Francois Schneider Foundation is arranging “Contemporary Talents” competition aiming to support creative artists by acquiring their works and showcasing them at the foundation’s Art Centre, which is entirely dedicated to the intersection between art and water.
The motto of the competition is to encourage artists to engage with the theme of water, an essential element of our lives, and reflect upon, observe, analyze, criticize and make use of water in their creative work, exploring its properties, its symbols, its tools and its issues. It will offer the artists a platform to reach all sections of the public and encourage dialogue and networking with the cultural community.
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Moreover, the initiative will also develop the public’s awareness of contemporary art, particularly young people and enable them, through the water theme, to experience and more easily perceive its diversity of perspectives.
Each year, over 1,000 artists from around a hundred different countries submit applications. After around thirty finalists have been selected by five Expert Committees, the International Grand Jury, chaired by Jean-Noël Jeanneney, chooses a maximum of four prize-winners.
Benefits
- A maximum of 4 “Contemporary Talents” prize-winners will be chosen from amongst the candidates, each of whom will receive €15,000 for the acquisition of their work. The endowment also includes:
- A collective exhibition at the Foundation’s Contemporary Art Centre
- A bilingual publication presenting the prize-winners’ work
- The inclusion of the work in the Foundation’s collection
- A video portrait of each of the laureates.
- A maximum of €100,000 is also made available for the completion of the works presented in project form, divided between the different projects according to the artists’ needs and the jury’s decisions.
Eligibilities
- Proof of a professional artistic activity and/or being a graduate of an art school.
- Have a solid artistic background : work recently exhibited in institutions, galleries, festivals, etc. or have participated in an artistic residency.
Application Process
- Applications must be written in French by French-speaking candidates, or in English by other candidates.
These files must include:
Administrative part
- Registration form and signed regulations read and approved (PDF format)
- Copy of identity document (front / back identity card or passport) (PDF format)
Artistic part (work carried out or project to be produced, sculpture or installation)
- Your curriculum vitae and / or presentation of the collective of artists, justifying an artistic background (work recently exhibited in institutions, galleries, festivals, etc. or having participated in one or more artistic residencies) (PDF format, 2 pages maximum).
- Your portfolio / artistic presentation of your work (PDF format, 10 A4 pages maximum, 10 MB maximum)
- A letter of intent presenting the work or project and the artist’s approach for the competition, intellectual and creative approach (PDF format, 2 pages maximum).
- A precise technical description of the existing work or project (sculptures, installations), title, materials, technique, dimensions, weight, constraints and technical means required for the exhibition, assembly or transport of the work (PDF format, 1 page maximum).
- A detailed production budget of up to € 80,000 for works presented in the form of projects for sculptures and installations (PDF format).
- 1 to 5 color visuals (photo, drawing, diagram, modeling, plan, etc.) (JPG format, 5 MB maximum per visual).
- Video extract for the video works. It is possible to attach a video capture for the other works (painting, sculpture, etc.) in order to contextualize it (format MOV/MP4, 500 Mo maximum).
IMPORTANT: The works presented must not under any circumstances be conceived with a view to being permanently installed at the Foundation.
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Application Deadline: November 20, 2020
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