OPEN CALL Applications are open for Arte Laguna Prize 17

Let your talent shine!

Arte Laguna Prize is an international competition with international jurors dedicated to visual arts and design. It gives artists the opportunity to join the network of collaborations, get free visibility and sell their works on the online platform artelaguna.world, win a cash prize of € 10,000, and exhibit in Venice (Italy) at the Arsenale Nord.

Courtesy of Arte Laguna Prize / Photo: Kriss Munsya

The Prize is open to the following artistic disciplines: painting, sculpture and installation, photographic art, video art and short films, performance, digital art, digital graphics and cartoon, environmental and land art, urban art and street art, and design.

International Jury

The jury is composed of curators and directors of museums operating in different countries. The jury selects the 120 artists that will exhibit at the Arsenale Nord in Venice.

• Mohamed Benhadj (North Africa and Spain) Curator and Founder of AlTiba9

• Raphael Chikukwa (Zimbabwe) Executive Director of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe

• Giulia Colletti (Italy) Public programs and digital sphere’s curator at Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin

• Paul di Felice (Luxembourg) Art Curator, Critic and Art Historian

• Chloé Hodge (United Kingdom) Project Manager at the Tate Britain, curator and producer

• Dick Spierenburg (Netherlands) Creative Director of IMM Cologne – The international furniture and interiors fair

• Yiaoyu Weng (Canada) Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Department at the Art Gallery of Ontario

Courtesy of Arte Laguna Prize / Photo: Lucrezija Roda

Network

Each year Arte Laguna Prize collaborates with high-level international partners to offer artists opportunities worldwide. Each partner will choose an artist for the following special prizes:

• Art Residencies

• Art Galleries

• Business for Art

• Festivals and Exhibitions

• Sustainability and Art Prize

• Emerging Artists Award

Applications have no restrictions; they are open to all artists. The deadline is October 31, 2022.