16 Jul 2013

Open call for works Celeste Prize 2013

Join Celeste Prize by 31 July 2013.
It's your opportunity to have your work picked by our team of international curators and be part of a talent scouting environment. Artists from around the world can submit their work, regardless of age, profession or gender.

More information and entries online:
www.celesteprize.com/celesteprize2013/

€ 20,000 Prizes:
Painting & Graphics Prize € 4,000
Photography & Digital Graphics Prize € 4,000
Video & Animation Prize € 4,000
Installation, Sculpture & Performance Prize € 4,000
Curator's Choice Prize € 3,500
Visitors' Choice Prize € 500

This year's team of selectors is led by Ami Barak, curator of Celeste Prize 2013, 5th edition. He is accompanied by a Selection Panel of art critics and curators which include:
Ferran Barenblit - Director Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain
Iara Boubnova - Curator at ICA, Sofia, Bulgaria
Katrina Brown - Director of The Common Guild, Glasgow, UK
Florence Derieux - Director of Frac, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Dominique Fontaine - Independent curator, Montreal, Canada
Christian Fuller - Curator at Recession Art, New York, USA
Mihnea Mircan - Artistic Director of Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp, Belgium
Gean Moreno - Independent curator, Miami, USA
Ian Alden Russell - Curator at David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University, USA
Alia Swastika - Independent curator, Jakarta, Indonesia
Gaëtane Verna - Director of The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada

The exhibition of the 40 finalist works will be held in November 2013 in Rome, Italy, at the ex-GIL spaces. During the final exhibition each finalist artist will vote his or her preferred work in each category and so determine the prize-winners.

Entry fee payable online is € 50 / work.

Celeste Prize 2013 is supported by Celeste Network, a 50,000 member social network for contemporary arts, which includes gallerists, curators, critics, art organizers, collectors and many artists. Celeste Network is a fertile environment in which to promote one's work, make contact and start up projects around the world. Take a look-in Celeste, you can sign up and have your free page, then decide later if you wish to join the prize.

Sign-up here free:
www.celesteprize.com/eng_auth_login/


For more information about Celeste Prize 2013:
www.celesteprize.com
info@celesteprize.com
Tel: +39 0577 1521988