BIC launches 2021 BIC Art Master

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>…&period;&period;Continent-wide search for the best pen artists in its fourth edition<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>BIC&comma; a world leader in Stationery&comma; Lighters and Shavers&comma; announced the launch of its continent wide Art competition&period; The Stationery giant is searching for talented ball pen artists to submit their exceptional artwork for an opportunity to be named the Art Master of Middle East and Africa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The BIC Art Master competition was first held in South Africa in 2017 and&comma; following its success&comma; it grew to include all of Africa in 2019&period; In 2021&comma; the competition is expanding further to include the Middle East region&period; The region is packed with immensely talented people and in its 4th year&comma; the BIC Art Master contest plans to recognize and celebrate these artists&period; Using only BIC ballpoint pens&comma; entrants have the freedom to express their creativity while playing on this year’s theme&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Enchant Everyday Life”&period; Artists can submit a maximum of three original and authentic artworks of what inspires and brings them joy on www&period;bicartmaster&period;com before the 31st of May 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With our diverse Nigerian culture&comma; we are excited to be launching this year’s edition of the BIC Art Master Competition that acts as a platform to recognize and showcase African talents&period; The competition was a great success last year and we are already very impressed with the submissions that we’ve seen in the first couple of days since launch&period;” said Guillaume Grouès&comma; Deputy General Manager Lucky Stationary Nigeria Ltd and Senior Sales Manager West &amp&semi; Central Africa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges that include a mix of artists&comma; sculptures&comma; art professors and art collectors&period; The grand prize for the competition is &dollar;2&comma;000&comma; a personalized online gallery and an opportunity to be featured as part of the BIC Art Collection&period; The 2nd prize winner will walk away with a &dollar;1&comma;000 cash prize&comma; and the 2nd runner-up will win a &dollar;500 cash prize&period; This contest is open for Africa and Middle East residents only&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>BIC&&num;8217&semi;s connection to art spans more than 60 years&period; The brand regularly celebrates the creativity and originality of artists who find great inspiration in creating masterpieces using BIC&&num;8217&semi;s Stationery&comma; Lighters&comma; and Shavers products&period; BIC’s Art Collection includes over 250 works of art by 80 international artists&period; In addition&comma; BIC has a number of established partnerships with art institutes around the world and has its products displayed in a number of renowned museums around the world&period; The judging partners include&comma; Geoffrey Bich&comma; Enam Bosokah&comma; Aboudouh Akinde Fatiou&comma; Valérie Manouvrier&comma; Hervé Mikaeloff and Ennock Mlangeni&period; Link to judges profiles&colon; BIC Art Master<&sol;p>&NewLine;