Enjoia’t Awards 2012

ENJOIA’T, Prize for Contemporary Jewelry Making, is a unique event within the sector, which has been rewarding the most outstanding proposals within the field of jewelry making for professionals as well as students.
However, ENJOIA’T is not just a prize, and you will not find just jewelry. ENJOIA’T is much more than all this, since it is also a celebration of creativity, an indispensable meeting point for professionals in the sector, and a platform from which to show the public your creative project.
In fact, ENJOAI’T rewards originality, technical quality, conceptual richness and transgression in the field of jewelry making so much as to question its own limits. 

Do you dare to join?


>> Consulta les bases 
>> Consulta las bases
>> Competition conditions


The contest

>> Phase one: selection
All of the participants must send a dossier in digital format that includes:
_ Curriculum vitae
_ Up to 5 digital images of the piece you are presenting (in tiff or jpeg format, 300dpi, 10x15cm minimum) Each artist may present one piece only. The materials, dimensions and theme are open.
_ Technical sheet (dimensions, technique, year and materials)
_ Conceptual report
_ Supporting documents of student status (as necessary) *

The specified registration materials must be handed in to the offices of the A-FAD, (Plaça dels Ángels 5-6, 08001, Barcelona) deadline 11th July, 2012.
The dossiers received for the selection will be placed in the documental archive of the A-FAD..

The selections will be made based on the dossiers, up to a maximum of 20 participants that will enter the second phase of the competition and will participate in the exposition that will take place in the hall of the FAD, Fomento de las Artes y del Diseño, from October 11th to October 13th, incorporated under the context of JOYA, A Week of Contemporary Jewellery Making in Barcelona.

The selected participants must present their piece for the competition on either Tuesday the 9th or Wednesday the 10th of October.

>> The second phase: the awards
The jury will meet the semi-finalists in the head office of the FAD on Thursday, October 11th, 2012.

Each piece must be worn(the participant or someone else), and the participant will have 5 minutes to present it and defend it before the jury. Besides on the technical and innovative aspects of the piece, the originality of the presentation/defence will be evaluated. Thus, the participant may utilize the elements he or she thinks convenient to help in the presentation.

At 20:00 the Celebration of the Enjoia’t Awards 2012 will begin, in the Moritz factory space (Ronda de Sant Antoni 39, 08011 Barcelona),, in which the 20 participants will display their piece in front of the public. All of the attendees will be able to vote to choose the winner of the Public Opinion Award. At the end of the celebration, the jury will make their decision public, and they will hand out the diplomas to the winners and finalists. The three winners (in the professional, student, and public opinion categories) will repeat their defense explanations for the audience.


>> Categories and prizes
The prizes will be announced and handed out the 11th of October.

Professional Award
There is one prize only for creators, designers or companies, with a maximum of two finalists. The winner will be crowned with a piece made by Iris Weyer, winner of the Enjoia’t Professional Award of 2011, and will be given the responsibility to make the crown for the following year. The prize consists of an exposition in the FAD’s Cripta.**

Student Award
There is one prize only for students with a maximum of two finalists. The winner will be crowned with a piece made by Adrianna Wallis, winner of the Enjoia’t Student Award of 2011, and will be given the responsibility to make the crown for the following year. The prize consists of an exposition in the FAD’s Cripta.**

JOID’ART – ENJOIA’T Award
One single award for students and professionals. Joid’art jewellery company will chose the winner among the 20 semifinalists. The winning proposal will have the opportunity to develop a collection in collaboration with the company. The collection will receive financial remuneration, respect the copyright of the author and will be marketed by Joid’art. The resulting pieces of the collection will be displayed in the exhibition Enjoia’t, within the framework of next year’s edition of JOYA and the collaboration will be published in ON DISEÑO magazine.

Public Opinion Award
There is one prize chosen by the attendees of the celebration.
The prizes and the finalists of each category, as with those of the public opinion award, will receive an official diploma. The crowns will become part of the permanent collection of the A-FAD, Artists and Artisans of the FAD, and will be exhibited for the public in every ENJOIA’T event.


* Students are those people who can demonstrate their status with a registration sheet or certificate of studies.

**The exposition will take place in the Cripta of the FAD during JOYA, A Week of Contemporary Jewellery Making. The main space will be shared by the professional winner and the student winner.
The winners are responsible for the costs of design, production, set-up and break-down of their exposition, as well as at the inauguration, and the means of promotion that are printed (invitations, flyers, poster, etc.). The winners will be responsible for the objects and/or materials shown, for surveillance of the room and the apparatus and infrastructure of the Cripta during the exposition, and in the case of any damage, they will be responsible as well.
Those selected authorize the A-FAD to publicise by any means the information provided by the artist, only when it is related to the professional promotion of the winner.
The A-FAD reserves the right to modify any aspect of the exposition, with the approval of the artist, if it is felt that anything goes against their philosophy or appropriate behaviour.


For any questions please contact the secretary of the AFAD. Our hours of customer service are Monday-Friday, from 10:00 to 14:00.

Plaça dels Àngels 5-6
08001 Barcelona
T. 93 443 75 20
info@a-fad.org

Dates and price

Dates:
The specified registration materials must be handed in to the offices of the A-FAD, (Plaça dels Ángels 5-6, 08001, Barcelona) deadline 11th July, 2012.

The selected participants must present their piece for the competition on either Tuesday the 9th or Wednesday the 10th of October.

The jury will meet the semi-finalists in the head office of the FAD on Thursday, October 11th, 2012.

Price:
Members of the A-FAD
Professional Award: free
Student Award: free

Non-members
Professional Award: 60€
Student Award: 25€

Participation in the Enjoia’t Awards 2012 implies complete acceptance of the conditions included here.

A-FAD bank account information:
0121 41 0200509420 (Catalunya Caixa)
From outside of Spain:
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