EUROPEAN ART CONTEST

“Where hope and peace meet”

Contest Terms and Conditions

By entering this contest, you hereby agree to the following terms and represent and warrant to EAC or “us” that all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate.

1. Organizer

The organizing association is FAFCE – Federation of Catholic Family Associations from Europe, which has 32 member associations from 20 countries and an organizing Board consisting of 5 professionals.

2. Prizes

500 Euro – for the winner of each of the five categories.
300 Euro – for the 2^nd Prize in each of the five categories.
200 Euro – for the 3^rd Prize in each of the five categories.

The jury reserves the right not to award a prize if it does not find any work of art worthy of the award.

3. Jury

The Jury is composed of 8 professionals with competence in all 5 categories of the Contest: 5 professionals for the first 4 categories and 3 professionals for Music.

Judging will be ‘blind’. Individual scores from judges will be averaged to produce a single score for each entry. No names or other indicators that could lead to the entrant will be shown during judging, and no names or other indicators are allowed on the Entry that could indicate who its author is.

4. Rules

We are seeking entries for the following 5 categories. All categories share the same theme of “Where Hope and Peace meet“

Painting	The maximum size of the artwork must be 100 x 100 cm. For spatial works, the maximum size is 100 x 100 x 20 cm.
Drawing – Graphic arts	The maximum size of the artwork must be 100 x 100 cm. For spatial works, the maximum size is 100 x 100 x 20 cm.
Sculpture – ceramic – stained glass	The maximum size of the artwork must be 100 x 100 x 100 cm.
Photography	The photo should be in tiff format, the quality allowed should be at least 2500 pixels, and the maximum size should be 25 MB
Classical Music	A piece of 5-10 minutes for piano, violin, viola and cello. PDF and audio asked (it can be a virtual recording from Sibelius, MuseScore, Dorico, Note Performer etc.).

Submissions may be created using any drawing tools or software. If you create your submission using traditional tools, please submit a digital scan of the artwork. Paper submissions will not be accepted. Artworks created with AI will not be accepted. Only artworks that have not been exhibited in any other public space or exhibition will be accepted.
Eligibility:
- Entry fee: 40 Euro for each artwork. The maximum number of artworks allowed for the Contest is 3.
- Age limit: minimum 18 years.
- Eligible artists are those who do not and will not violate any applicable law or regulation, or any agreement to which they are a party. Employees of FAFCE or its sponsors are not eligible to enter.

Copyrights

All the images/videos that you submit are images/videos of original artwork created by you or of artworks created by an artist who has authorized you to submit the images/videos on his/her behalf. Images/videos submitted by you do not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyright or other intellectual property rights of any person or entity. You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. Without limiting our rights, it is our policy to terminate all relations with any artist who infringes copyright upon our receipt of a notice of infringement from the copyright owner or the copyright owner’s legal counsel.

All submitted artworks must be available for sale.
There are no requirements regarding the language depicted in the works. However, all applications must be submitted in English.
By sending an application to this Contest, the Artist accepts these Rules.
Entries will not be made public until the results of the judging are announced.
Please submit your work in the category you believe is most appropriate. If submissions clearly do not match the requirements of the category, the contest organizers reserve the right to change the category of the entry in question.
The artworks submitted should be available for the Exhibition in Rome from 14^th of June until the end of June 2027. The organizers will take care of the artworks safely throughout the Exhibition, while the Artists oversee transport to the Exhibition and back to their location.
Submission material:
- Image/video files of your artwork in JPG, PDF, MPEG or AVI format
- Title, dimensions and medium of each piece
- Short description of your application

Selected Artists

If your artwork is selected it will be your exclusive responsibility to deliver the actual artwork to the gallery and to make sure it is framed and/or gallery wrapped and ready to be displayed. You agree that you will follow all EAC’s procedures for promotion and exhibitions and that EAC’s organizers have the exclusive right to revoke your participation if those instructions are not followed. If you’re not able to have the artwork shipped to the gallery, EAC’s organizers will provide a monitor to display your artwork in the exhibition at no additional cost. Monitors will be provided to the first 3 selected artists who request them.

Artwork sales

The exhibition organizers apply a 20/80 commission structure: the artist receives 80% of the list/retail price, and the exhibition organizers receive 20% of the list/retail price.

Usage of Images

Organizers will have the right to publish images of your artwork selected by the Jury members on the Contest website and other advertising channels to promote future competitions and your artwork.

Retention of Images

By uploading your artwork, you authorize Organizers to retain the images of such uploaded artwork in our system until the conclusion of the contest. You further authorize the Organizers to retain such images following the conclusion of the contest. At any time after the conclusion of the contest, you may send us an email requesting that we delete such images. We will confirm the receipt of the email, and your images will be deleted within 10 business days after your receipt of our confirmation.

Changes in Schedule

EAC Organizers reserve the right to change contest deadlines, Exhibition location and dates due to circumstances beyond their reasonable control.

Limitation of Liability

In the event that you bring a lawsuit or assert in any forum any claim whatsoever against EAC’s organizers, their agents, employees or representatives in connection with and/or arising from any claims that are in any way related to your participation in the contest and/or our relationship with you in any manner whatsoever, the maximum amount of damages to which you shall be entitled on all of your claims in the aggregate shall be the greater of (a) the insurance proceeds received by either you or EAC in connection with your claim or (b) in the event that your insurance claim is denied for any reason whatsoever and/or is not covered by the insurance policy.

In the event that you commence a lawsuit or other legal proceeding against EAC’s organizers, owners, employees, agents, representatives or affiliates in connection with and/or arising from any claim whatsoever relating to the contest and/or our relationship with you in any manner whatsoever; a) you hereby unconditionally consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state of Belgium, b) Belgian law shall apply for the adjudication of any such claim and c) EAC shall be entitled to recover from you all of its costs and expenses relating to any such proceeding including, without limitation, its attorneys’ fees.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold EAC’s organizers, its owners, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, representatives and employees harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, relating to any claim made by any third party due to or arising out of your violation of any of the foregoing terms and conditions and/or any breach of your covenants, representations, and warranties set forth above.

Please apply after reading and understanding the entry instructions.

5. Awards Ceremony

The Awards Ceremony will be in Rome (exact location will be announced later) where all the winners from each category will be invited and the winners in the music category will have their pieces played in Rome, during the Awards Ceremony and Opening Exhibition.

The Exhibition will display the top 3 artworks from each category. There will be honorary mentions that will be announced and displayed at the Exhibition, depending on the number of available spots.

The Awards Ceremony will launch the Exhibition with the participation of the winners of each category, jury members, organizing Board, representatives from the Organizers (FAFCE) and guests including MEPs.

The transport and accommodation costs for all the winners will be covered by the organizers up to a fixed amount for each winner. Please note that selected artists for the collective exhibition award are responsible for the arrangements and costs connected to shipping to and from the gallery, and for ensuring each artwork while in transit.

The transport and accommodation for the Jury members will be covered by the organizers up to a fixed amount for each person.