The 2007 SAFE Student Illustration and Photography Competition

The 2007 SAFE Student Illustration and Photography Competition is now
open - we invite students from all over the world to enter!
Detailed information about the competition is available on our website

The competition is sponsored by SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone, a
non-profit organization dedicated to preserving ancient cultural
heritage worldwide by raising public awareness.

We call on students around the world interested in the arts to use
their imagination, creativity, talents and skills to create memorable
and powerful graphic images that can be used in our public awareness
campaigns.

Deadline for entries is Monday, April 2nd, 2007.

We will be selecting three winners; the first-prize winner will receive
an award of US$250.

Thank you for spreading the word about the competition. Please do not
hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Good luck!

SAFE Creative Team
SAFEcreative@savingantiquities.org

2007 Student Competition announced. Help spread the word!

" SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone  is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving cultural heritage worldwide. Our mission is to raise public awareness about the irreversible damage that results from looting, smuggling and trading illicit antiquities. We promote respect for the laws and treaties that enable nations to protect their cultural property and preserve humanity's most precious non-renewable resource: the intact evidence of our undiscovered past. By creating educational programs and media campaigns in partnership with academia and the communications, legal and law enforcement communities, SAFE encourages ethical behavior to stop the trade in illicit antiquities from destroying the history that belongs to us all. We offer concrete ways to invest in the shared stewardship of the world' cultural heritage.

We are a coalition of professionals from the communications and media industries working together with experts in the academic, museum and law enforcement communities. We do not represent or advocate for any particular profession, or academic discipline. We call for open discussions that examine practices and behavior that destroy cultural heritage. We have no "special interest" at stake except for the future of our past.

We are scholars, professionals, educators, students, and others from around the world, who share our mission and vision.

Since its inception, SAFE has attracted a community of dedicated members, volunteers and interns. In a short time, the organization has rapidly gained the approval and confidence of some of the world's top industry, academic, governmental and law enforcement experts.

While the impetus to found SAFE was the ransacking of the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad, our efforts are global. SAFE has no political affiliations."

(op. cit.: Ho, Cindy, in: IKA, Zeitschrift für Internationalen KulturAustausch, Ausgabe 65/66, August 2006, S. 32)