Award
Michael Cea
2023 announcement
RULES FOR THE 8TH MICHELE CEA PRIZE - YOUNG ARTISTS 2023
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The Award, dedicated to the artist Michele Cea, is aimed at young emerging artists and is promoted by the Michele Cea ETS Foundation.
Participation is completely free. Shipping costs are the responsibility of each participant.
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The Prize is reserved for residents of Italy and abroad, aged up to 40 years old by 12/31/2023.
There is no specific theme defining the style or meaning of the work. Painting, graphic design, sculpture, photography, and video art are eligible.
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To participate in the Award, an image (or video in the specific case) of the work must be sent by email to premiomichelecea@gmail.com – by midnight on June 15, 2023, together with the Participant Release Form which can be downloaded from the website on the CALL FOR ENTRIES 2023 page.
All complete with the wording “MICHELE CEA AWARD 2023” with the author's name and surname, personal data (date of birth, place of residence and mobile number), title, technique, year and actual dimensions of the work (which cannot exceed 100 cm in width and 100 cm in height).
Images of the works must be submitted in high resolution (minimum 300 DPI).
NB The works submitted for the Michele Cea Award selection must not simultaneously participate in other competitions and must be free of image rights and restrictions with galleries.
The artist must also indicate the sales price of the participating work to allow the finalists to sell the work exhibited during the Award.
Works that do not comply with the above parameters will not be taken into consideration.
Each participant may compete for the selection with only one work.
Artists (including finalists and winners) who have already participated in previous editions are also allowed to participate, provided they are still within the age limit for selection (40 years).
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The prize for the first place will consist of:
- A glass sculpture, created by the sculptor Germano Caiano, based on a work by Michele Cea.
- Cash prize of 3000.00 euros.
- A solo and/or group exhibition on a date and location to be determined.
- The winning artist will be featured in Arte magazine (Cairo Editore) in October 2023.
- The winning artist will be featured in the 2024 Modern Art Catalogue (CAM 60 – Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori).
The second place winner will receive a cash prize of €1,000 and will be included in the 2024 Modern Art Catalogue (CAM 60 – Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori).
The third-place winner will receive a cash prize of €500.00 and will be included in the 2024 Modern Art Catalogue (CAM 60 – Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori).
For the 12 finalist works of the event, the artists will be able to digitize their finalist work free of charge, as an NFT, through the Italian company Hoken Tech, technical partner of the Michele Cea ETS Foundation.
The first place winner will donate the winning work to the Michele Cea ETS Foundation, which will become part of the collection of all the winning works of the Michele Cea Award, which are exhibited chronologically over the course of the various editions.
The award will be presented in the presence of Milan city officials and Michele Cea's parents.
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The winner and the subsequent classified will be selected and evaluated by a jury chaired by Lina Bavaro (Vice President of the Michele Cea ETS Foundation and professor of literature) and by the members of the Scientific-Artistic Board of the Foundation: Giuseppe Bellantonio (freelance journalist and art expert), Michele Franco (artistic director, presenter and actor, Turin head of the Association “L'Officina culturale di Chivasso”), Nuccio Mula (journalist and critic, professor of Phenomenology of Contemporary Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts “Michelangelo” in Agrigento), Lucia Rosa Pastore art historian who works at the Pinacoteca Metropolitana “Corrado Giaquinto” in Bari, Massimiliano Porro (professor of History of Art at the Academy of Fine Arts “Aldo Galli” – IED in Como), Cristiano Rocchio (professor of philosophy and scholar of ancient rhetoric), Enzo Varricchio (publicist journalist, cassation lawyer, expert in copyright and cultural heritage).
The jury's decision will be final.
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From all the competing works, a shortlist of 12 artists will be selected who are required to participate with their works at the vernissage on September 9, 2023, when the winner of the 2023 Michele Cea Award will be announced.
NB In the event that the winning artist or artists are not present at the vernissage, the relevant prize will be – by right – awarded to the next artist or artists in the ranking.
The event 'With light in their eyes' will take place at theEx Fornace Gola, Alzaia Naviglio Pavese, 16, 20143 Milan, from 09 September to 17 September 2023.
The finalists will be contacted by email by 15 July 2023 and the works must be sent to Ex Fornace Gola no later than 7 and 8 (morning) September 2023.
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Participation in the Award implies, on the part of the participants, full acceptance and total compliance with all the indications contained in these Regulations, as well as the unquestionable judgment of the Commission.
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In the event that technical or organizational reasons prevent, in whole or in part, the Award from taking place in the manner and within the timeframe set out in these Regulations, the organizers will take appropriate measures and communicate this through the established information channels.
Milan, March 1, 2023
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