Art Call for Artists.
Gifu Prefecture, Japan is hosting "Gifu Land of Clear Waters Art Festival, Art Award IN THE CUBE 2020" with the goal of fostering and discovering new creative talent. This year's theme is "Kioku no Yukue (Where our Memories Go)". Artists from any age group and working in any genre are eligible to participate.
The aim of this triennial art competition is to provide opportunities both for artists and audiences to feel inspired by the appreciation of the present moment.
Selected artworks will be on display either in The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu or in the Gifu Prefectural Library.
All applicants must understand the idea and purpose of the award, AAIC 2020 and be able to have completed production of the artwork for the exhibition.
This contest is open to all artists and groups of any age and nationality.
Selection Process
* Primary selection: Early August 2019
Judges will select winners of the primary stage (about 18 works)
* Secondary selection: Mid April 2020
Judges will select winners of the Grand Prize and Judge's Prize(s)
Exhibition Period
April 18 (Sat.) - June 14 (Sun.) 2020
Judges
Toshikatsu Endo: Sculptor
Takao Kawaguchi: Dancer/ Performer
Motoaki Shinohara: Poet/ Art Critic / Director of Takamatsu Art Museum
Tadasu takamine: Artist/ Professor at Akita University of Art
Shinichi Fukuoka: Biologist/ Professor at Aoyama Gakuin University
Terunobu Fujimori: Architect / Director of the Edo-Tokyo Museum
Kyoko Murase: Painter/ Professor at Tama Art University
Cash Prizes
Grand Prize (one work) ￥5,000,000
Judge's Prize(s) ￥1,000,000
Other Selected works (about 18works) ￥500,000
For more information, please visit the Event Website.
https://art-award-gifu.jp/en/about
