ROSPIGLIOSI ART PRIZE Zagarolo - Roma II Edition The Rospigliosi Art Prize is dedicated to the Palazzo Rospigliosi, now a museum overlooking the town of Zagarolo (in the outskirts of Rome). It was established by “L’AVUGI” Association in San Cesareo (Rome). The II Edition of the Premio Rospigliosi Art Prize was born thanks to the will of the Association L’AVUGI, which has always been committed to the enhancement of the territory, and to the collaboration with the Art Gallery “Galleria Vittoria” in Via Margutta, Rome, which has always promoted the art and deals with the artistic direction of the award, under the patronage of the Municipality of Zagarolo and the Lazio Region. The Rospigliosi Art Prize is an Art competition with a total prize money of € 10,000 and 3 artistic residencies lasting one week. The Aim of this competition is to promote contemporary Art in all its forms and to bring within the Rospigliosi Museum an exhibition of national and international relevance with artworks selected by a panel of judges. The competition includes the selection of artworks divided into the following categories: • Painting • Sculpture • Photography • Digital Art Theme The theme of the second edition is: “Invisibile Visible” Through his personal poetic, the artist expresses his own time, declining his daily life according to his own sensibility, but certainly his task in society has always been to grasp, see and reveal what is often invisible to the common eye. In the intimacy of his studio, the artist creates and gives life to his work uniting the visible and the invisible shaping it in a figurative or in an abstract and impalpable way, in the personal search for the true and profound nature of things, making it evident and visible even to a careless eye and to an ear not accustomed to whispering. 1 Certainly the reading of the author is always subjective and partial, but the reality that he suggests always reveals the complexity and vastness of the territories of the human soul. It provokes us and it invites us to go always beyond the facade of the world and what seems obvious. Phase 1. - Admission Candidates will be divided in two categories – Under 30 and Over 30. All candidates will be selected by a panel of judges and only the finalists will participate in the exhibition at Palazzo Rospigliosi in the town of Zagarolo from 05/05/2019 to 18/05/2019. The competition is open to artists who are over 18 years old of any nationality without limits, sex, religion and training. Only artworks that have not participated in any prior competition and were produced after 2015 are admitted. The categories are: • Painting The maximum size for paintings, including frames and supports, is 100 cm of width and 180 cm of height. Artworks composed of several parts will be considered as a single piece of work, and the wall installation must not exceed the dimensions as indicated above. All painting techniques are allowed (e.g. oil, acrylic, tempera, watercolour, paint, enamel, spray, ink, various materials, etc.) along with material installations, only if suitable to be hung. Under no circumstance may the use of glass in frames be allowed. • Sculpture The maximum sizes for sculptural artworks are 80x80 cm of base, 150 cm of height and a weight not exceeding 15 Kg. All materials and techniques are allowed as long as within the above-mentioned dimensions and weight. • Photography For photographs, the maximum sizes allowed, including frames and supports, are 100 cm of width and 180 cm of height. Photographs obtained with digital and analogue equipment and postproduced using any photographic technique are permitted provided that the post-production is limited and is not prevalent in the attainment of the result. The photographic artworks can be presented on any type of support (paper, metal, stone, plastic materials, etc.). Projections are excluded. • Digital art For digital artworks the maximum sizes allowed, including frames and supports, are 100 cm of width and 180 cm of height. Both digital artworks solely produced with computer programs and artworks made with mixed materials or other techniques, even photographic ones, are allowed, provided that digital intervention is predominant in the realization of the final product. Digital artworks can be presented 2 on any type of support (paper, metal, stone, plastic materials, etc.). Projections are excluded. Under no circumstance may the use of glass in frames be allowed. Phase 2. – Registration procedure Registration is open from 18/01/2019 until midnight on Friday 29/03/2019. You can send your Entry using the registration form on the website: www.rospigliosiartprize.it or alternatively by sending an e-mail to the following address: [email protected] The registration form must be completed with all the required information along with a high quality photo of the artwork attached. If submitting more than one artwork, photos of all the individual pieces must be included (with all the information as above). A