DONKEY ART PRIZE

MISSION
Blindonkey cultural association announces the opening of the first edition of the DonkeyArtPrize, a competition aimed at promoting modern and contemporary Art, developing of an international community of artistic talents and discovering brand new artists.

To each artist will be given the chance to expose their work in the always growing worldwide DonkeyArtPrize circuit, and the winners will receive a cashprize award. The prize, is organized in collaboration with Academy of Art Cignaroli and Blindonkey cultural association, has a extremely free theme and subject and is divided in three section: Painting, Digital Art and Photography.

ELIGIBILITY
The Prize is open to all artists, without any limits of age, sex, nationality or other qualification. Each artist can participate with one work per section, to one or more sections. The first selection will be made by photos only. Do not send physically your work until you are asked for.

TECHNICS
-PAINTING category: total technical and stylistic freedom (oil, tempera, acrylic, ink, vinyl, watercolor, graphite, pencil, collage, etc.) on whichever support (canvas, paper, wood, plastics, iron, etc.). The max dimensions allowed per each works are 150x150 cm, picture frame included.
-DIGITAL category: total technical and stylistic freedom. The works will be valued on the quality of the digital elaborations applied and the general criteria specified in the jury section. The image can totally be made by computer or taken from other sources, like a painting, a photograph, collages, lithography etc. or from a digital drawing made by software using a mouse or a graphic tablet. The max dimensions allowed per each works are 150x150 cm.
-PHOTOGRAPHY category: total technical and stylistic freedom. The jury will judge the aquisition of the image based on the general contest's criteria (originality, expressivity, quality and technic), not on the digital elaboration made on the image. Example, color and black/white analogical photos or digital photos, polaroid, mobile photos etc. The max dimensions allowed per each works are 150x150 cm.

TERMS AND MODE
The last term to register for the 1st DonkeyArtPrize is established the 15th of December 2010. For applications sent via mail the date of the post mark must be no later than that day (deadline). The partecipation fee is 30 euros for each work submitted, it is not refoundable and it's set as association fee.

There are two way to enter the Donkey art prize:
-online, filling the application form at www.donkeyartprize.com
-sending a mail by post delivered at the head office of the association: Porta Nuova st. 127, 37122 Verona, sending the printed application form filled out (downloadable at http://www.donkeyartprize.com/ section "application")and the
following material: one picture of the works (minimum size: 15x20 cm; maximum size: 20 x 30) with indication of name, surname, country, title, dimensions (base x height), technique, year, prize and copy of the payment of the application fee. The documentation and the photos won’t be given back. After the correct registration and payment, a confermation mail will be sent to the artist.

The Donkey Art Prize is organized by
BLINDONKEY cultural association
c.f. 03921350231
Porta Nuova st. 127, 37122 Verona
info@donkeyartprize.com
http://www.donkeyartprize.com/