Calligraphy

:: Calligraphy

In the name of Allah

Introduction
Human civilization has been significantly affected since the conveyance of prophet Muhammed (PBUH) and introduction of Islam as a religion of love, culture and creativity. In fact, the Islamic civilization portrayed a new world enclosed with wisdom, revelation and art in which the latest is well depicted in Islamic culture and lifestyle. Calligraphy, illumination, architects and miniature are some well-known examples from the divine Islamic arts that dazzles the eyes from the west to the far east of the world. Besides, humanity owes to the spiritual literatures and poems written by Islamic writers and poets, such as Rumi and Hafez, that root in the holy book of Quran and the prophet sayings. Moreover, the Islamic art is now experience a new era through modern arts, including graphics, digital art and photography in which are collected in the present congress to portray the beauties of Muhammed (PBUH) – The Prophet of Mercy.

General Terms and conditions of the Congress

Filling of the form and making a submission will imply your agreement with all the congress terms and conditions.
Please avoid submission of any artwork previously awarded in other events.
You are allowed to participate in several sections with no limitation on the number of submissions.
Everyone are welcome to attend with no restriction on the age, gender or geographic location.
It is compulsory to register and submit through official website of the congress (www.wcam.ir).
Participants will hold the ownership of what they present to the congress and will be responsible for any potential legal consequences.
Secretariat of the congress holds the right to use the submitted art/literary work with respect to their intellectual property.
Artworks selected to the final stage of the congress will be provided with certificate of participation.
Any unexpected situation will be resolved and managed by secretary of the congress.

Submission guidelines for Calligraphy

The artwork must be prepared using any of the Nastaliq, Broken-Nastaliq, Naskh or Sols methods.
Each participant is allowed to attend in one of the mentioned fields.
Submitted artwork must be aligned with the congress themes or point to a verse, hadith or poem that describes Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
The artwork must be 35*50, 70*50 or 70*100 cm in size (including the margins) in either landscape or portrait.
An initial review will be taken place based on the artwork’s image submitted to the congress and eventually selected artworks will be notified to have the original document presented for the final review and exhibition.
A JPEG image of maximum 10 MB in a good quality must be submitted from the artwork.
After the secretariat’s request, the original work must be sent to the secretariat without the frame. Selected works will not be returned to the owner of the work. Other works which are chosen for exhibition will be returned after exhibiting.
Folded or framed artworks are not acceptable.
Secretariat of the Congress will not be responsible about the safety of posted items.
Priority will be given to the artworks with handmade paper, illumination, segmentation, mount and maximum two years of production date.
In case needed, online validation workshops will be organized for selected artworks during the congress and failing to attend implies cancelation of your registration.

Key dates

Submission start date

Eid Mabas 11-March-2021

Submission deadline (Extended)
Eid Milad un Nabi 17 Rabi` al-Awwal 1443, 24 Octobre 2021

Closing ceremony
Eid Mabas 11-March-2022

Awards

Valuable awards will be given to three national and international selected artworks in each of the Nastaliq, Broken-Nastaliq, Naskh or Sols methods.

International section awards

1^st rank in each method will be awarded US$1000, valuable local handicrafts, congress special statue, honorary diploma and selected artworks’ booklet.

2^nd rank in each method will be awarded US$700, valuable local handicrafts, honorary diploma and selected artworks’ booklet.

3^rd rank in each method will be awarded US$500, valuable local handicrafts, honorary diploma and selected artworks’ booklet.

Grand prize of visual art section

Best selected artwork among the visual art sections will be awarded US$5000, congress special medal, valuable local handicrafts, congress special statue, honorary diploma and selected artworks’ booklet.

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Key dates

Submission start date

Eid Mabas 11-March-2021

Submission deadline (Extended)

Eid Milad un Nabi

17 Rabi` al-Awwal 1443, 24 October 2021

Closing ceremony
Eid Mabas 1-March-2022

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