CALL for ENTRIES:
Int’l Open Art Competition 
from Art Olympia

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With food risk, often comes food reward.  Anyone that has ever consumed a plate of escargot has taken a food risk.  Face it… eating snails seems anything but normal.  But the culinary reward is worth it. This next Call for Entries is financially a little risk, but the prize awards could make it all worthwhile.  Carefully investigate is my recommendation…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Celeste Network for the Celeste Prize 2011 and exhibit at The Invisible Dog in Brooklyn, NY.  The entry fee is expensive and the media is limited, but the prize potential is HUGE.  Take a chance…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Celeste Prize 2011

The Celeste Network announces a call to artists for Celeste Prize 2011, November 11-13, 2011 at The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, New York.  The prize has been established to promote international contemporary art in the widest possible sense. 

There will be a final art exhibition with 50 artworks, a final catalogue of circa 150 pages with circa 120 illustrated works of art and critical texts, as well as 5 prize awards and benefits totaling 30,000 € (approx. $42,000 US).  The exhibition of finalist works, voting and awards will take place at The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, New York, 11-13 November 2011.

ELIGIBILITY: The art competition is open to any person practicing art either as a professional artist in full-time or part-time, student artist or self-taught artist from anywhere in the world. There is no age limit for applicants and the prize is open to all artists whatever their qualifications, with or without experience of public or private exhibitions, critical acclaim, or collectors at a national or international level. The prize encourages participation by artists at every level.

MEDIA:  Painting, photography, graphics, drawing, print, video, sculpture, installation.  Excellence in content, contemporary aesthetic, technique, and material is sought in the selection of works for the final exhibition.  Works of art submitted to the prize must have been completed in the last 24 months, and do not necessarily have to have been exhibited before.  There is no special subject, title or theme required for participating works, they can range from being figurative to abstract, from conceptual to participatory in content and presentation.

DEADLINE:  Midnight, July 31, 2011

ENTRY FEE:  ‘Prize’ membership fee 2011: 60 € if you joined last year, and renew before your 2010 membership expires, otherwise 90 € if this is your first time application. Membership fees are not refundable. *Editor’s Note: This show is significantly more expensive than anything I normally publish; however, the prize opportunities are huge, including travel allowance to attend the opening.

AWARDS:  Each of 5Categories awards prizes totalling 6,00 euros (approx. $8500 USD) Painting Prizes totalling 6,000 €; Photography & Digital Graphics Prizes totalling 6,000 €; Video & Animation Prizes totalling 6,000 €; Installation & Sculpture Prizes totalling 6,000 €; and Live Media & Performance Prizes totalling 6,000 €. *Celeste Prize has by Italian Law to hand over to the Italian state 25% of finalists’ prize money for tax purposes. This sum will be withheld by the Organiser from each first prize winner and all finalists who receive reimbursements. A prize winner or finalist who is non-resident in Italy can request the Italian tax authorities to have his or her tax advance recredited in his/her country of residence, this is a suggestion and in no way represents a certainty guaranteed by Celeste Art Prize.

For complete information, visit the Celeste Prize website!