In November 2006, The First“East+West”International College Students Poster Biennial(EWPB) was successfully held in Wuhan by Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, which is one of the eight art academies in China and the only one of its kind in central China with a history of eighty-eight years. In the six-month calling for entries, a total sum of 2 615 pieces/series of poster works by college students were received, and among them 2 595 pieces/series were qualified as pre-selected works. The participating students represented over 300 colleges of art and design from China (including its Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao), Japan, Australia, South Korea, and the United States.

Aiming at blending traditional eastern culture and modern western culture into design, and further developing art and design education in China, The 2nd “East-West” International College Students Poster Biennial is to be held both in Wuhan and Beijing in 2008, with Kumnam Baik (South Korea), Tony Meeuwissen (U.K.) , Fang Chen (China), Philippe Apeloig (France) ,Phil Risbeck (U.S.), among others, being its judges.

RGANIZATIONS
Sponsor: Hubei Institute of Fine Arts
Organizers: Department of Design of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts
DajiaDesignCenter of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts
In association with: Graphic Design Committee of Hubei Artists Association
The PennsylvaniaAcademy of the Fine Arts (U.S. A)
California Institute of the Arts (U.S. A )
ColoradoStateUniversity (U.S. A)
UniversitatDusseldorfInstitute of the Arts (Germany)
Aichi Prefectural University of Arts (Japan)
HongikUniversity (South Korea)
SungkyunkwanUniversity (South Korea)
ChinaCentralAcademy of Fine Arts
Academy of Arts & Design of TsinghuaUniversity
ChinaAcademy of Art
GuangzhouAcademy of Fine Arts
Xi’anAcademy of Fine Arts
Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
LuxunAcademy of Fine Arts
TianjinAcademy of Fine Arts
FineArtsCollege of ShanghaiUniversity
ShandongUniversity of Art and Design
BeijingForestryUniversity
BeijingChinaUniversityof Geosciences
The ArtDesignSchool of HubeiUniversity of Technology
College of Art and Design of WuhanUniversity of Technology
College of Fine Arts of South-Central University forNationalities
Wuhan Institute of Technology
College of Arts of HuanggangNormalUniversity

Awards provider: Wacom
Media Supporters: Designonline (www.dolcn.com), Package & Design, New Graphic, Design 360°, Journal of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Changjiang Daily, Wuhan Evening, Wuhan Morning, New Life, Chutian Metropolis Daily, Big Wuhan, Changjiang Times, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts Semimonthly, Hubei TV Station, Wuhan TV Station.
Printing: Wuhan Reliance Printing Co., Ltd.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General consultant: YIN Dingbang
General curators: XU Yongmin, CHEN Mengxin
Consultants: LIU Gang, GUAN Hanmeng, ZHOU Xianglin, LU Bing
Chairman: FAN Hancheng
Vice-chairpersons: WANG Xinyao, FENG Xuewei, XU Kaiqiang, XU Fen, LI Hanping, LI Guoqing, WANG Shanglin, ZHOU Yitao, DUAN Linjie, HUANG Xiaoping
Secretary-general: WU Ping
Deputy secretary-general: TU Zhichu
Members: FANG Su, WANG Linyi, WANG Shaoqiang, LIU Yuan, ZHU Jingbo, ZHANG Guangping, ZHANG Yunmei, LI Dawei, LI Xianxue, DU Chenzi, SU Shan, CHEN Rihong, CHEN Yapeng, CHEN Baohong, ZHOU Sihao, ZHOU Yimin, ZHOU Jiefeng, HU Xinqiao, HU Yan, ZHAO Yongzhi, SAN Jianxin, YUAN Xiaoshan, GUO Zhaoming, GUO Lan, CAO Dan, SHEN Wei, HUANG Li, YAN Lin, DAI Meng,LIUnian,YANGweimin.

UDGING PANEL
Honorary Chairman:YIN Dingbang (Guangzhou)
Pre-selection judges: WANG Min (Beijing), HE Jie (Beijing), WU Yong (Beijing), MIAO Dengyu (Shandong), GUO Xianlu (Xi’an)
Final evaluation judges: Kumnam Baik (South Korea), Tony Meeuwissen (U.K.) , Fang Chen (China), Philippe Apeloig (France) ,Phil Risbeck (U.S.)

EVENTS
“East+West” InternationalCollege Students Poster Biennial Exhibiton;
“East+West” International Design Masters Forum;
“East+West” Invitational Exhibition of Posters by Young Designers; and
“East+West” InternationalCollege Students Workshop

ROCEDURE
AprilThe calling for entries begins.
July 15 The calling for entries ends.
Mid-July The organizing committee qualifies the eligible works.
August Pre-selection of eligible works.
SeptemberAnnouncing pre-selected works.
October Final evaluation and announcement of awarded works.
NovemberAwarding ceremony and exhibition.

ENTRY
ENTRY CATEGORIES:
Theme poster
Cultural poster
Public-interest poster
Commercial poster

THEME FOR ENTRY WORKS:
A. Thematic poster
Theme: global warming
B. Non-thematic poster

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to both domestic and overseas college students majoring in design, including undergraduates and graduates, among other types of college students.

AWARDS:
“East+West”Grand Prix1
RMB¥10,000, a Wacom Intuos 3 (12*19), and a certificate
“East+West”Gold Prize 1
RMB¥5,000, a Wacom Intuos 3 (9*12), and a certificate
“East+West” Silver Prize3
RMB¥3,000 for each winner, plus a Wacom Bamboo FUN650, and a certificate
“East+West”Bronze Prize6
RMB¥1,000 for each winner, a Wacom Bamboo FUN450, and a certificate
“East+West”Excellent Work Prize50
a prize-winning certificate
Selected Work Prize200
a certificate for selected work

ELIGIBLE WORKS：
Entry works should be printed on A4 paper or in the size of 11×8.5 inches (mounting not required), plus the electric document form, available for website and printing with a size of 50cm×70cm, and in the type of JPEP or TIF image, no less than 300dpi.

ENTRY FEE:
1. For domestic participants, RMB¥30 for each entry work, RMB¥50 for serial works (a series shall be no more than four pieces); for overseas participants and those not from the mainland of China, US$20 for each entry work, US$30 for serial works (a series shall be no more than four pieces).
2. The entry fee should be sent through the post office to the following address:
Mr. DU Chenzi
The Second “East-West” InternationalCollege Students Poster Biennial Organizing Committee
Department of Design
Hubei Institute of Fine Arts
374 Zhongshan Road, Wuchang, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, P. R. China
3. The entry fee is due to July 15, 2008. If not received by then, the corresponding works will not be judged.
4. The entry fee is not refundable.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRY WORKS AND CORRESPONDING ENTRY FEE: July 15, 2008

COPYRIGHTS：
1. Entries should be creations or pieces by the entrants.
2. The organizing committee should disqualify the entrant if there were any intellectual property or copyrights problems or conflicts about the entry work.
3. The sponsor and the organizing committee retain the rights to exhibition, publishing and collection of the prize winning works and selected works.

MAIL ADDRESS FOR ENTRY WORKS：
Organizing Committee
“East+West”International College Students Poster Biennial
Department of Design
Hubei Institute of Fine Arts
374 Zhongshan Road, Wuchang, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, P. R. China

For further information or if you have any questions, please contact us at or read at:
Tel/Fax: 86-27-6889 5211E-mail: design@ewpb.net
Website: www.ewpb.net or www.hifa.edu.cn