Peace Month Poster Making Contest

The GenPeace Youth Network
in cooperation with the
Gaston Z. Ortigas Peace Institute
invites you to join the

"Kapayapaan, Iguhit Mo!" Poster Making Contest

The contest is open to students, out of school youth,
young adults and everyone in the 13-30 age bracket.

This is an art project different from the usual poster making contest. It uses pre-designed peace message templates in crafting the poster. The winning entries will serve as tools for info dissemination and will be reprinted for circulation. Deadline for submission of entries is on September 18, 2007.

Prizes are as follows:
First Place: Php 10,000, Second Place: Php 5,000 and Third Place: Php 3,000.

For details, visit: http://youthpeacenetwork.wordpress.com


MECHANICS: Generation Peace Art Project

1. Generation Peace Youth Network (GenPeace) is celebrating the peace month of September. The GenPeace Art Project is now accepting entries from the Philippines.

2. The competition is open to anyone under the 13-30 age bracket.

3. The entry must be a two-dimensional art form.

4. The entry must include the text of peace message integrated with visuals using creative interpretations of the artists. [For the peace messages, refer to the attached selection.]

5. Each piece can be no larger than 45x60 cm (but not smaller than 30x45 cm) and no more than 1 cm in depth.
6. Artwork is limited to the following media:

• Paintings: oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.
• Drawings: pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, markers
• Collage: must be two dimensional
• Prints: lithographs, silkscreen, block prints
• Mixed media: use of more than two mediums such as pencil, ink, etc.
• Computer generated art
• Photography

7. The criteria for judging are:

• Coherence of Peace Message and Visuals -40%
• Originality – 30%
• Creativity – 30%
8. The art entry together with a filled application form must be filled up and submitted to:

Generation Peace Secretariat
c/o GZO Peace Institute
2/F Hoffner Building, Social Development Complex
Ateneo De Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, 1108
www.youthpeacenetwork.wordpress.com
gzopeace@admu.edu.ph
Fax: (02) 4266064
Tel: (02) 4266122

9. Each entry must be an original in concept, design, and execution and should not violate any Philippine copyright laws.

10. The contest runs from September 01-21, 2007. The deadline for the submission of entries is on September 18.

11. Prizes for the winners are as follows:

• First Prize: Php 10,000
• Second Prize: Php 5,000
• Third Prize: Php 3,000

12. Winners will be notified by phone and email. The decision of the panel of judges is final and irrevocable.

13. All entries will be exhibited in GenPeace Activities for the month of September and will be reprinted for information dissemination. The art works will remain sole properties of their respective artists.


PEACE MESSAGES SELECTION

Choose one peace message to use in your poster design. (40% of the criteria for judging is based on the relevance of the poster design to the peace messages below.)

Message 1:
KAPAYAPAAN
Abot-kaya kung tayo ay kalahok!

- Tiyakin ang mga karapatang pantao ng bawat mamamayan.

- Pag-ibayuhin ang matapat na negosasyon o peace talks sa mga rebeldeng grupo tungo sa makatarungan kasunduan.

- Itaguyod ang mga panlipunang reporma upang matapos ang kahirapan.

- Baguhin ang pulitika tungo sa marangal na paglilingkod ng mga pinuno at aktibong pakikilahok ng mga mamamayan

- Ipalaganap ang kultura ng kapayapaan at pakikipagkapwa, lalo na sa ibang grupo, tribu, relihiyon, o paniniwala.

Message 2:
KARAPATAN MO BILANG MAMAMAYAN!

1. Karapatang hindi maaresto kung walang “warrant of arrest”, maliban na lang kung mahuli sa akto nang paggawa ng krimen.

2. Kung ikaw ay aarestuhin, may karapatan kang ipaalam sa kamag-anak, kaibigan, o kapitbahay na ikaw ay aarestuhin.

3. May karapatan kang tumawag o humingi ng abogado kung ikaw ay naaresto.

4. May karapatan kang hindi halughugin ang iyong bahay at kagamitan nang walang “search warrant”.

Message 3:
Build Peaceful Communities!!!

1. Support and participate in community dialogues.

2. Take part in establishing zones of peace or sanctuaries of peace.

3. Know the peace and human rights issues in your communities.

4. Respect and use community-based or indigenous means of resolving conflicts.

Message 4:
Promote a Culture of Peace for Children and the Youth!

1. Oppose all forms of violence against youth and children.

2. Condemn violations of human rights and advance structural justice.

3. Work actively against all forms of discrimination.

4. Adhere to non-violent approaches in resolving conflict.

5. Uphold the clamor for determining and shaping the youth’s own identity.