12th ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE IS OPEN FOR ENTRIES

Open call for Photographers: Apply now to the 12th Arte Laguna Prize!

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The Arte Laguna Prize is currently accepting entries from photographers from all over the world through November 16, 2017.

The 25 finalist photographs will be exhibited in March 2018 in the prestigious venue of the Venice Arsenale, a landmark for the contemporary art world. They will be selected by an international jury including:

-Domenico De Chirico (Italy, Independent Curator)
-Caroline Corbetta (Italy, Independent Curator)
-Denis Curti (Italy, Artistic Director of Casa dei Tre Oci in Venice)
-Nicolangelo Gelormini (Italy, Film Director)
-Emanuele Montibeller (Italy, Artistic Director of Arte Sella in Trentino)
-Simone Pallotta (Italy, Curator of public and urban art)
-Nadim Samman (Great Britain, Curator and Art Historian)
-Manuel Segade (Spain, Director of Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo in Madrid)
-Ekaterina Shcherbakova (Russia, Independent Curator and Art Critic)
-Eva Wittocx (Belgium, Senior Curator at M-Museum in Lovanio)

Among the finalists the best photo will be awarded with a cash prize of € 7,000, the work will remain the property of the artist.

All the photographers entering the competition are also eligible for the following prizes in collaboration with international partners:

3 Personal Gallery Exhibitions
-Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg Germany
-Galeria Fernando Santos, Porto Portugal
-Chelouche Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Israel

11 Art Residencies worldwide
-San Francisco Art Residency, San Francisco USA
-The Art Department - Casa dell’Arte International Artists' Residency, Bodrum Turkey
-GLO'ART, Lanaken Belgium
-Espronceda, Barcelona Spain
-Basu Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata India
-Artistic Serigraphy Fallani, Venice Italy
-Farm Cultural Park, Favara Italy
-Arte Sella, Trentino Italy
-The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai China
-Maradiva Cultural Residency, Flic-en-Flac Mauritius
-Murano Art Glass Residency, Murano Venice, Italy

3 Collaborations with companies
-Zanetto Craftsmanship, Padua Italy: Prize of 2,000 Euro for the winning product design for a vase which will contain at least one noble metal sheet, and realization of the project.
-Biafarin, Canada: 12 Gold Membership Packages for 12 artists, 12 Biafarin Blue Membership Packages. Prize of US$ 4,000 to 4 selected artists (Each US$ 1,000)
-Artmajeur, France: Promotion of 1 artist through the platform and the services of the portal artmajeur.com For the finalist artists: a free Platinum account, for 1 year

Special Prize Sustainability and Art
ARS (Art Reuse Sustainability) of glass
Prize of 3,000 Euro for the winning project that enhances glass as part of the RRR strategies (Reuse, Recycle, Reduce)

Prizes:

-FINAL EXHIBITION IN THE ARSENALE OF VENICE
The 25 finalist photographs will be exhibited in March 2018 in the prestigious venue of the Venice Arsenale, a landmark for the contemporary art world.

-CASH PRIZE
Among the finalists the best photo will be awarded with a cash prize of € 7,000, the work will remain the property of the artist.

3 Personal Gallery Exhibitions
-Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg Germany
-Galeria Fernando Santos, Porto Portugal
-Chelouche Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Israel

11 Art Residencies worldwide
-San Francisco Art Residency, San Francisco USA
-The Art Department - Casa dell’Arte International Artists' Residency, Bodrum Turkey
-GLO'ART, Lanaken Belgium
-Espronceda, Barcelona Spain
-Basu Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata India
-Artistic Serigraphy Fallani, Venice Italy
-Farm Cultural Park, Favara Italy
-Arte Sella, Trentino Italy
-The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai China
-Maradiva Cultural Residency, Flic-en-Flac Mauritius
-Murano Art Glass Residency, Murano Venice, Italy

3 Collaborations with companies
-Zanetto Craftsmanship, Padua Italy: Prize of 2,000 Euro for the winning product design for a vase which will contain at least one noble metal sheet, and realization of the project.
-Biafarin, Canada: 12 Gold Membership Packages for 12 artists, 12 Biafarin Blue Membership Packages. Prize of US$ 4,000 to 4 selected artists (Each US$ 1,000)
-Artmajeur, France: Promotion of 1 artist through the platform and the services of the portal artmajeur.com For the finalist artists: a free Platinum account, for 1 year

Special Prize Sustainability and Art
ARS (Art Reuse Sustainability) of glass
Prize of 3,000 Euro for the winning project that enhances glass as part of the RRR strategies (Reuse, Recycle, Reduce)

Eligibility:

open to all

Copyrights & Usage Rights:

Each artist has the rights to the images and to the submitted works but gives to the Cultural Association MoCA, without any compensation, the rights of reproduction, exhibition, publication, translation and communication to the public, in any manner and without exception, for their works and for the texts participating in the selection. The Cultural Association MoCA while fully respecting the moral rights of the author, will exercise these rights for all institutional activities of communication concerning the competition. The works will remain the property of artists.

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