ENG IRIS CERAMICA GROUP FOUNDATION has launched the first International Art Award dedicated to ceramic production. The purpose of the award is to highlight and recognize the merit of original creations, offering new generations of creative people in the fields of art and design an opportunity to promote their ideas, visions and designs. The award aims to recognize the constant contribution that contemporary art and design make to research, promoting the best voices on the current scene, identifying new directions and potential development paths. An opportunity for professionals with a declared interest in creative ceramics, to support them in their work and in the development of their projects. The contest is completely free to enter and registration is exclusively online. This year, the international award Art Award Iris Ceramica Group Foundation will reward: - one student under the age of 25, enrolled on a course run by an AFAM (Alta Formazione Artistica, Musicale e Coreutica) circuit establishment;
- one artist or designer, Italian or foreign, over 25.
PRIZES For the under-25s section, the Judging Panel will award the following prize: a) A prize of EUR 2,000 for the winning student. b) A prize of ceramic materials to the value of EUR 5,000 for the establishment at which the winning student is enrolled. c) Online sharing of the winning project(s) selected on all the Group’s media. d) Victory certificate(s). e) The best 10 projects / works will be selected by the Judging Panel and exhibited at the Iris Ceramica Group Gallery in Milan in October 2022, together with the winning creation, presented in its physical form for the first time. For the over-25s section, the Judging Panel will award the following prize: a) A prize of EUR 10,000 for the winner. The prize is intended to be a production/purchase award: the amount paid to the winner will in fact cover the costs of designing, producing and purchasing the work that will be placed in the Iris Ceramica Group Historical Museum collection. b) Online sharing of the winning project(s) selected on all the Group’s media. c) Victory certificate(s). d) The best 10 sketches will be selected by the Judging Panel and exhibited at the Iris Ceramica Group Gallery in Milan in October 2022, together with the winning creation, presented in its physical form for the first time.
JUDGING PANEL The Judging Panel, whose decision will be final and unappealable, will be appointed by the organizations and institutions promoting the contest, and consist of five members: 1. Antonia Iannone (gallery owner) 2. Pietro Cantore (gallery owner) 3. Tommaso Corvi Mora (gallery owner and ceramicist) 4. Judith S. Schwartz (emeritus professor at New York University) 5. Giovanna Cassese (President of ISIA Faenza; coordinator of the AFAM technical committee at the Ministry of Education) 6. Federica Minozzi – CEO, Iris Ceramica Group
You must register and upload your materials by September 30, 2022, by completing the online registration form at https://prize.irisceramicagroup.com with the accreditation details and obtaining an alphanumeric identification code to upload the materials required.
Further information may be requested by emailing the organization office at: prize@irisceramicagroup.com.
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