ArtLA.com – an advanced, contemporary art site for research and acquisition of highly established artists, as well as newly emerging artists – is seeking for the student artist of the year 2012! The contest is open to all students (enrolled in a licensed educational institution) and the prize list is amazing! In its quest to further the arts, and art education globally, ArtLA.com is seeking outstanding student works from any part of the world. The outstanding winning entry will receive a grand cash award of $10,000, plus a host of other prizes that include an Apple Macbook Pro, Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 and much more!

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Now in its 9th year, BendFilm Festival celebrates independent cinema’s brave voices by bringing thought-provoking, inspiring, and engaging films from all over the world to Central Oregon’s scenic mountainous town of Bend. The Festival is now accepting entries for its 2012 edition. Unmistakably filmmaker-friendly, BendFilm has been deemed one of “25 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” by MovieMaker Magazine, and declared “an important creation for filmmakers” by Gus Van Sant. BendFilm Festival offers cash prizes in several award categories.

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Swatch and the TTR World Snowboard Tour are pleased to announce the third annual Swatch Art Rules Design Contest. It offers artists the chance of a lifetime to have their artwork featured on the 2012/13 TTR World Tour Trophy and matching Swatch Tour Watch. The Contest is on now through 27 March 2012 and artists can submit their designs online. Out of all participants 3 selected nominees are invited to the Swatch Art Rules Night in May 2012, to mix and mingle with artists and snowboard professionals from all over the world.

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RAPIMAN (RApid Prototyping and Innovative MAnufacturing Network) has launched a design competition ‘Free Form Challenge’ within the framework of the iCAT 2012 conference. Creators from all over the world with design and CAD skills are invited to submit their work(s) as entries within one of the competition topics. The organizers challenge you to release your creative imagination and design products, as complex as you like, meaning they can be unrestricted by technological limitations.

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KUNSTNETZWERK (modern contemporary art gallery and network), Raed Bawayah (photographer), in collaboration with Eyes-On – European Month of Photography Vienna, are pleased to announce the Open Call for the 1st edition of the Vienna International Photographic Awards – VIPA 2012 – for documentary photography. Professional, non-professional and student photographers from any country are eligible to enter. VIPA 2012 will sum up with €7000 in money prizes, group exhibition and an award ceremony in November 2012 in Vienna.

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The Kharkov Association of Graphic Designers – The 4th Block, is accepting entries for its 8th International Triennial of Eco-Poster for a few more days. The Triennial is calling for poster designs on three different topics, all of which relate to ecology. The competition accepts works from individual authors as well as from teams of artists and designers and participation is free of charge. The VIII International Triennial of Eco-Poster – The 4th Block, is conducted under the aegis of the International Council of Graphic Design Association (ICOGRADA) and the International Biennales Coordinating Committee (IBCC).

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The organization of the 1st International Animation Festival Chilemonos 2012, announces the open call of its first competition to be realized in the city of Santiago de Chile. This festival is created to offer Chilean and foreign artists and directors of audiovisual animation a professional space for diffusion and competition, as well as the promotion of national and international audiovisual productions with artistic qualities. Chilemonos 2012 will be realized in the City of Santiago de Chile, between the 25th and 29th of April 2012.

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TwelveByTwelve Productions is organizing an interesting short film competition that will last all year long. The competition is called “12x12x12 Film Contest” and is open worldwide to amateur and professional filmmakers. The idea is to select one best short film every month during 2012. Then on 12 December 2012 announce the ultimate winner, selected from the 12 best monthly winners. The 12x12x12 Film Contest is meant to be a learning ground, an explosion of creativity, a building of community, a creation of a network, an opportunity to express yourself. And it’s all online and 100% accessible all the time.

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Astra Film Festival (AFF) is a major event in the European film community. The Festival is located in Sibiu – Romania, and it is unique in this part of Europe. Besides the four AFF Competition Sections, it offers a variety of programs showing the diversity and the current tendencies of documentary film. AFF Sibiu is the place to see great documentaries, to feel the pulse of Romanian and Eastern European documentary film production, meet fellow-filmmakers from around the world, debate upon major issues faced by documentarists while exposing real life and real people on the big screen, and interact with professionals and with an enthusiastic audience. Prizes in total amount of €25,000 will be awarded to the authors of the winning films.

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It’s time for another edition of the highly anticipated international competition Prix Ars Electronica. Ars Electronica is accepting entries for the 2012 Prix Ars Electronica competition and we invite you to enter. The 2012 winners will receive a total of €117,500 euros in prize money! Since 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica has served as an interdisciplinary platform for everyone who uses the computer as a universal medium for implementing and designing their creative projects at the interface of art, technology and society. The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most important awards for creativity and pioneering spirit in the field of digital media.

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