CALL FOR ARTISTS UNTIL DECEMBER 4th - 9th Arte Laguna Prize
6 money prizes | 5 art residencies | 4 exhibitions in galleries | 3 collaborations with firms
Artists can enter the contest until December 4th, 2014
by mail or directly on-line at http://artelagunaprize.com>>>
The artists can apply into 6 CATEGORIES:
Painting
Sculpture and Installations
Photographic Art
Video Art and Performance
Virtual and Digital Art
Land Art created with Thetis SpA
You can enter by submitting one or several works without any age, nationality or thematic restriction.
FINAL EXHIBITION – March 2015 – ARSENALE OF VENICE – 120 artworks
INTERNATIONAL JURY
Igor Zanti – Italy, Curator of the Contest
Claudio Bertorelli – Italy, environmental designer and director of Fabbri Foundation
Simone Frangi – Italy / France, Artistic Director of Viafarini DOCVA and Professor of Contemporary Art Theory at the Ecole Supérieure d’Art de Design de Grenoble-Valence
Franck Gautherot – France, Co-Director at Le Consortium, Contemporary Art Center in Dijon
Chus Martinez – Spain, Head of the Art Institute of the FHNW Academy of Arts and Design in Basel, Switzerland
Bartolomeo Pietromarchi – Italy, Director at Fondazione Antonio Ratti in Como
Domenico Quaranta – Italy, Critic and Curator
Veeranganakumari Solanki – India, Independent curator and Art writer
Philippe van Cauteren – Belgium, Artistic Director at S.M.A.K, Museum of Contemporary Art in Ghent
Jonathan Watkins – Great Britain, Director Ikon Gallery
Roberto Zancan – Italy, Head curator of Inside the Academy Program of the BE OPEN Foundation
ALL THE PRIZES
6 CASH PRIZES of 7,000 euro each for the winner of each category
5 ART RESIDENCIES
10 days at Artistic Serigraphy Fallani – Venice
1 month at Artistic Foundry Battaglia – Milan
1 month at Glass School Abate Zanetti – Venice
10 days at Art Stays Festival – Slovenia
1 month at Basu Foundation – Kolkata India
4 PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS IN GALLERY
Each one of the 4 galleries will select an artist to organize a personal exhibition including setting-up, opening, transportation charges, and dedicated catalogue published by ODE (On Demand Edition)
France: Galerie Charlot
Germany: Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister
Portugal: Galeria Fernando Santos
India: Galleria Exhibit 320
3 BUSINESS FOR ART for which artists can apply also without entering the Arte Laguna Prize by filling in the dedicated forms:
Pas de Rouge – Prize of di 10,000 euro
La Tordera, create the artistic label – Prize of di 5,000 euro
Riva 1920 – Creation of a design object or work
SPECIAL PRIZES
OPEN: Selection of one work from the sculpture and installation section for the outdoor international exhibition in Venice
ArtNova100: it’s of the most interesting realities of the Far East, dedicated to the discovery of young talented artists Exhibiton of the 10 finalist videos in Beijing in summer 2015.