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Release July 2003

F.I.S.A.E. Fédération Internationale Des Sociétés D'amateurs D'ex-libris

International Competition For Computer-Generated Ex-libris

and also at this site you can find the Rules and application forms, in English, French and German:

International Competition For Computer-Generated Ex-libris

Release - February 2003

Requests should be addressed to:

Artur Mário da Mota Miranda

Ap. Linda-a-Velha, CP Linda-a-Velha, Portugal

Price: € 60,00 (European Union); € 65,00 (Other countries).

New Book on Bookplate Artists

Contemporary International Ex-Libris Artists, edited by Mr. Artur Mário da Mota Miranda, Vol. I, Braga, September, 2002

The volume in hard cover is a de luxe edition with excellent paper and graphic presentation in a limited edition of 300.

It includes articles on 16 bookplate Artists from 16 different countries; with excellent illustrations and several original ex libris tipped in.

Encyclopedia Bio-Bibliographical of the Art of Contemporary Ex-Libris, edited by A. Mário da Mota Miranda, Vol. XXX

Vol XXX which will be the last of the series, edited by Mr. Artur Mário da Mota Miranda, was released in February 2003.

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ADDRESS ALL MAIL TO:

JOSE MIGUEL VALDERRAMA ESPARZA

Ntra. Sra. de los Dolores, 13 - E-41006 SEVILLA

TLF./ FAX (00 34) 95 466 11 64 E.MAIL :

jmvesparza@hotmail.com

exlibris.aae@terra.es

Ex_tampa@hotmail.com

NEW WEBSITE:

ASOCIACIÓN ANDALUZA DE EXLIBRISTAS (A.A.E.)

The Society founded in March 1997 at the city of Seville (Spain) is an association dedicated to the ex libris, its history, its study, its creation and its collecting. At F.I.S.A.E.'s XXIX Congress which took place at Frederikshavn ( Denmark), on August 31st - September, 1st, 2002, the Society was admitted as a member. It has recently launched an excellent and attractive website which has also version in English.

Welcome to the Ex Libris Web community and congratulations to the Society's Committee and the Webmaster - Mr. Josep Manzano, from Barcelona.

«1st INTERNAZIONAL EX LIBRIS COMPETITION
TOWN OF BODIO LOMNAGO (VA)

The Town Council of Bodio Lomnago (VA), jointly with A.I.E. (Italian Ex
Libris Association) announce an international competition of Ex Libris on
the topic: waters, back to the sources of life.
The topic of the competition is ideally related to the origins of the town,
from thepile-dwellings to the life of the fishermen on the lake.

For more details please contact:

biblioteca@comune.bodio-lomnago.va.it

info@comune.bodio-lomnago.va.it

RULES FOR THE COMPETITION

The competition is open to all the artists. The participation is free of
charge. Each participant should provide a personal file including the
following information, needed for the editing of the catalogue:
First name, family name, date and site of birth
A short curriculum vitae including education, prizes of exhibition and main
works (maximum 150 words)

2) Each artist can participate with a maximum of five works, every one of
which should be presented in at least four signed copies. Tree of these
copies will be included in the files of the town library of Bodio Lomnago
and one in the files of the A.I.E.. They will be used for institutional aims
of the two authorities. Every artist should present at least one work done
in 2003, with the features depicted in the point 3) of the Rules.

3) The presented Ex Libris should:
   - deal with the topic of the competition,
   - not be larger than 13x10 cm in the engraved part and 20x15 cm on paper,
-      not present indications of other competitions and compulsorily bear the
writing Ex Libris
-      bear, on the back side, the family name, the first name and the address of
the artist, the date of execution of the work, the size of the engraved part
and the technique employed.
-      Every artist should present at least one work done in 2003, bearing the
writing EX LIBRIS BIBLIOTECA BODIO LOMNAGO 2003.
-      There is not a temporal limit for the date of execution of the works,
anyway the Ex Libris made before 2003, which are relayed to the topic of the
competition may be accepted also if they are named after a collector or they
bear only the writing Ex Libris.

4) Only works made with traditional techniques of the original graphic art
(calcography, xylography, lithography) are admitted to the competition.
Works made with other techniques may be quoted in the catalogue, after the
judgement of the jury, as “out of competition”, without being evaluated for
the results

5) The Ex Libris should be delivered by hand or by registered letter to the
following address: Biblioteca Comunale di Bodio Lomnago, piazza don Gandini,
21020 Bodio Lomnago (VA), by 12.00 A.M: of the 31st of May 2003.

6) The Town Council of establishes Bodio Lomnago establishes three prizes of
1000 € each to be assigned to the three best Ex Libris.
“Purchasing prizes” are also provided for works which bear the writing Ex
Libris, without the name of the owner (which could be inserted for the
buyer), with printing of 50 copies.

