ChotaMota Art Program – 35 (AP-35) will remain open for 16 days – from 12th to 27th September, 2026. Anybody, from anywhere, in the age group of 15 to 27, can take part!

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Opens on:     Saturday 12th September, 2026 

Closes on:     Sunday 27th September, 2026

Results on:    Sunday 8th November , 2026 

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There is no entry fee.

The Foundation does not stake any copyright claim on the items of artwork entered in the art programs.

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Chotamota Foundation nurtures “Creativity” in the first place. Hence, Artificial Intelligence (AI) assisted artworks are not

welcome in our art programs. We reserve the right to cross check the submitted artworks for use of AI. In case of non-compliance, the concerned participants will be disqualified from participation in our future art programs.​​

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​Awards

Select entries to the art program shall be accorded financial awards and will be put on display on this website. 

Award category                                                   Amount (Rs.)

Trailblazer                                                                  7000

Dreamspinner                                                           5000

Mastercrafter                                                            3000

Budding Weaver                                                       1000

(only for age-group 15-17 yrs. and first timers)   

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Only one award will be conferred to a participant for the best among the jury-recommended art works submitted in an art category.

 

For the FIRST-TIMERS:

A first-time participant in an art category may get a Budding Weaver award, if none of his / her entries qualifies for a higher award  and one of them meets the minimum standard set for an award.

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For other participants in Photography and Cartoon and Caricature : 

The participants awarded at least twice in the past will be considered only for Dreamspinner and Trailblazer awards.

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​CMF art programs are NOT competitions. The entries are therefore not ranked as first, second, etc. Instead, a three member jury is appointed to evaluate each art work independently on its own merit. Based on the jury’s evaluation, each of the select entries is graded in one of the above four award-categories.

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Specifics

​AP-35 includes three Art categories:

   Photography

   Cartoon & Caricature

    Animation

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You may participate in all the three art categories. You may send a maximum of two entries in a particular art category.

 

​​​​CATCHPHRASES for Photography and Cartoon & Caricature

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You are free to choose any of the listed Catchphrases for Photography and Cartoon & Caricature. Catchphrases are not to be interpreted literally. Be as creative as possible in your interpretation and application. Give vent to your ideas freely… and shape your creation taking cue from the catchphrases. 

There is no Catchphrase for Animation.

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More about catchphrases ….

For Both Photography and Cartoon & Caricature, you may send at most one entry on a theme of your choice. The other entry must be using a Catchphrase. You may as well use two different Catchphrases or the same Catchphrase for the two entries in the same Art category or for different Art categories.

Catchphrases are not topic or theme; they are just to stimulate the thinker in you.

Do keep in mind that there is no Catchphrase for Animation.

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Photography

Pick the Catchphrases and/ or a theme of your choice and get the image with your phone or camera.

• Capture the magic in the world as it is OR create a vision with your own photographs on your laptop.

• Make sure that the submitted image be 1024 x 768 pixels (longer side), with resolution 72 dpi saved as jpeg.

• The image should be converted to a RGB color space and must not exceed 1 MB.

• Photographs with borders, watermarks, frames, or name/signatures will not be accepted.

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Cartoon & Caricature

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Pick the Catchphrases and/ or a theme of your own choice and give shape to your thoughts!

Submit a jpeg version of your creation. Do not send the original artwork now.  But it must be kept ready for submission when required.

For lesser-known subjects, the participants should also send a good photograph of the subject along with the entry proper for reference after converting to jpeg version.

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​Animation​

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There is no Catchphrase for Animation. Send the file in MP4 format  The length of the movie must not exceed 5 minutes.

 The size should be within 10MB.

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 Accompany your entry with a short (within 50 words) write up about it.

 The write up is to contain the following:

1. What prompted you to do it 

2.  For both Photography and Cartoon & Caricature mention technical details of your Artwork: e.g.  medium (oil, acrylic, digital, mixed etc.)  size (not applicable for digital work). 

3. For Animation, mention the device used and don't forget to give credits to your team members(if there are any)

 

 

 WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU TO DO?

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• Question the commonplace and express your ideas in any of the above three categories.

• You may participate in all the three art categories. You may send maximum two entries for any of the art categories. For an art category, all your entries will stands disqualified if you send more than two entries.

• Don’t repeat entries if you had already sent them to ChotaMota; the entries will then be disqualified.

• Send only those creations completed within last six months.

• Make sure what you submit is a composition of your own creation, and speaks truly to you.

• Feel free to borrow ideas from others and acknowledge, but don’t reproduce others’ work in entirety. You will be disqualified if you are found to do so.

• For both Photography and Cartoon & Caricature, keep the raw file ready so that you may send it if you are asked.

 

HOW CAN YOU SUBMIT YOUR ARTWORK?

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• For Photography and Cartoon & Caricature if the entry you would like to submit is originally developed on an electronic medium, please convert it into a JPEG Otherwise, if the original is on a physical medium (like paper and canvas), first scan it or photograph it and then convert the photo or the scanned copy into a JPEG file and send us.

• For Animation, send the MP4 file to us.

 

 

​You may contact here:

The ChotaMota Foundation
3/6/1 S.M Ali Road,
Barrackpore – 700120
West Bengal, India.

Mobile and WhatsApp:   (+91) 98365 68902