Dec 10, 2010
50 € for one work; 90 € for two
5th Annual Art Prize!
Eligible media
The Prize is open to all artists, without any limits of age, sex, nationality or other qualifications. Each artist can participate with one or two works, at one or more sections. Technical details:
Painting – works realized with technical and stylistic freedom (oil, tempera, acrylic, ink, vinyl, watercolor, graphite, pencil, collage, etc.) on whichever support (canvas, paper, wood, plastics, iron, etc.).
The max dimensions allowed per each work are 150x150 cm.
Sculpture and installation – whichever organic or inorganic material. In the works you can use sounds, lights, videos, mechanical or electrical movements. The max dimensions allowed per each works are: base 4 meter, depth 4 m, height 4 m, weight 150 kg.
The artist, in case of being selected as finalists for the collective exhibition, has to provide to the Organization all the necessary materials in order to exhibit the artwork and he should supervise the setting up.
Photographic Art - color and b/w analogical photos, color and b/w digital photos, color and b/w digital elaborations, works entirely created by computer. The max dimensions allowed per each works are 150x150 cm.
Video Art and animation - film, video and works with all the animation techniques on any digital and analog support. The works has to last as maximum 15 minutes, opening title and closing credits included. For the exhibition the artist has to send original works saved on DVD in high quality and in formats compatible with popular reading systems.
Performance - Each artist or group of artists can participate with one or more performances that can be performed using any technique, expressive form and with any support materials (video, music, etc.. to be provided and arranged by the artist in the case of being selected as finalist). Each performance has to last as maximum 10 minutes and to involve as maximum five artists.
Should be provided all copyright and SIAE rights.
Application
For directions on how to apply, please click here or see below. To view the application, please click here.
Prizes
INSTITUTIONAL PRIZES
PRIZE Painting: 5.000,00 euro*
PRIZE Sculpture: 5.000,00 euro*
PRIZE Photographic Art: 5.000,00 euro*
PRIZE Videoart: 5.000,00 euro*
PRIZE Performance: 5.000,00 euro*
* On each cash prize will be made a withholding tax of about 25%. Cash prizes will be given during the Awards Ceremony.
SPECIAL PRIZE BUSINESS FOR ART
Reserved for artists who candidate 2 works (no extra fee)
Special Prize "Reil" Art Residence in Bahia Brazil + photo / video
Residence period of 30 days (flight, accommodation and facilities for meals) including assistance and materials. For the artist the aim is to create an art project in one of the residential houses in Bahia.
Reserved for artists who participate with 2 works in the painting or sculpture section.
SPECIAL PRIZES "ARTIST IN RESIDENCE"
Special Prize "Art Stays" Art Residence in Slovenia + final exhibition
ART STAYS, International Festival of Contemporary Art and the main annual event of visual arts in Slovenia. It offers a residence of seven days (accommodation and meals included) and the curators assistance for the development of a project that will be presented in a personal exhibition during Festival.
Reserved for artists who candidate 2 works in the same section.
Special Prize “Claudio Buziol Foundation” Art Residence in Venice + final exhibition
3 months residency (accomadation included) with a studio and assistance. The aim is to develop the project proposed for the Prize. The sponsor of this Residency will be the owner of the realized work during this period.
Reserved for artists who candidate 2 works in the same section.
Special Prize "Carlo Zauli Museum” Art Residence in Faenza + final exhibition
1 month residency (accomadation and part of the expenses included) with assistance and materials. The artist will be involved full time in the museum activities with the aim to develop a personal project. The work will remain propriety of the artist.
Reserved for artists who participate with 2 works sculpture section.
SPECIAL PRIZES
Special Prize "Open"
Selection of 1 artist within the finalist ones in the sculpture section for participating in OPEN the 14th International Exhibition of Scupltures and Installations in outdoors in Venice during the Film Festival.
Special Prize "Tina B
Selection of a performance, the video will be presented in Prague, Vicenza, Gdańsk in the exhibition spaces of TINA B, The Prague Contemporary Art Festival 2011, will be part of Grenart and will be given a double page in the catalog.
