Calling all artists: send in your artwork for EKKT’s Kalevipoeg Art Contest

VINCENT TEETSOV

Whether you’re a professional or you haven’t picked up a paintbrush in 40 years, EKKT (the Society of Estonian Artists in Toronto) is inviting you to submit your art for the 2021 Kalevipoeg Art Contest, with prizes and other exciting prospects in store for the winners of the competition. Here are a few things to keep in mind:

The artwork has to be made this year. It can be of any size or medium. It should be photographed or scanned and sent in JPG or PDF file formats to ekktartists@gmail.com. Your submission email should also include a short biography about you and a photograph of yourself. You can send as many submissions as you wish, but bear in mind that the deadline is midnight on June 24th.

Finally, the artwork needs to relate to Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald’s epic poem Kalevipoeg (“Kalev’s Son”). As EKKT’s board member Jaak Järve explains, this is a story for which “everybody has their own takeaway.”

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Jaak Järve’s painting of Kalevipoeg, 1992.