XVI. Bienále ilustrácií Bratislava BIB '97 (Bratislava, 1997)

BIB’97 TIME SCHEDULE June 15, 1997 - application deadline July 15, 1997 - deadline for sending Phone: ++421/7/5331314 in the illustrations Secretariat of the director September I - 4, 1997 - session of the BIB’97 Phone/Fax: ++421/7/5334986 International Jury Contact: International Cabinet of Arts for Children September 5, 1997 - 9.00 - session of the BIB'97 BIB Secretariat International Committee Phone/Fax: ++421/7/5333550 September 5, 1997 - 11.30 - international press conference September 5, 1997 - 17.00 - BIB’97 festive opening BAB Secretariat September 5, 1997 - 20.00 - reception Phone/Fax: ++421/7/5334986 September 6, 1997 - 9.00 - 18.00 - symposium September 7, 1997 - 8.00 - 11.00 - symposium September 8 - 13, 1997 - BIB - UNESCO seminar - Workshop October 31, 1997 - BIB’97 closing November 1997 - January 1998 - returning of the originals BIENNALE OF ILLUSTRATIONS BRATISLAVA 1997 / SLOVAKIA Dr. DUŠAN ROLL / BIB GENERAL COMMISSIONER ACCEPT OUR INVITATION FOR THE BIB’97. The sixteenth Biennale of Illustrations Bratislava - BIB’97, ^ is 30th anniversary of the Biennale at the same time - the first one ® took place in 1967. During 30 years of organizing the international exhibition of children book illustration from all over the world in Bratislava in Slovak Republic, we have succeeded - in cooperation with UNESCO and associated international non-governmental organizations, especially International Board on Books for Young People - IBBY - to build up an international event, which has no analogy in the world. More than 3. 000 illustrators from 85 countries of all continents presented more than 3. 000 illustration originals at 15 Biennale exhibitions until present. These figures prove the fact that the existence of BIB is well-founded and the event has good perspectives in cooperation with organizers in all countries. BIB will continue into the next millenium in order to present the most beautiful children book illustrations. Besides presenting the top creative achievements of the illustrators with highly developed book culture, the Biennale in Bratislava provides an opportunity for the illustrators from third world countries to exhibit their works and thus present themselves to experts and publishers. The BIB - in accordance with UNESCO destinations - prepares every year of the Biennale a working seminar for illustrators from the third world, so that they can view hundreds of illustrations at the exhibition and learn a lot about the children book illustration creation and printing technologies at the working seminar, conducted by lecturers from the Academy of Fine Arts. At every Biennale, besides the competition works, also prizeholders of the most important awards for illustration creation are presented - the most recent prizeholders of H. Ch. Andersen Award and BIB Grand Prix. The BIB International Jury consists of experts nominated by several organizers and it decides upon BIB awards - Grand Prix, Golden Apples and Golden Plaques. Also this year’s Jury will send a signal into the world, into which direction does the international children book illustration develop. During the two months - September and October when the exhibition is installed in Bratislava, several international events take place. Most important of them are: session of the BIB International Committee, International symposium on book illustration for children and young people and a parallel event Biennale of Animation Bratislava - BAB, which presents the works by numerous illustrators in animated film. Despite all new media, the illustrated children book keeps its prominent position. It is unimagible that the childrens’ hands would once be without children book. Without underestimating the other media, it is only the children book that provides the child with sufficient fantasy, education and humanization. As I once declared as the president of IBBY, the children book is timeless. Address: BIBIANA - International House of Arts for Children Panská 41, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia

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