Dear colleagues at Open Glam
My name is Berta Corredor, and I am writing to you on behalf of Europeana,
European platform for cultural heritage. I hope this finds you well. We
would appreciate it if you could help us to disseminate this initiative: GIF
IT UP 2020 <https://gifitup.net/>.
This very special year, in which the Internet and social networks have been so
present, European platform Europeana <https://www.europeana.eu/en>, has
organized *GIF IT UP 2020 <https://gifitup.net/>, *an annual competition
that proposes creating animated images about *cultural heritage* and
sharing them online.
This year’s contest, which will be held *throughout October, *is going even
more global in its offer of inspiring and diverse content to reuse and
remix and get creative. Along with Europeaana’s regular partners, the Digital
Public Library of America
<https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.la%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa5529d171624193e9b408d869cd5a05%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637375677981020788&sdata=hKFGGSenuGA3r5ezrJ0F2%2BDZ3zXVgAF5pLyYQiZDvBI%3D&reserved=0>
(DPLA), New Zealand’s Digital NZ
<https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdigitalnz.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa5529d171624193e9b408d869cd5a05%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637375677981020788&sdata=70IZeTms5XXgXLtGB0q4CzPHxxLBvJNc1qhYU%2Bj4Lcw%3D&reserved=0>
and NationalLibrary of Australia’s Trove
<https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftrove.nla.gov.au%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa5529d171624193e9b408d869cd5a05%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637375677981030782&sdata=yv9pKE4zTIA1o0LpatGdUxMWZjJ68Sy9fOevpnAE9N0%3D&reserved=0>
, two new contentpartners have joined the fun – *Japan**Search*, which gives
access to digitised cultural heritage from Japan, and DAG Museums
<https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdagworld.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa5529d171624193e9b408d869cd5a05%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637375677981030782&sdata=C08RQCC7M4tuqYWAXqErRsaU62ePNQ3WzwWiK1ato9w%3D&reserved=0>
in Kolkata, India.
*HOW* *TO* *PARTICIPATE?* The competition is open to people of all ages,
professionals andamateurs alike. Choose among the millions of public domain
works from the partners, create your GIF
<https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgifitup.net%2Frules%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa5529d171624193e9b408d869cd5a05%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637375677981040771&sdata=VWCJk5X4fSE2BeS%2F5%2BvyGtJGj4CopT7AmofCVttI%2B%2BI%3D&reserved=0>
, and submit your entry
<https://eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgifitup.net%2Fsubmit-your-gif%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa5529d171624193e9b408d869cd5a05%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637375677981040771&sdata=v6bWJY8cZ2epC%2FGDtLHYLeth0CP7atLWt0wxy%2FpAtI0%3D&reserved=0>
!
*WHAT* *ARE* *THE* *PRIZES?* Prizes will be online art history courses from
*DailyArt* magazine and *Red Bubble* gift cards. There will be a special
category for the best GIF & runners-up, 1st time GIF makers, children &
teens (below 18) and a bonus category for GIPHY backdrops. Moreover, GIF IT
UP has its own GIPHY Channel <https://giphy.com/gifitup> that exposes the
participants’ creations to millions.
I attach the *press release* in *English *and *French, Spanish and Italian*
More info:
https://gifitup.net/
Hashtag #GIFITUP2020 <https://gifitup.net/#GIFITUP2020>
Please let me know if you need any further information.
Berta Corredor
+32 478093622