Award Information & Guidelines










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President
Angel Orensanz

Director
Al Orensanz, Ph.D.

Assistant Director
Maria Neri, MSW

Award Coordinator
Paul Cabezas

Visual Communications
Klara Palotai

The Angel Orensanz Foundation announces the 4th edition of its
International Art Award

1. All artists from any nationality and artistic practice are invited. They can choose the format, style and medium that they prefer but the final product to send us will be exclusively a digital file.

If you are an artist and plan to participate in the Art Award please refer to the section: “How to Contact Us” on this page [in bold blue letters] before sending us your final proposal. We will help you every step of the way to register and to create your digital file.

2. We invite all participants to submit artwork in digital format that develop concepts related to the tension between chaos and order; decadence and renaissance; destruction and reconstruction; oppression and liberation.

3. All proposals should contain the following files: a file with digital image[s], a text file with the narrative about the project and an abbreviated bio of the artist (or artists) with no more than 100 words. All these materials must be sent by e-mail to the e-mail address of this website. (scroll down to directions in blue bold letters at the bottom of this page). We accept all digital file formats with preference given to jpeg for pictures, html formats and text files. Files should not exceed 2 MB. Please, do not mail us printed or three-dimensional matter.

4. We have created an internet space as the exclusive means of communication. This site is our internet location.

All questions and comments must be sent by electronic mail to contact@orensanzaward.com

5. The proposals can be sent in Spanish, English and French. For other languages, please, contact us first.

6. The selected and notified award participants are guaranteed the inclusion in the award process, and the following benefits:

(a) Technical support and directions in building your electronic files for your submission. You will have access to all necessary information and technical support on any day for 24 hours.

(b) The submitted artworks will be included in the online award exhibition, with the the narrative and biography of each artist. Each participant receives three copies of the digital catalogue free of charge. The printed version of the catalogue will also be available for distribution through the exhibitions of the Art Award, art fairs, museum book shops and public libraries.

(c) The exhibition of all the proposals will be in cities of three internation art centers: Paris, New York and Venice

The first exhibition will be in New York at the end of April, 2004 at the Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts. It will be followed by the exhibitions in two major art centers of Europe.

(d) The submitted artworks will be featured as an independent page with an additional biography page for unrestricted and unlimited viewing in a virtual gallery on this website for a period of one year.

(e) All submissions will be viewed by a jury of prominent art critics in all three cities - who will cast their votes separately in each one of the three exhibitions.

If interested in participating in the Art Award, as a first step you should send us an e-mail with the subject line: NOTICE OF INTEREST to our e-mail address: contact@orensanzaward.com, with your full name, mailing address, preferred e-mail address, and web site[s] (if applicable) so we can start a dialogue about your participation in this award. Please closely follow this instruction if you plan to participate.


Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts
172 Norfolk Street, New York, N.Y. 10002

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