The Italian Cultural Association MoCA (Modern Contemporary Art), in collaboration with Arte Laguna, organizes the Seventh Edition of the International Art Prize “Arte Laguna”, aimed at promoting and enhancing contemporary art. The total value of the Prize is 170000 Euros.
The Prize obtained a medal by the President of the Italian Republic, with the patronage of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Veneto Region, the Municipality of Venice, Cà Foscari University of Venice, and the European Institute of Design among others. The contest features the awarding of cash prizes, the organization of an important collective exhibition in Venice, exhibitions in Art Galleries, Art Residencies and the publication of the official Catalogue. The Prize is divided into five sections: painting, photographic art, sculpture and installation, video and performance, and virtual art. Participants can freely choose the subject of their artworks.

More info: http://www.artelagunaprize.com/index.php/terms-a-conditions2012.html

The Città di Laives La Seconda Luna Award treasured the experience of the previous Premio di Pittura Città di Laives (Città di Laives Painting Award) whose eighth and last edition took place in 2006. In the same year the Municipality of Laives, original promoter of the initiative, established the Visual Arts Award Committee Città di Laives. The new entity was entrusted with the task of managing and innovating the project with the financial and organizational support of the Municipality, the Department of Italian Culture of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano and other stakeholders.

In 2007 it was decided to abandon the monographic approach of the previous Award to favor a broader perspective and a better understanding of sense-generation, creativity and society, which resulted in the establishment of a new award dedicated to passions.
Therefore, rather than focusing on a single field, the current project is a tool of transdisciplinary research, aimed at finding paths to explore new creative and social territories.
The first national edition of the Award gained a great response. Over a thousand people entered the contest, and three major Awards, two special Awards to “Passion for Scientific and Technologic Innovation” and two Jury Mentions were assigned.

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Among the competing categories of Arte Laguna Prize there are also video art, animation and performance.

For the category VIDEO: we accept short films, videos, films and works made with all animation techniques on any digital and analog base with a maximum running time of 15 minutes.

For the category PERFORMANCE: artists can apply individually or in a group and finalists will have the opportunity to perform live on the opening night of the collective exhibition in March 2013.