7th Arte Laguna 12.13 International Award
Automatic translateThe Organizing Committee of the Arte Laguna International Prize presented official information on the 7th festival, the final of which will be held in March 2013 at Arsenale, in Venice.
Total prize pool: 170,000 euros
Sections: painting, sculpture and installation, photo art, video art and performance, virtual art
Deadline for accepting applications for participation: November 8, 2012
Exhibition of 110 finalists: March 2013 - At the Venetian Arsenale
The seventh edition of the Venice Arte Laguna International Prize, awarded to artists regardless of age, gender or nationality. The terms of the competition include a collective exhibition of finalists in the Venice Arsenal, master-abroad programs in Artist in Residence, personal and collective exhibitions, participation in international festivals, publication in the official catalog and other awards:
5 cash prizes of 7,000 euros: for winners, one in each category.
4 Creative Visits: Technymon ARTresidency - to Mumbai or Chicago; Glass School Abate Zanetti - in Venice; Art Stays - in Slovenia; iaab - in Basel.
1 Business Award for Art: development of the art project of the winner in the category of Virtual Art in collaboration with FOPEgioelli.
2 Collective Exhibitions: Open, International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations in Venice; qualifying exhibition of young artists (under 25 years old) at the Romanian Cultural Institute in Venice.
21 Personal Exhibition in international Galleries:
The Arte Laguna Award provides artists with an opportunity to exhibit at international galleries, giving a start to their careers in the world of Contemporary Art. Each gallery will select one artist to organize his personal exhibition.
Prize curator: Igor Zanti - (Italy, art critic)
Jury:
- Umberto Angelini Italy, (Director of the Uovo Festival)
- Gabriella Belli (Italy, Director of the City Museum of Venice)
- Adam Budak (USA, Trustee of Washington’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden)
- Cecilia Frescini (China, independent trustee; founder and director of lab-Yit, the Italian Contemporary Art Platform in China)
- Mario Gerosa (Italy, AD Editor-in-Chief, curator of digital art)
- Kanchi Meta (Founder and Chief Curator of Chameleon Art Projects & India Editor for Flash Art)
- Sabine Schell (Switzerland, Director and Trustee of the Kunsthaus Basel)
- Felich Schober (Germany, independent curator)
- Claudia Zanfi (Italy, art historian and cultural manager)