The Ankaria Foundation, in collaboration with the University of Cantabria has set up the II Ankaria Artist Book Award, an initiative that started last year with the Painted Words exhibition. The main aim of the award is to boost the creation of Artist’s Books among the creative community, and after the fruitful last edition, the Foundation announces the second edition of the prize, this time with the support of the Campus Cultural Project, encompassed in the Vice-chancellorship of Culture, Participation and Promotion of University of Cantabria.
The winner will get to add their work to the Painted Words next stop, in the University of Cantabria, as the exhibit continues its itinerancy around Spain. This show houses a great variety of artistic languages from different artists and techniques, and has helped the project become a living being whose aim is to grow and contribute with new ideas and concepts to the exciting world of artist’s books.
RULES AND REQUIREMENTS
- Artists or groups may participate without any nationality or age restriction
- Each artist will present a single work via email
- Open subject
- No restrictions in size or format
- The work will be presented in any artist’s book – book object format
- The deadline is June 15th
- The prize will be the purchase of the work and its inclusion in the Painted Words exhibition. In addition, the winner will appear at g&e magazine with an article on their work.
- The jury will be composed by the board of Ankaria Foundation and representatives of the University of Cantabria
- The prize will be of 2.000€ for the winner and 1.000€ for the second place
- Necessary documents: 1) Biography and Artist statement, 2) A complete registration form, 3) Maximum 3 images of the work (the Foundation may ask for the shipping of the work if it is considered impossible to evaluate with the provided pictures)
All documents must be submitted to info@fundacionankaria.org stating in the subject “II Ankaria Artist Book Award – Work’s Title – Artist’s Name and Last Name”. Each of the documents must be titled with the following information in this exact format: NAME OF THE WORK_Last Name.Name
