Cominelli Foundation Award 2015

In the extraordinary setting of Lake Garda with its colours and lights, among the moraine hills that stretch from the Gulf of Salò and the Gulf of Manerba, at Cisano di San Felice we find the Fondazione Cominelli, splendid building, built in the XVII century by the Cominelli family.
The Fondazione Cominelli, in carrying out its cultural activities has now come up with an articulated project where it becomes a reference point for the applied arts, not only for exhibitions, but also as a place where applied art “is done”; it does this by organising workshops and conferences on the subject; of this complex panorama it has chosen to present and delve into some sectors only: photography, ceramics and jewellery.

The Fondazione Cominelli is sided by AGC which organises and promotes the event. AGC has already promoted other projects on the national territory. AGC, Contemporary Jewellery Association founded in June 2004, has, among its statutory objectives, that of drawing attention to the value of the contemporary jewellery culture and spreading it.
Contemporary jewellery today represents a sector of advanced research and experimentation of new expressive languages as well as exploiting the personal ornament concept. In close contact with the international community, the association follows up a series of initiatives aimed at promoting a constructive and synergistic confrontation with other artistic and productive realities.

Here, in this setting, will be held the fifth edition of the “Premio Fondazione Cominelli”. This year this manifestation will be sided a section dedicated to training in the University, Institutes and Schools in this sector. The scope of this section is to present and confront different formative directions within the “jewellery” ambit, the different orientations, from design to artistic and handcraft training, getting the formative peculiarities of each reality to emerge.

In previous editions, the Milan Polytechnic, the Edinburgh College of Arts, the Tokyo University of Arts and Music, Padua Art School Pietro Selvatico were hosted. This year students of the Glashow Art School will be represented and on Sunday 30st August  in the morning, there will be a lecture by Prof. Michael Pell.

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The Awards:
The first prize will be assigned to the artist who merits it most, the second prize and the third prize to the artist with the most innovative technique, and three special mentions.

First Prize: € 2000,00
Second Prize: € 1000,00
Third Prize: LapTop
Special Mentions: Plaque

 

Permant Collection:
With the VI edition of the Fondazione Cominelli Award for Contemporary Jewellery 2015 there will also be the Permanent Collection of Contemporary Jewellery; each edition will enrich the Collection with new works, some by the competition participants and others by artists selected by the gallerist Rita Marcangelo. (www.alternatives.it)
The Permanent Collection will become an important document of the Fondazione Cominelli, an occasion for a visit by jewellery lovers and those of the trade.

Artists In Permanent Collection:
Adrean Bloomard, Agnes Larsson, Alba Polenghi Lisca, Amira Jalet, Babette Von Dohnanyi, Barbara Paganin, Barbara Uderzo, Beate Eismann, Bernhard Stimpfl-abele, Carla Riccoboni, Carole Deltenre, Catarina Hallzon, Chiara Scarpitti, Corrado De Meo, Dana Hakim, Diana Dudek, Donna Brennan, Eiko Nakahara, Elisabetta Dupré Emanuela Deyanova Ramjuli, Eugenia Ingegno, Fabrizio Tridenti, Farrah Al-dujaili, Francesca Antonello, Francine Schloeth, Giancarlo Montebello, Gigi Mariani, Giorgio Vigna, Giovanni Sicuro, Gisbert Stach Giulia Savino, Hadas Levin, Heejin Hwang, Heidemarie Herb, Isabell Schaupp, Jessica Turrell, Jie Sun, Jimin Kim, Joohee Han, Judy Mccaig, Kaori Juzu, Katrin Spranger, Kazumi Nagano, Liana Pattihis, Makoto Hieda, Marco Minelli, Margherita De Martino Norante, Maria Rosa Franzin, Marta Hryc Maurizio Stagni, Meiri Ishida, Mi-mi Moscow, Michelle Taylor, Nikolai Balabin, Patrizia Bonati, Rita Marcangelo, Rossella Tornquist, Sam Tho Duong, Sanna Svedestedt, Satomi Kawai, Seulgi Kwon, Shu-lin Wu, Silke Trekel, Simone Giesen, Sungho Cho Suzanne Beautyman, Tamara Grüner, Trinidad Contreras, Uli Rapp, Yu Hiraishi, Yuki Sumiya.

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Opening: Saturday August 29, 6pm
Collaboration: Municipality of San Felice del Benaco 
Venue: Palazzo Cominelli via Padre F. Santabona, 9 25010 Cisano di San Felice del Benaco (BS) 
Map

Organised and promoted by:
The Fondazione Raffaele Cominelli & agc associazione gioiello contemporaneo

Collaboration with the students and the Prof. Dario Bellini of Graphic Design Accademia LABA di Brescia for the video portraits. (http://laba.edu/home/index.asp)

The competition is open to artists from all over the world.

Registration:
Registration for selection must be submitted by no later than 10th  April 2015 and is subject to applications being sent to: premiocominelli@agc-it.org and the payment, via banker’s draft, of the fee of € 40,00
(or  € 35.00 for agc Members) or by PayPal of the fee of € 45,00  (or € 40.00 for agc Members).

The application material must be sent no later than  10th  April 2015.

The material shall consist of a CD with two folders:
- ONE with 8 LOW resolution 72dpi digital pictures
- ONE with 8 HIGH resolution 300dpi digital pictures of the artist’s own work produced during the last two years
- A brief description of the concept of the artist’s work and an updated curriculum vitae, all in English.

The pictures must have the following characteristics:
Resolution: one folder in 72 dpi and one folder in 300 dpi
Format: .jpg
Dimensions:a size minimum 20cm
Captions: year produced, materials used, title.

The images  must be on a white background.

TEXTS AND CVs SHALL BE IN WORD FILES, NOT IN PDF

- The CD with the information must be sent by post to:
- Maria Rosa Franzin c/o Liceo Artistico Pietro Selvatico
  Largo Meneghetti 1 35121 Padova, Italy

- The material shall also contain personal details such as: surname and name of artist, place and date of birth, phone, fax, e-mail address, website/blog.

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Quality, innovation and artistic research will be fundamental selection criteria.
The information material sent with the application for participating in the selection will not be returned and will become part of agc records.

The selection will be made by Mrs Renate Slavik, Gallerist in Vienna.

The participants will be informed about the outcome of the selection via e-mail by 30th April 2015.
Thereafter, the participation procedures, number of pieces to exhibit, date of shipment, etc. will be communicated.

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Bank transfer info: payment of registration fee
made to agc, c/o UNICREDIT BANCA, agenzia di Cremona, Piazza Roma 22, 26100 CREMONA.

Bank Coordinates:
COUNTRY: IT
CIN: EU 28
ABI: 02008
CAB:11400
C/C-IBAN: 000040371440
IBAN CODE: IT28 P0200811 4000 00040371440
BIC SWIFT CODE: UNCRITM1320
Referred to: ASSOCIAZIONE GIOIELLO CONTEMPORANEO
Please specify the following reason when making payment: participation to Premio Fondazione Cominelli