BIO
Arte Laguna and the Italian cultural association MoCA (Modern Contemporary Art) are working together since 2006 on promoting contemporary visual Art. Main result of this collaboration is the International Art Prize ARTE LAGUNA.
The main purpose is to support emerging and also already affirmed artists, giving them the possibility to show their artworks in high quality expositive settings around the World.
There are 6 sections: painting, sculpture, photographic art, video art and performance, virtual art, land art.
Besides money prizes and a collective exhibition in Venice, Arte Laguna Prize offers to artist many opportunities such as art residencies, collaborations with companies, solo exhibitions in galleries and participation in international festivals.
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DISCUSSION

Call For Artists: V EDITION - ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE


wow, I saw the past edition winners...there are amazing things!

OPPORTUNITY

V EDITION - ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE


Deadline:
Tue Nov 16, 2010 00:00

Location:
Italy

Applications are now open for the fifth edition of the Prize
Deadline: 16th November, 2010
Prizes: 100.000 euro
Winners' artwork remain property of the artist

The Cultural Association MoCA and Arte Laguna invite you to visit www.artelagunaprize.com to have more details about the new edition of the Prize, with the patronage of, among others, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Veneto Region, the European Institute of Design.

Sections: painting, sculpture, photographic art, video art and performing art
Participation: the competition is open to all artists, without any limits. There is not a specific theme
Finalist artists: 110
Institutional Exhibition venues: Arsenale of Venice, Romanian Cultural and Humanistic Research Institute in Venice
Special Prizes: 31 International Galleries (New York, Shanghai, Las Vegas, Rome, Florence, ...), Tina B Festival in Prague and Open in Venice
Artist in Residence: Claudio Buziol Foundation in Venice, Zauli Museum in Faenza, Art Stays in Ptuj Slovenia
Business for Art "ReiL": Residency and artistic intervention at one resort in Bahia Brazil

Prize Curator: Igor Zanti - Art Critic
The Jury:
Gianfranco Maraniello - Director of MAMbo of Bologna
Chiara Barbieri - Publications Director Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Ludovico Pratesi - Director of Visual Arts Centre Pescheria of Pesaro
Luca Panaro - Art Critic
Rossella Bertolazzi - Director of IED
Maja Skerbot - Art Critic and curator
Valentina Tanni - Critic and one of the Exibart Founders
Monika Burian - Director of the International Contemporary Art Festival Tina B in Prague
Matteo Zauli - Director of Zauli Museum in Faenza

Enrollment: http://www.artelagunaprize.com/index.php/art-prize-2010/enrollment.html

INFO
International Art Prize Arte Laguna
e-mail: info@premioartelaguna.it

www.artelagunaprize.com


EVENT

ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE


Dates:
Thu Mar 18, 2010 00:00 - Thu Mar 18, 2010

Location:
Italy

Now open in Venice the long-awaited exhibition of the 195 finalists of the 4th International Prize Arte Laguna, which this year has established itself as a new benchmark for contemporary art around the world, thanks to the extraordinary quality of work received with an eye towards emerging art.
During the gala evening of the 6th March, there was a significant participation of guests from the arts and culture but also public, in wich were awarded the winner of the three categories , Painting, Sculpture and art photography and communicated the winners of special prizes linked to the international exhibition circuit 21 galleries and art spaces, moreover it was also communicated winner of the Prize "Business for Art" Tenuta S. Anna.
The works of the 180 finalists, selected from over 5,500 artists entered, are displayed in the huge and fascinating location of Tese di San Cristoforo of the Venice Arsenale up to 27 March 2010, an important setting was designed to enhance more than 3,000 square meters of industrial heritage, thanks to clever use of lighting and photographic style.
At the same time, the selection of the 15 best artists under 25 is exhibited at the Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research in Venice, located in the historic Palazzo Correr in Campo Santa Fosca, a splendid example of Venetian architecture of the fifteenth century.

info: linda@premioartelaguna.it

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6 - 27 March 2010
Tese di San Cristoforo, Arsenale di Venezia
Collective Exhibition of the Finalist Artists
From Monday to Friday: 12.00 am - 7.00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 11.00 am - 7:30 pm

6 - 27 March 2010
Palazzo Correr, Istituto di Cultura e Ricerca Umanistica di Venezia
Collective Exhibition of the Under 25 Artists
From Monday to Friday: 12.00 am - 7.00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 11.00 am - 7:30 pm


DISCUSSION

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OPPORTUNITY

ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE


Deadline:
Sun Nov 15, 2009 00:00

Location:
Italy

The Italian Cultural Association MoCA (Modern Contemporary Art), in cooperation with Arte Laguna, organizes the Fourth International Art Prize “Arte Laguna”, directed to the promotion and valorization of the contemporary art. The Prize is organized under the patronage of the Foreign Office, Region of Veneto, Province of Treviso, Province of Venice, Municipality of Venice, Municipality of Mogliano Veneto, Venetian Ca’ Foscari University, Ascom of Treviso, NIKON, Venetian Academy of Fine Arts, European Institute of Design (IED).
The Prize is subdivided in three sections: painting, photographic art, sculpture. Participants can chose the theme of their artworks.The Prize is open to all artists, without any limits of age, sex, nationality or other qualification. The selection of the artworks will be carried out by 3 Juries composed by experts of Contemporary Art: Viviana Siviero (art critic), Alessandro Trabucco (art critic), Igor Zanti (art critic), Stefano Coletto (Curator of the Bevilaqua La Masa Foundation Venice), Rossella Bertolazzi (Director of the European Institute of Design), Lorenzo Respi (Curator of the Arnaldo Pomodoro Foundation, Milan). The prizes are an ammount of 5.000 euro for each section. Moreover for the selected artists in planned a exhibition in Arsenale at Venice, other collective exhibitions in art galleries and in the Italian Institute of Culture in Wien. The application fee for the partial support of the organization expenses is of 40,00 euro per 1 work and 70,00 euro per 2 works proposed for the same section . Application fees are no-refundable. All the Artists can enter for the Prize within 15th November, 2009 for by mail applications (postmark) and 26th November , 2009 for on-line applications.
You can find any other information in the web site: www.premioartelaguna.it