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS PRIZES
Abnormals Gallery – Berlin
Anna Breda Arte Contemporanea - Padova
Anfiteatro Arte – Milan
Bugno Art Gallery - Venice
De Faveri Arte + Lab 610 XL – Feltre
Dora Diamanti artecontemporanea- Rome
EventiNove artecontemporanea – Turin and Borgomanero
Fabbrica Eos - Milan
For Gallery - Florence
Fu Xin Gallery - Shanghai
Fu Xin Gallery - Las Vegas
Fu Xin Gallery - New York
Galleria A+A - Venice
Galleria Bianca Maria Rizzi - Milan
Galleria Bianconi – Milan
Galleria d'Arte l'Occhio – Venice
Galleria DAC – Genova
Galleria Dell'Ombra - Brescia
Galleria Fiorella Pieri - Cesena
Galleria Gagliardi - San Giminiano
Galleria PrimoPiano - Naples
Koller Gallery - Budapest
Leo Galleries - Monza
MC2 Gallery – Milan
Mondo Bizzarro Gallery - Roma
Oltre Dimore – Bologna
Spazio Thetis - Venice
Studio Maffei - Milan
The Don Gallery - Milan
The Promenade Gallery - Vlore Albania
Yvonneartecontemporanea - Vicenza
Personal exhibitions will included setting up, opening and press releases that will be organized by each gallery. The winner artist should contact the gallery within 1 month from the Award Ceremony and the Vernissage of the main exhibition. Each gallery is responsible for the setting up and the organization of the exhibition. Each artist is responsible for covering transportation costs and of any insurances. The artworks will remain the propriety of the artists. Each gallery will agree with the artists the rate of the commission on the eventual selling price. Arte Laguna is only responsible for the dedicated section in the website of the Prize where will be published the winner works and some information about the personal exhibition.
PRESS AWARD
Honorable mention will be decided by a committee made up of leading names in the art press:
Daniele Capra - Exibart
Elisa Delle Noci – Artkey
Lorella Pagnucco Salvemini - Arte In
Cristiano Seganfreddo - Innovation Valley
Chiara Somajni – Il Sole 24 Ore
Gloria Vallese - Arte Mondadori
Maurizio Zuccari - Inside Art
All works the participated in the Arte Laguna Prize will be published on Facebook Fanpage.
Application fee
For the partial support of the organization expenses, the application fee is 50,00 euro for 1 work and 90,00 euro for 2 works proposed for the same section (see the art.6).
For the student under 25 and if they are attending in Art Schools, Fine Arts Academies and IED, the application fee is 45,00 euro for 1 work and 80,00 euro for 2 works (Certificate of enrollment and attendance is required). If the artists participate with 2 works in the Prize in whichever section they can also participate, without any additional charge, in the Special Prize "Reil" and in the “Special Prizes Artist in Residence” as written in the art.4. Artists must keep a copy of the payment. Application fees are no-refundable.
Conditions of participation
All the artists can apply for the Prize within:
16th November 2010: mail applications (it is considered the date on the postmark)
10th December 2010: on-line applications
All the artists can apply for the Prizes in these ways:
1) On-line: by filling in the form at:
after the payment of the application fee.
2) by mail: sending the application in an envelope or giving the application to:
ARTE LAGUNA - Via Roma, 29/A - 31021 Mogliano V.to (TV) - ITALY
with the following materials: - application form filled in (http://www.artelagunaprize.com/modulo.pdf), - a short biography, - a picture of each work (minimum size: 15x20 cm; maximum size: 20x30cm) written on the back the name, surname, country, title of the work, dimensions, technique, year, - copy of the payment of the application fee. The documentation and the photos won’t be given back.
All the artist can pay the application fee in these ways:
1. On-line with credit card: PAYPAL http://www.premioartelaguna.it/pagamento_online.php
(if the credit card in not registered with the artist’s name it is mandatory to write the name of the person who is named in the credit card in the application form)
2. by bank transfer addressed to Cultural Association MoCA, Preganziol (TV) Italy. Bank data: VENETO BANCA - IBAN: IT96D0541861800039570322845 - BIC: AMBPIT2M
with the reason of: “Iscrizione Concorso 2010, name, surname and telephone of the artist”
We don’t accept debit transfer of costs, if happens we will cancel your registration.
3. Personally in the Head office of the Prize: Arte Laguna – Via Roma 29/A - Mogliano V.to (TV) Tel. +39 041 5937242 from Monday to Friday during the following hours: 9.30am -12.30am e 2.30pm-6pm
4. WesternUnion: to Laura Gallon – Mogliano Veneto (TV) Italy – the transaction fees are up to the sender. It is mandatory to specify the transaction code in the application form. We don’t accept debit transfer of costs, if happens we will cancel your registration.
We can't accept check.
FOR COMPLETE DETAILS, PLEASE VISIT THE ARTE LAGUNA WEBSITE.
Thanks to Houston Arts Alliance for the original post in their Grantee Newsletter.
