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CELESTE PRIZE 2011, 3rd edition
Last day for prize entries 31 July
Final exhibition and awards in New York in November 2011
Terms & Conditions

6,000 € - Video & Animation
6,000 € - Live Media & Performance
6,000 € - Installation & Sculpture
6,000 € - Painting Prize
6,000 € - Photography

The 50 finalist artists will be chosen by a jury and selection comittee of international art critics and curators led by Eugene Tan. Each selector will make his or her personal choices known in public, onsite. Names of selectors will be published no later than end of February.

Winners receive

* Cash prizes totaling 20,000 €
* Promotion and exposure by a New York based press office
* Jurors will introduce works in a tour of 50 finalist works
* Personalised, 2 minute video-trailer for each winner’s self-promotion
* Invite to a unique ‘get to know’ pre-final exhibition party in New York
* 150-page catalogue is free for winners

Finalists receive

* Cash reimbursement for travel/transport totaling 10,000 €
* Five artists invited to a group exhibition at the Tria Gallery in New York
* Two artists invited to monthly residencies in Lecce and Siena (Italy)
* Promotion and exposure by a New York based press office
* Jurors will introduce works in a tour of 50 finalist works
* Invite to a unique ‘get to know’ pre-final exhibition party in New York
* 150-page catalogue is free for finalists

Benefits for all participating artists

* 2 works in Celeste’s annual, theme exhibitions ‘Producing Censorship’ in Milan and New York
* 1 photographer at Shipping Minds exhibition, Coimbra, Portugal, 7-28 May
* 4 video works in a video screening at Icon Gallery, Coimbra, Portugal, 28 May
* Fonlad Festival, Portugal, 13 September to 31 December exhibition on the UAVM Virtual Museum
* Student artist receives a free, three-month art course at the Siena Art Institute, Italy
* Constant international promotion, thanks to priority filters and special displays
* Facilitated access to over 300 curators and 200 art galleries active in the network
* Hundreds of artists are contacted in Celeste every year with invitations to exhibit


more info on celesteprize.com