AGUAZERO a visual arts award for work in water based medium on or with paper / Joya: arte + ecología
Competition Joya: arte + ecología
AGUAZERO aguacero Esp. (downpour) aguazero (no water)
Theme:
We are inviting submissions in water-based medium on or with paper.
The competition has an environmental agenda requesting submissions to reference the contrary character of climate change. For example, increased desertification and the escalating effects of weather events such as flooding and soil erosion.
The work should be based on observation, experience and invention. It must be as involved with the process and materials of painting/drawing etc. as with the response to climate change.
We are interested in works that invite close scrutiny and, like environmental events in the world around us, reveal themselves gradually and steadily over time, prompting reaction and renewed contemplation of the ecological challenges the world faces.
Prize:
A two week residency at Cortijada Los Gázquez / Joya: arte + ecología, Andalucía, Spain including travel costs within Europe (not accommodation while in transit). Winners from outside of Europe can have their travel expenses paid once they are within the EU.
The winners will have sole use of a thirty square meter studio and 20 hectares of land for the period. Accommodation and meals are included as is collection and return to the nearest public transport system. Resident artists will be featured on theJoya: arte + ecología web page, which will include biographical information and images. The work undertaken during the residency will also be documented and entered into our archive.
Selectors:
Ana García López (Vice Dean for Institutional Relations and Professor at the Drawing Department. Faculty of Fine Arts. University of Granada. Spain)
Rebecca Fortnum (Artist, Reader in Fine Art, University of the Arts, London. UK)
Louise Short (Artist. Bristol. UK)
David Crawforth (Artist. Director at Beaconsfield. London. UK)
Molly Hogg (Collector. London. UK)
Melissa Marks (Artist. NYC. USA)
Angie Lewin (Artist. Norfolk and Scotland. UK)
Simon Lewin (Proprietor St Jude’s. Norfolk.UK)
Gonzaga Gómez-Cortázar Romero (Communications co-ordinator for Joya: arte + ecología. Spain)
Simon and Donna Beckmann (Founders of Joya: arte + ecología. Spain)
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