At the ChotaMota Foundation we have a new dream … a dream to create a beehive of dreams, creations and out-of-box thoughts, … dreams of presenting an abundance of free space to the budding talents in diverse fields of Art. Mostly unknown and unsung, they crave to see the magic in the world. We seek to provide such talents with access to the opportunities they lack through our art programs. Art Program 9 – 2019 is the ninth in the sequel.
Select entries to the art program shall be rewarded financially and will be put on display on this website. These may also be displayed in an exhibition at a major venue. The Foundation does not stake any copyright claim on the items of artwork entered in the art programs.
More About Ninth Art Program (AP- 9)
Who can take part?
Anybody, from anywhere, as long as you’re in the age group of 15 to 27, can take part!
And fees?
None.
AP-9 covers three art categories:
For convenience, we’d prefer the language to be English or Bengali.
What are you required to do?
- You may try your hand in all the three different Art Categories but not more than a maximum of three in any particular Art Category.
- You may get an award worth (INR 1000-5000) for your best artwork in an art category. Don’t repeat entries if you’ve already sent them to ChotaMota.
- Send those creations only completed within last one year.
- Make sure what you submit is a composition of your own creation, and speaks truly to you.
- Feel free to borrow ideas from others and acknowledge, but don’t reproduce others’ work in entirety.
- To submit each art work on-line, you will have to fill the form appearing after you click on the SUBMIT ARTWORK
CMF adopted a new format in the AP-6 and AP-7 introducing idea of Catchword . And this time intends to continue it with a slight variation only.
What is the variation?
- Introducing Catchphrase ( in place of Catchword)
- AP 9 will be of one month duration. There will be NO shorter time slots. Submit your entries at any time during one month duration.
- For an art category, at most one entry on theme of one’s own choice . . other two using the catchphrases
- Choose your catchphrase from the options given under the art category of your choice. Give vent to your ideas freely… and shape your creation.
- Catchphrases are not topic or theme; they are just to stimulate the thinker in you.
Catchphrses
| cartoon and caricature | painting |
| No war = Peace? | The MAGIC of diversity |
| If you can’t convince them, confuse them. | Sound of silence |
| Good artists copy, great artists steal. | Every step makes a footprint |
| পাঁচিল থেকে সাঁকো ভালো | কতই রঙ্গ দেখি দুনিয়ায় |
| মুন্ডূ গেলে খাবোটা কি? | স্বপ্ন দেখবো বলে আমি দুচোখ মেলেছি |
| creative writing – Bangla | creative writing – English |
| অর্ধ সত্য মিথ্যাতর | What if, money vanishes? |
| আয় বৃষ্টি ঝেঁপে | You can’t blame gravity for falling in love |
| চন্দ্রবিন্দুর “চ”, বেড়ালের তালব্য “শ”, আর চশমার “মা”, হয়ে গেলো “চশমা” | When will we ever learn |
Awards
Only one award will be conferred to a participant for the best among the art works submitted by her/ him in an art category. There are four kinds of awards:
Trailblazer INR 5,000
Dreamspinner, INR 4,000
Mastercrafter INR 2,500
and Budding Weaver INR 1,000 (only for the age-group 15 to 17)
CMF art programs are NOT competitions. The entries are therefore not ranked as first, second etc.. Instead, a three-member jury is appointed to evaluate each art work independently on its own merit. Based on the jury’s evaluation, each of the select entries is graded it in one of the above four award-categories.
Specifics:
We are accepting entries in the following art categories:
- Cartoon and caricature
- Creative Writing( Bangla and English)
- Painting
Cartoon and caricature
Pick the catchword or theme of your own choice and float your thoughts!
Send us a jpeg version of your creation, or the hard copy itself! Do not send the original artwork now. But it must be kept ready for submission when required.
Accompany your entry with a short (within 50 words) write up about it. Don’t forget to mention the medium chosen (including digital) and the size (not applicable for digital work) of your artwork, otherwise it won’t be accepted.
Creative writing
Pick the catchword of your choice. Express whatever way you wish to!
- a story of your own or a fairy tale or a folklore you like to retell in your own way, or
- a travelogue of a known or unknown place, or
- a dialogue/ monologue of characters – living or imaginary, or a sheer fantasy.
in prose or poetry and in not more than 500 words.
Just make a pdf version and send it to us. Don’t mention your name on it.
Painting
Pick the catchword or theme of your own choice and express in your own way!
Send us a jpeg version of your creation, or the hard copy itself! Do not send the original artwork now. But it must be kept ready for submission when required.
Accompany your entry with a short (within 50 words) write up about it. Don’t forget to mention the medium chosen (including digital) and the size (not applicable for digital work) of your artwork, otherwise it won’t be accepted.
Dates:
Start of program
Saturday, 19th October 2019
Last date for receiving entries
Monday, 18th November 2019
Announcement of selected entries
Tuesday, 31st December 2019
SUBMIT YOUR ARTWORK
On-line submission:
- For Painting and cartoon-caricature , if the entry you would like to submit is originally developed on an electronic medium, please convert it into a JPEG file before uploading. Otherwise, if the original is on a physical medium (like paper and canvass), first scan it or photograph it and then convert the photo or the scanned copy into a JPEG file-then upload.
- For Creative writing, upload the pdf version.
Submit Artwork
Submission by post or by hand:
If you intend to submit your entry by post or by hand, you should send your entry along with a duly filled-in registration form. Click here for registration form. . In case you are not able to get copy of the registration form, please contact us.
Send the Entries to the following address:
The ChotaMota Foundation
3/6/1 S.M Ali Road,
Barrackpore – 700120
West Bengal, India
Contact at 9836568902
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