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Organizers plan to liven up Fajr intl. art festival

TEHRAN,Aug.18(MNA) -- The organizers of the 6th Fajr International Festival of Visual Arts plan to invite a number of foreign artists in order to liven up the upcoming edition of the event, which will take place in Tehran in February. “A number of prominent foreign artists will be invited to join the Iranian members of the juries to judge the entries in the categories of cartoon, graphic design, illustration and photography,” festival secretary Abbas Mirhashemi said in a press conference on Saturday. He mentioned that the decision to invite the artists was made to liven up the international section of the festival. In addition, the organizers have called on a large number of international artists to send their submissions to the festival. The artists can send their works through the festival website in the following address www.ivafestival.ir . The deadline for applications is December 20, 2013. The festival is one of the Fajr series of events that are usually organized in February of every year in Tehran to celebrate the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution. The Iran Music Association announced last week that it plans to revamp the Fajr International Music Festival by inviting a number of prominent foreign music bands.

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