14th ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE – OPEN CALL FOR DESIGNERS Entries are open for the 14th edition of Arte Laguna Prize, the world’s most influential competition for emerging artists and designers, which showcases and promotes creative talents giving them many opportunities for gaining international visibility and realizing new projects. ART DESIGN After its launch in 2018, the new edition of Arte Laguna Prize renews the section dedicated to design, giving it a new interpretation that is more art-oriented and supported by Assarredo/FederlegnoArredo, the Italian Federation of wood, cork, furniture, lighting and furnishing industries. The best work selected by the jury will be awarded with a cash prize of 10.000 euro. THE INTERNATIONAL JURY For art design: Karel Boonzaaijer (Netherlands) conceptual designer, architect and professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Aachen; Aldo Cibic (Italy) fundamental name of the made in Italy design, among the founders of Memphis. The other members of the jury are: Igor Zanti (Italy, Curator and Art Critic) - Curator of the Prize Iwona Blazwick (United Kingdom, Director of the Whitechapel Gallery, London) Valentino Catricalà (Italy, contemporary art curator - Art Section Director of the Maker Faire - The European Edition) Erin Dziedzic (United States, Chief Curator at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri) Zhao Li (China, professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and curator of the Chinese Pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale) Riccardo Passoni (Italy, Director of GAM - Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Turin) Vasili Tsereteli (Russia, Director of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art) THE PRIZE With fourteen years of history, Arte Laguna Prize gives the opportunity to join a huge network of collaborations worldwide, exhibit in the breathtaking location of the Arsenale of Venice, win cash prizes of a total amount of 40.000 euro and much more. EXHIBITION OF THE 120 FINALIST ARTISTS ARSENALE OF VENICE March 21st – April 13th, 2020 120 FINALIST WORKS In addition, a selection of works will be exhibited in 2021 at MMOMA - Moscow Museum of Modern Art. The Prize is open to the following artistic disciplines: painting, sculpture and installation, photographic art, video art and short films, performance, virtual art, digital graphics, land art and urban art, art design. THE OPPORTUNITIES - 4 cash prizes of € 10,000 each - 1 important exhibition at the Arsenale of Venice - 2 solo exhibitions in international Art Galleries - 2 collaborations with Companies - 6 Art Residencies in Italy, Russia, Spain, India, Mauritius - 1 Prize Sustainability and Art dedicated to the Reuse of aluminium packaging - 2 international Festivals - publication in the official catalogue - free visibility on Arte Laguna World Entries are open until 27.11.2019