International Deadline: October 1, 2010 - Summer is nearly over so now is the time to send your entry to the 7th Biennale Internationale d'estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivieres (BIEC), which will be held from June 19 to September 4, 2011.

A jury of five international printmaking experts and artists will make the selection amongst the proposed dossiers. This contest exhibition is open to all professional printmaking artists throughout the world

Biennale Internationale d'estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivieres (BIEC) is the only international printmaking competition exhibition to be held on a regular basis in Canada. Because of both this and the quality of its exhibits it has become a central platform for artists in this discipline. For them it is the most important event in Canada, or even in North America.

Its mission is to promote and enhance the importance of contemporary printmaking, a particularly rich artistic practice, through the presenting of works of professional artists from all over the world. The event is held every two years and it proposes contemporary research and tendencies in printmaking, thus leading to the discovery of remarkable creations as well as nourishing the local artistic milieu and making a name for itself on the international stage.

La Biennale Internationale d'estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivieres has initiated a reflection on printmaking practice. It offers a fresh look at the contemporary printmaking world, since each artist selected by the jury exhibits from 5 to 7 works, thus illustrating their research. The biennale is more than just a visit, it is a unique occasion to discover the most recent tendencies of this artistic practice. It offers everyone a privileged access to a worldwide culture, that of contemporary printmaking.

AWARDS
Each selected artist will receive an exhibition fee. Several prizes will be awarded during the Biennial. Some prizes will be attributed by the Biennial selection jury, and others by juries set up by the associates, in close collaboration with the Biennial organizers.

An artist can receive only one prize awarded by the Biennial jury. However, he can be awarded another prize, attributed by the associates or by the public. All decisions are nal and binding.

The prizes to be awarded are as follows:

* The Grand Prix de la biennale, accompanied by a bursary of $3000 CND. This prize will be awarded by the Biennial jury.

* The Prix Banque Nationale Groupe Financier, accompanied by a prize of $1500 CND. This prize will be awarded by the Biennial jury.

* The Public Award will be attributed, at the end of the exhibition to the artist who has received the greatest number of votes from the visitors. This prize is for a value of $1000 CND.

* The Invitation Presse Papier prize will be attributed to the foreign artist whose work is the most appreciated by the members of the Presse Papier workshop, the professional artist printmakers collective of Trois-Rivi'res. This prize oers a working residency at the Presse Papier workshop.

The jury for this prize will be composed of workshop members. Some other prizes may be added to this list.

GENERAL INFORMATION
The La Biennale Internationale d'estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivieres is presented from June to September. The competition is open to all printmaking artists.

Interested artists must complete the entry form, submit a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 7 digital reproductions or color photographs of their works (see instructions below) and pay the entry fees.

ACCEPTED TECHNIQUES
Intaglio, relief prints, lithography, silkscreen. Techniques not accepted: photography, monotype, photocopy, and digital prints.

There is no maximum size for works, however, works exceeding 100 cm per side will not be framed. For installation works, the committee should select less than 5 works for an artist.

The presented works must have been created within the last ve years. Works selected for previous editions of the La Biennale Internationale d'estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivieres cannot be submitted for an other edition.

Artists who have been selected on the two last editions in a row of the Biennial are not admissible for a third selection in a row.

Participation in the exhibition implies that the artists give the organizers of the Biennial the right to reproduce their works in all of the Biennial publications.

The La Biennale Internationale D'estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivi'res has a permanent and up-to-date web site on the internet. The prizewinners' works will appear on the site. A color catalogue will be published. The catalogue will illustrate all of the works of the selected artists. All chosen artists will receive a copy of this catalogue. In order to encourage the idea of a network of exchange, the artists addresses will be published into the catalogue.

All artists who participate will be bound by the Biennial regulations.

ENTRY FEES
$25CND (Canadian dollars), or $25US (US dollars) or 25 (euros), payable by international money order to ' La Biennale Internationale D'estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivi'res'. The money order must be sent at the mailing address indicated at the bottom of the form. If the form and the images are not sent by email, include them in the mailing of the money order.

Entry fees are not refundable.

SENDING DOCUMENTS
The documents must be sent to the Biennial organizers not later than October 1 , 2010. If they are sent after this date, they will not be presented to the selection committee of the Biennial. The postmark will show proof of the sending date. Documents will not be returned to artists.

SELECTION
A jury, composed of experts and artists, will make the selection amongst the proposed dossiers. The decisions are without appeal.

SENDING WORKS
Instructions for sending works will be given after selection to the selected artists.

INSTRUCTIONS
Instructions for presentation of documents

* Digital reproductions:
1000 x 1000 pixels @ 100dpi. Works should de presented on a black background, in the good way of presentation. In the down-right corner will gure the corresponding number of the work, the name of the artist, the title and the year of creation of the work, in white letters (Arial or Helvetica). Image should be saved in JPEG format, high quality (10). Each document will be titled by the artist family name followed by a stroke and the corresponding number of the work to the presentation list (ex.: Jones-1.jpg).

* Photographs:
Color photography, 10 x 15 cm. On the reverse side, an arrow will indicate the upper side of the image. The name of the artist and informations about the works will be written with the corresponding number of the work on the list.

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BIEC
58, rue Raymond-Lasnier
Trois-rivi'res (Quebec)
Canada G9A 2J6