsentierten jeweils ihre Länder Rußland, China, Kanada, die Türkei, Großbritannien und Deutschland. Cartoonisten aus aller Welt konnten an dem Wettbewerb "Knockout Drugs" teilnehmen.		I n 2006, I was appointed a juror for the New York Cartoon Festival. Cartoonists worldwide were invited to participate in the 2006 Knockout Drugs Cartoon Festival. All professionals and amateur cartoonists all over the world were eligible to participate.

FROM THE COMPETITION GUIDELINES:
2006 CartoonRing Cartoon Competition and Festival, USA

CartoonRing invites cartoonists worldwide to participate in our 2006 knockout Drug Cartoon Festival.

• CONTEST IS OPEN TO: All professionals and amateur cartoonists all over the world.
  
   
• THEME: Knockout Drug
  
   
• ENTRIES: Max. 5 works. The works (in any form of visual art) must be original, unpublished before and accompanied by the author's entry-form, biography and photo
  
   
• SIZE: Min. A4 (210 x 297 mm) - max. A3 (297 x 420 mm)
  
   
• TECHNIQUE: Free
  
   
• DEADLINE: All entries must be postmarked by March 15, 2006
  
   
• PRIZES/AWARDS:
  1st Prize - CartoonRing Medal and 3,000 US$; 2nd Prize - CartoonRing Medal and 2,000 US$; 3rd Prize - CartoonRing Medal and 1,000 US$ - CartoonRing medal's will also be awarded to honorable mentions which the CartoonRing committee feels have demonstrated a successful view of the knockout Drug theme.
  
   
• JURY MEMBERS: The artwork will be evaluated by judges in eight countries to determine the #1 anti-drug cartoon in the world.
  
   
• CATALOGUE: Each entrant whose work is chosen for publication in the catalogue will receive a free copy of the catalogue.
  
   
• FESTIVAL and EXHIBITION: The 2006 knockout Drug Cartoon Festival will be launched in the Spring/summer of 2006 and Prizes will be awarded during that time.

JURY

The CartoonRing 2006 Jury Committee consists of six members:

• Mikhail M. Zlatkovsky (Russian Federation), 
  ...is famed for his acclaimed political cartoons.
  
  Founder and President of The Russian FECO (Federation of Cartoon Organization) is known internationally for his acclaimed political cartoons and his infamous decision to throw out physics as a profession to become a free-lance artist. He has participated as jury member for numerous International Cartoon Festivals, and has won himself, over 198 prizes from other cartoon competitions.
  
   
• John Roberts (Great Britain) 
  ...has been a cartoonist / caricaturist for 15 years.
  
  He is a cartoonist/caricaturist who has plied his trade professionally for the last 15 years. He has won a number of cartoon awards, and has also been exhibited in the UK and throughout Europe and Asia. For the last four years he was the President of FECO (UK) (Federation of Cartoonists Organizations) and was until recently a committee member of the CCGB (Cartoonists' Club of Great Britain).
  
   
• Andre Pijet (Canada)
  ...an illustrator, caricaturist and cartoonist, well known for his book illustrations.
  
  Settled in Quebec in 1988. In his native Poland, his training in fine arts andphotography, along with his innate talent for drawing, led very early to a career as an illustrator, caricaturist and cartoonist. His satirical and humorous works have been published in Poland, Greece, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Turkey, the United States and Canada. As a freelance artist, he works regularly with major advertising agencies and publishing companies. He is well known for his book illustrations and for his work as a graphic artist and art director. His works have been featured in a number of major exhibitions and have earned him a number of prizes abroad.
  
   
• Yu Liang (China)
  ... a caricaturist and illustrator, fine arts editor of Ma_anshan Daily.
  
  Caricaturist, illustrator, was born in 1962, Ma_anshan City, graduated from Anhui Normal University, the fine arts department. Currently, he serves as the fine arts editor of Ma_anshan Daily. He frequently takes part in international caricature competitions held in Japan, Korea, Italy, Germany, Poland & etc, and has won various International cartoon prizes.
  
   
• Oliver Weiss (Germany)
  ...a freelance illustrator, cartoonist, painter, corporate designer, multimedia specialist and journalist.
  
  He has been working as a freelance illustrator and cartoonist since 1989.An award winner in a number of competitions, his clients come from Europe, North America, and Asia, and include DER SPIEGEL, The Writer, Euromoney, Deutsche Bank, Bertelsmann, DIE ZEIT, AOL and Reed Business. Oliver is also a painter, a corporate designer, a multimedia specialist and a journalist.
  
   
• Muhittin Koroglu (Turkey)
  ...one of the most internationally known cartoonists of our time.
  
  Mr. Koroglu graduated from Fine Arts Decorative Painting
  Department in 1974 and worked on photography, painting and cartoon. He has focused on drawing cartoon professionally since 1989, and has been one of the directors of the Association of Cartoonists for many years. Following the establishment of Cartoon Publications in 1991, he works with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Tema Foundation, Green Steps Education Association, etc. Nowadays, he has been sharing the management of the Publicationwith Birsen Koroglu.