maximum of 3 artworks per Entry is allowed. The photo should be as faithful as possible to the original artwork, or a penalty of exclusion from the competition will be applied. All attached image files must be renamed with your full name, title of the artwork, technique, size and year, for example: Surname,name_title_technique_size(height x width)_ year.jpg If necessary, the organization reserves the right to request further photos of the artwork. Entry fee The one-time non refundable Entry fee for the competition is: • For the OVER 30 Artists - € 50.00 for one artwork - € 80.00 for 2 - € 100.00 for 3 • For the UNDER 30 Artists (who have not yet turned 30 years old by 29/03/2019) - € 30.00 for one artwork - € 50.00 for 2 - € 70.00 for 3 The Entry fee must be paid within 5 days from the date of submission of the form by any of the following methods of payment: Bank transfer Addressed to Giulia Cecconi Banca di Credito Cooperativo dei Castelli Romani e del Tuscolo S.c. Via della Rocca - Rocca Priora (RM) IBAN: IT32 F070 9241 2200 0000 0114 988 BIC: ICRAITRRCX0 Purpose of the payment: ‘full name - Premio Rospigliosi ’ POSTEPAY n’ 4023 6009 5400 3549 Addressed to Valerio Oppedisano c.f. PPDVLR96H09E958Z 3 PAYPAL and CREDIT CARD through the website www.rospigliosiartprize.it Registration is valid only after sending the necessary documentation and payment of the Entry fee. The Entry fee is inclusive of membership to L'AVUGI Association. The Entry fee is non-refundable. Phase 3. - Selection Up to 100 artworks will be selected. The finalist artworks will be exhibited at Palazzo Rospigliosi from 05/05/2019 to 18/05/2019. The panel of judges will proceed to select the finalists of the competition, whose artworks will be exhibited at Palazzo Rospigliosi, and then determine the winners. Submitting an Entry to the Rospigliosi Art Prize implies the unconditional acceptance of this notice and the panel’s judgment both in the selection phase and in the awarding ceremony. After the selection, the jury will choose one winner for each section of the categories OVER 30 and Under 30. The jury The OVER 30 jury members are: Romina Guidelli - Art curator Massimiliano Tonelli - Artribune Director Manuela Porcu - Fair Director of the Affordable Art Fair in Milano Caterina Stringhetta - The Art Post Blog Chiara Anguissola D'Altoe ̀ - Explora Children Museum in Rome Daniele Leodori - President of the Regional Council of Lazio Emanuela Panzironi - Counselor for Social Policies and the School of Zagarolo The UNDER 30 jury members are: From the management of The Walkman Magazine Nicola Brugoli Ginevra Corso Carlo Battisti Riccardo Ferranti The fundamental criteria for the selection will be quality, originality of the artwork and consistency of the artistic path, chosen technique and effectiveness of transmission of the message. 4 Phase 4. - Shipping / Delivery of the Artwork After the selection, finalists will be asked to send their artwork at their own expense to the address that will be communicated at a later date. Artworks must be received as follows: • With reusable packaging which will be re-used when returning the artwork. • Clearly labelled on the back or, in the case of sculptures, on any other suitable part in capital letters with the Artist’s full name, title of the artwork, technique and year of execution. • For authentication, a photograph of the artwork with the author's signature must be attached. • The artwork must be ready to be hung or installed, complete with necessary hangers, hooks etc. necessary for the exhibition. The Artist will be penalised by exclusion from the Rospigliosi Art Prize if such items are not included. The shipment and the subsequent collection will be at the full expense of the Artist. No liability can be attributed to the organization in case of damage during the transport; during the event the artworks will be protected by insurance cover against theft and accidental damage by the organization. Phase 5. - Exhibition The finalist artworks will be exhibited from Sunday 05/05/2019 to 18/05/2019 in various locations at Palazzo Rospigliosi. The vernissage will take place on Sunday 5/05/2019 at 5PM and the awards ceremony during the closing evening on Saturday 18/05/2019 at 5PM. Phase 6. - Awarding On Saturday 18/05/2019 the award ceremony will take place at Palazzo Rospigliosi. Among the selected artworks the panel of judges will choose a winner from each category. There will be four prizes awarded as follows: OVER 30 AWARD: OVER 30 One winner for Painting One winner for Sculpture One winner for Photography One winner for Digital Art The prize for the winners of the OVER 30 category, subordinated to the purchase of the winning artworks, is divided as follows: • Painting - Purchase value of € 2500 to the winner • Sculpture - Purchase value of € 2500 to the winner 5 • Photography - Purchase value of € 2500 to the winner • Digital Art - Purchase value of € 2500 to the winner *subject to any tax withholding by law.