7) The presented works will be, after the judgement of the jury, will be
inserted in a catalogue and will be displayed in the exhibition room of the
Library of Bodio Lomnago during the months of September and October 2003.
During the opening ceremony of the exhibition, the winners will be
proclaimed and the prizes will be consigned

8) The jury will be composed of a representative of the Town Council (the
major or one of his delegates), two artists and two experienced collectors
of A.I.E.

9) The participation to the competition implies the full acceptance of these
rules.»

Release - October/December 2002

For details please see:The First International Ex-libris Competition - Ankara 2003

Hacettepe University and Ankara Exlibris Society are organizing an international ex-libris competition open to artists and designers from all countries, with the purpose of bringing together authentic ex-libris prints of the highest aesthetic, artistic and technical quality and created as marks of ownership for books, evaluating these works, encouraging the artists, and introducing the art of ex-libris to the general public.

Mostra di ex libris, "Praga, cuore d'Europa", 4/17 November 2002- Libreria Tikkun - via Montevideo 9 - Milano

Release - July 2002

I have been notified of a new Ex Libris Society founded and with activity in Spain - Asociación Andaluza de Exlibristas, at the city of Seville.

Release - April 2002

XXIX FISAE Congress
- P.O. Box 47 DK 9900 Frederikshavn
Ph. +45 9622 5625, Fx. +45 9843 9180
E-mail: mailto:klaus.roedel@get2net.dk

For more detailed information on this event which, we hope, will be another success, please visit the Congress' web page:

XXIX FISAE CONGRESS EX LIBRIS - 2002

FISAE's XXIX Congress

Frederikshavn, Denmark -
August 29th - September 1st, 2002

The XXIX International Ex Libris Congress of F.I.S.A.E.will be held in 2002 in Denmark, at Frederikshavn, in North Jutland. Most events will be hold at the Frederikshavn Museum of Art and Ex Libris Collection, whose Chairman is the well-known bookplate collector and editor Mr. Klaus Rodel.This event is being organized by the Danish ExLibris Association (DES) whose Chairman is Mr. Flemming Horsgard and the Frederikshavn Kunstmuseum.

A major ex-libris revival in Bulgaria

It is a real delight for ex-libris enthusiasts to see that interest in bookplates in Bulgaria, after having been dormant for many years (with the exception of a few artists), has suddenly burgeoned and is flowering.

As the old 'Exlibris Sektion Bulgaria', the new Association of Ex-libris Friends in Bulgaria (AEFB) has close links with the National Library of Saints Cyril and Method in Sofia. It integrates all earlier members of the Exlibris Sektion Bulgaria and keeps as its address the National Library, 88 Levski Boulevard, 1504 - Sofia (the name of the Street has been changed from the earlier one).

The AEFB, whose Secretary is Mr. Armand Basmadjian, seems to be shaping up as an ex-libris club with artists, researchers and collectors as members, mainly from Bulgaria but also from abroad, with a journal which will be bilingual Bulgarian / English.

The first issue of the journal should be available next month, and will contain a column by Prof. Dr. Axinia Dzurova (art critic), as well a presentation by Armand Basmadjian of the earliest Bulgarian bookplates. There will also be articles by other art critics and artists, and a presentation of important contemporary artists in Bulgaria, such as Peter Velikov, Robert Baramov, Dimo Kolibarov, Valeri Vasilev, Tzvetan Kazandjiev, Marin Gruev, Nikolay Yanakiev, Hristo Kerin and many others.

Also the older generation which have been created and set standards for ex-libris will be introduced in future issues. To launch the journal and arouse public interest in bookplates, there will be a 'national' exhibition of ex-libris only by Bulgarian artists in the Exhibition Hall of the Building of the Union of Bulgarian Artists in Sofia in May.

The second novelty is the creation of an International Exlibris Centre in Sofia, which is also based on membership and of which the AEFB is the first institutional member. Its Chairman is Mr. L. Nikolov, a well-known patron of the arts, artist and art collector, and the Deputy Chairman is Mr. Onnik Karanfiljan, a reputed graphic artist and author of ex-libris.

The IEC will have a different function than the AEFB, essentially linked to the organisation every two years, in Sofia, of an Ex-libris Biennial. The first such event organised by IEC, the Union of Bulgarian Artists and the National Library, will be opened on May 24th 2003 in the exhibition Hall of the National Library. Its international jury will meet in February 2003.

The rules for participation in the Biennial will be published in the AEFB Journal next month and will be sent to all FISAE member associations. The IEC address is International Exlibris Center, 1 Jerusalem str., 1784 - Sofia, Bulgaria, and the fax number is +359 2 975 33 72.

Readers who are used to e-mail communication will be pleased to know that the IEC has its own e-address: mailto:iecsofia@anons.bg, at which Mr Basmadjian of AEFB can also be reached and Mr. Karanfiljan's mail address is "Onnik Karanfiljan" mailto:onnik@btc.net. Both speak and write excellent English!

All our best wishes accompany both these new institutions and their directors!

Benoît Junod

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