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Call for Applications: VIA Arts Prize 2019
The VIA Arts Prize, the UK’s only Ibero-American themed arts award has launched its 2019 Call For Entries, celebrating its fifth year.
The VIA Art’s Prize’s mission is to deepen cultural awareness of Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese arts and cultures in the UK. UK-based artists of any nationality are invited to submit an original artwork specifically inspired by Ibero-American arts and culture. Through this specific brief, those behind the prize seek to promote the significant global and historical reach of Ibero-American art and culture, both past and present, and encourage intercultural exchange.
The Prize, open to all UK based artists culminates in a group exhibition of 30 shortlisted works in the Embassy of Brazil’s impressive Sala Brasil gallery, in the cultural heart of London. A jury of high-profile personalities from the Arts world make the final selection of winning entries at the opening of the exhibition. Cash prizes, provided by Itaú, are awarded to the Jury’s first (£5,000) and second (£2,000) choices. Applicants can apply here.
The Prize is open to all UK based artists who submit original visual artworks that are in keeping with the theme and inspired by Ibero-American artistic cultures, including visual arts, literature, music, dance, performance and film.
All artworks submitted must also fall into one of the following categories:
- Painting;
- Sculpture;
- Photography;
- Mixed Media/ assemblage;
- Collage;
- Drawing;
- Engraving;
- Digital print (non-photographic);
- Textiles and tapestry.
Prizes
The top 30 works will be carefully selected by a curatorial committee and will be exhibited at The Embassy of Brazil for seven weeks.
Two winning entries will be chosen from this top 30 by a high profile jury. Thanks to sponsor Itaú the winner will receive £5,000 and the runner-up £2,000. At the end of the seven-week exhibition, a People’s Choice prize will be awarded to the artist whose work has received the greatest number of votes from the visiting public.
Focused on deepening cultural awareness and improving communications between Ibero-American cultures and other cultures, within the UK and globally, the winning work will be displayed as part of the Embassy of Brazil’s permanent collection. The second prize work will be given to Itaú to be held as part of their international collection.
The Embassy of Brazil’s Cultural Attaché, Paula Rassi says:
“From Lygia Clarke to Gabriel Orozco, Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese art interacts with the UK’s in a process of cross-cultural exchange. Ibero-American art is more relevant today than ever before and is becoming increasingly accessible in important art and cultural institutions. The fifth edition of the VIA Arts Prize encourages entrants to explore and immerse themselves in Latin American and Iberian culture to create original visual artworks that form connections with these regional outputs.”
Application Deadline
Applicants can submit their work between 12:00 on Monday 15 April and 23:59 on Monday 30 September 2019 by filling out the submission form on the website www.viaartsprize.org.
