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3×3 SHOWS 2010

PROFESSIONAL SHOW – DEADLINE: MARCH 15

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The 3×3 ProShow is the only truly international competition for illustration. No other show is as completely international. While many shows showcase the work of their own country’s illustrators, 3×3 features the best work from all over the world.

Winners will be invited to participate in the next 3×3 Illustration Directory which is mailed out free to a highly targeted list of 6,100 art directors and art buyers in the US.

Prizes

This year they’ll be awarding a cash prize of $1,500 for Best of Show winner and cash value prizes of $750 for each of the gold medal winners. This year all winners will receive paper certificates suitable for framing.

Eligiblity

Open to all art directors, editors, designers and illustrators.

Categories

This year’s categories include: Advertising, Animation, Books, Editorial, Fashion, Gallery, Institutional, Medical, Self-Promotion, Sequential, Three-Dimensional and Unpublished.

The Judges

Nicholas Blechman, Art Director, New York Times Book Review

Stephanie Glaros, Art Director, Utne

Martin Colyer, Design Director, Reader’s Digest UK

Matthew Bell, Art Director, Scotland

Sheri Gee, Art Manager, Folio Society, UK

Christopher Silas Neal

Tatsuro Kiuchi, Japan

Nigel Buchanan, Australia

Paul Wearing, UK

If you have any questions please contact Jessica at shows@3x3mag.com, 212 591 2566 or at the studio, 718 435 4047 between 10:30am-6:30pm EST.

STUDENT SHOW – DEADLINE: MARCH 26

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The 3×3 Student Show is the only truly international competition for students majoring in illustration, featuring the best work from all over the world. Top honors in their past two shows have gone to young illustrators in Germany.

Each year they receive entries from all corners of the globe, from every major art school. Whether it’s Art Center, School of Visual Arts, Ontario College of Art and Design, University College of Falmouth, Kingston University, the Royal College of Art or other leading colleges and universities.  Work is judged by illustrators who are also educators.

Prizes

This year they’ll be awarding a cash prize of $1,000 for Best of Show winner and cash value prizes of $500 for each of the gold medal winners. This year all winners will receive paper certificates suitable for framing.

Eligiblity

Open to all undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students who were attending school during the 2009 calendar year.

Categories

This year’s categories include: Advertising, Animation, Books, Editorial, Fashion, Gallery, Institutional, Medical, Self-Promotion, Sequential, Three-Dimensional and Unpublished.

The Judges

This year’s judges included illustrators/educators:

Andrzej Klimowski, Royal College of Art, UK

Geoff Grandfield, Kingston University, UK

Anke Feuchtenberger, University of Applied Science, Germany Thom Sevalrud, Sheridan Institute, Canada

Pol Turgeion, Université du Québec, Canada

Scott Bakal, Massachusetts College of Art

Marcos Chin, School of Visual Arts

Each entry is judged on a scale of 0 to 4, 4 being the best. To be included in the show an entry must be given either 3 or 4 points by a majority of the judges. To win a Gold, Silver or Bronze medal a majority of the judge’s must give the piece a score of 4 points. To receive a Best of Show more than a majority of judges must give the piece a score of no less than 4 points.

CHILDREN’S BOOK SHOW

The panel for this year’s show is being selected. Details will be posted in late February.

Deadline

3×3 Children’s Show Entry deadline: April 16, 2010