Publié le 29-04-2018 à 11:23h
par Fernand Vogels
More Belgian Imports in Shrewsbury
During the cartoonfestival of Shrewsbury the 'cartoons from Belgium' exhibition curated by the ECC was exhibited. It got the name 'More Belgian Imports'.
It was a great pleasure to be with a part of the ECC-team and cartoonist Nikola IOA Hendrickx at the festival were we could meet with old friends as Ross Thomson and Roger Penwill. We also met great British and American cartoonists during that weekend.
On Friday was a drink in the main galery, folowed by a very interesting panel discussion with 5 cartoonists from the UK and the United States. On Saturday the cartoonists were visible in the whole city, they draw caricatures and did an amazing job by drawing on big boards. During the afternoon there were a lot of workshops for adults and childeren.
At 5 o'clock was the opening ceremony of the exhibitions of the Belgian cartoonists in the big Theater hall. An other part of the exhibtion was in a smaller gallery in town.
In the evening we had a diner with all cartoonists and organisers and did participate in the first 'air cartooning' competition.
On Sunday Maggy was our guide for a touristic visit of the fantastic flowertown Shrewsbury, home of Darwin.
Thanks to all for this great weekend!
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Publié le 28-04-2018 à 12:36h
par Fernand Vogels
Walk like an Egyptian ...
From the 15th of April till the 25th the 5th Cartoon Gathering Cairo Egypt took place.
Belgium was the special guest and for this raison the 'Cartoons from Belgium' exhibition, curated by the European Cartoon Center, had a prominent place at the central exhibition hall.
For the opening ceremony we travelled to Cairo with cartoonists Norbert Van Yperzeele, Tony Houbrechts and O-sekoer. And in one sentence I could say: what a great welcome by Fawzy, Ahmed and the whole team. There was time to discover the rich Egyptian heritage, contacts between international cartoonists and a lot of cartoon activities.
On Sunday we had the opening ceremony, in presence of a lot of press and the Minister of Culture. With dance and music. The works were very well displayed and with over 600 cartoons at the main exhibition hall, it is one of the biggest exhibitions I had seen so far. Perhaps there were too much cartoons, because it was very difficult to stay focused on the works.
The theme for this 5th gathering was 'Sports' and the main topic of the caricatures was the Primier League player of Liverpool: Salah Mohamed.
On Monday it was the Belgian day we gave a presentation about Belgian Cartoon History and there was a debat with a lot of great questions by the Egyptian audience.
Tuesday we, and all foreign cartoonists, were invited to the residence of the Belgian embassy in Cairo. Mr. Ludo Rochette and his lovely wife Solange were the perfect hosts, we could talk to the ambassador and her husband and representatives of France, Poland, Ireland, the European Commission, etc. ... a great opportunity to promote Belgian cartoon art. We like to say a special thanks to the embassy for their hospitality.
On Wednesday we had the Urkrain party with the opening ceremony of a personal show by Vladimir Kazanevsky with Egyptian cartoons - did you know that Vladimir his favourit Egyptian God is Bess. So we decided that from now on, Bess is the protector of all cartoonists. He gave also a great talk about the core elements of cartoons.
Before saying goodbye we had a great gathering between the cartoonists and held workshops.
It was great to be present at this gathering: well organised, warm and professional. Keep on the good work and hope to see you soon in Belgium.
Thanks also to the Ministry of Culture in Egypt and the Flemish department of Culture for the support.
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