Dear George, I am in Goa at present for a wedding and very busy. I am open to judgjing the competition along with Dom. A honor. If you find someone else, that is fine too. But I will have to do it online.
I will be in India till Oct 3. Then from Oct 6 - Jan 4, I will be in Japan doing a Japanese Woodblock Residency at Awajishima in Hyogo Prefecture, and later visiting museums. After that I will be back in NY for a few days before returning back to India till the end of Feb. So will write back in a few days. Let me think about designing a stamp. Its too hectice. One needs time for these things. But will certainly think about it. Someone should look at commemorative stamps and pay attention to sizes, etc. so artists understand process. Venanatius ________________ >Dear Dom and Venantius: > >Goa Sudharop would like to help move the Abbe Faria stamp movement forward in two ways: >1. We will forward the petition to increase the number of signatures. >2. We would like to donate a first prize of $150 to the best stamp submission made through the >Abbe Faria website by a child under 18 years old. We would propose the two of you be the judges, >say ending the competition on Dec 31, 2005? It would help Goan children learn about Abbe Faria. >This is our 'Year of the Child' and such a competition is in keeping with that theme. > >I know Dom has his stamp design on the website and perhaps Venantius can come up with one too? >The best submission from the competition for those under 18 years, including one from each of you >(three in total) can be submitted to the respective authorities in France, India, Portugal? I am >sure the three countries have their own stamp designers but would surely receive stamp >submissions. Perhaps other submissions on the website by those over 18 can be submitted to the >authorities but would be excluded from the $150 prize. > >What do you think? > >Regards, >George > >
