International Arts Excellence Award 2024
Oceania Division
Introduction
As the flagship event organized by the International Arts, Culture, and Creativity Association (IACCA), the International Painting Art Competition stands as one of the key youth art competitions under the International Arts Excellence Award (IAEA) program.
In the years 2023-2024, we partner with the Melbourne Ocean Lions Club to invite young artists to create a painting that tells the story of how our world can embrace infinite kindness if we commit to the ideals of love and boundless peace. We have crafted a premium international art competition with the theme of Love and Peace. This theme aims to provoke deep contemplation among young individuals about life's fundamental topics, such as love and peace, within the context of their societal environment. We aspire to ignite a new journey for their artistic creations, allowing them to unleash dreams through creativity and paint vibrant life stories through the medium of art.
Highlights for Outstanding Artworks
- Honourably exhibited in regional exhibition
- Nominated to 2024-2025 Peace Without Limit Poster Contest hosted by International Lions Club (aged 11-13 by 15th Nov. 2024)
- Receive honorary medals, prizes and certificates co-signed by certified institutions
- Showcased in the International Arts Excellence Award Annual Album
- Advance to the global finals, competing internationally.
- Global finalists can be exhibited at National Gallery of Victoria/Federation Square/Science Gallery in Melbourne, Australia
- Displayed on media or billboards in various international regions
- Invited to the International Arts Workshops/Panels/Exchange Events and International Youth Arts Week summer camp in January 2025 in Melbourne.
- Opportunities to interact with top participants, experts, and professors from Faculty of Art and Design from Top 20 University worldwide(Top 1 in Australia).
Regulations
Eligibility Criteria:
The competition is open to teenagers aged 3-18, with no restrictions on gender, nationality, region, or skin colour. Anyone passionate about painting art, possessing attitude, creativity, uniqueness, and innovative ideas, is welcome to participate.
Competition Categories:
A Group: Under 6 years old
B Group: 7-9 years old
C Group: 10-12 years old
D Group: 13-15 years old
F Group: 16-18 years old
Competition Theme:
The theme is Love and Peace and participants are required to present the theme through painting.
Artwork Categories:
Painting categories include but are not limited to ink wash painting, sketch, quick sketch, watercolor painting, gouache painting, and cartoon drawing.
Artwork Specifications:
Artwork size should not exceed 40×60 centimetres (quarto paper size), three-dimensional painting materials are not accepted, wooden framing is not accepted, and oil paintings are restricted to canvas only. There should be a 5-10mm margin on all four sides of the artwork.
Participants should upload high-resolution photos in jpg or png format, with a file size not exceeding 10MB.
Image manipulation is limited to cropping; adjustments, filters, or watermarks are not allowed.
Artwork photos should be clear, unobstructed, and free from glare.
Award-winning works from domestic and international painting art competitions are not eligible.
Additional Awards (Optional):
An additional My Favourite Artwork online voting event will be organized, where participants can create introduction videos related to their submitted artworks and submit them for evaluation.
Video Requirements:
The video content must be related to the submitted artwork, including but not limited to creative concepts, the painting process, and artwork introductions. The video should be under 2 minutes, in original 1080P or higher resolution, and in mp4, mpg, or mov format.
Registration Submission:
After registering for the competition, participants are allowed to prepare and submit their artworks, introduction videos (optional) to the provided email in a certain time. Please indicate the participant's name, artwork title and description(if any) when sending.
Shortlisted participants will receive an Invitation Notice for confirmation via email from the organizer.
Competition Process (Australia Division)
Registration and Submission: Close on 19 August 2024
Submission Deadline for Brisbane Participants: 8 September 2024
Brisbane Designated Registration Agency: QLD Art School
Address: U2 L1/33 Sanders St, Mount Gravatt OLD 4122
Expert Review Period: 20 August 2024 to 12 September 2024
Online Voting Period: 9 September 2024 to 15 September 2024
Award Ceremony, Exhibition and Panel: 20-22 September 2024
Venue: Arabella Wang Art Gallery, W Brisbane
Awards Setting
The event adheres to the principles of fairness, justice, and transparency, with strict standards emphasizing quality. The organizing committee will invite experts from various fields, including calligraphy, traditional culture, literature, art and journalism, to form an expert review committee. Awards will be primarily determined through expert evaluation.
Individual Awards:
Each group will have one Gold Prize, two Silver Prizes, three Bronze Prizes, and several Excellent Prizes. Winners of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Prizes will receive certificates, medals and prizes, while recipients of the Excellent Prize will receive certificates.
Students who receive Gold, Silver, or Bronze Prizes will advance to the global finals (for international competitions).
Organization Awards:
Certificates for Excellence Art Education will be awarded to IACCA Corporate Members who send 10 or more participants to the competition and achieve excellent results.
Outstanding Tutor:
· Certificates for Outstanding Tutor will be awarded to the coaching teachers from IACCA Corporate Members of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Prize winners.
· Outstanding Tutor trophies will be awarded to teachers from IACCA Corporate Members who guide 10 or more students to win Gold, Silver, or Bronze Prizes.
Each guiding teacher is limited to one award. If the guidance teacher's name is not filled in the registration form, no award will be given. Retroactive submissions after the event are not valid.
Online selection for My Favourite Artwork:
Winners will receive corresponding certificates.
Scoring Criteria:
Disclaimer
The copyright of the participating works in this competition belongs to the organizing committee, while the authors retain the right to be credited. The organizing committee has the right to retain and use the works in relevant activities, including exhibitions, media, and promotional materials such as websites, posters, publications, etc. The organizing committee reserves the right to use the works for fundraising purposes in charitable auctions.
Works selected for the award ceremony must provide the original pieces for exhibition, and these works (if participate by artwork donation) will not be returned. Participants are advised to make their own backups.
The content of the works should be positive and comply with relevant laws and regulations.
Plagiarism or ghostwriting in the entries is strictly prohibited, and any such discovery will result in disqualification. In case of disputes related to copyrights, patents, etc., the organizing committee does not assume legal responsibility. If it is discovered, either by the organizers or through reports, that an entry involves outsourcing or violates the relevant rules of this event, and there is concrete evidence, the award and certificate will be revoked.
All participants in the competition are considered to have accepted the relevant regulations of this event and must respect the decisions of the judging panel. Any questions should be communicated to the organizing committee in writing or through any other means after the competition. If any disruptive behavior is observed, the organizing committee has the right to cancel the participant's eligibility for the competition or award and reserves the right to pursue legal action. The organizing committee reserves the right to change the content and timing of the event.
In the event of force majeure preventing the competition from proceeding normally, the event organizing committee has the right to adjust the competition time and format, and the committee will not assume any responsibility.
The final interpretation of this regulation belongs to the organizing committee of this competition.