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EXTENSION OF DEADLINE PREZIOSA YOUNG 2021.

Extension of deadline for PREZIOSA YOUNG 2021.

We receive many requests from people who fail to complete the registration process by November 15th.

We have therefore decided to extend the deadline to November 30th.

Anyone who has difficulty uploading files can send an email to info@artiorafe.it.

https://www.preziosa.org

 

The selection is based on:

The quality of design and manufacture of the pieces
The contemporary use of  the materials
The conceptual and technical innovation
The contest provides a high level of quality, both conceptual and technical.
The participants are young professionals, who already have their own activity and a demonstrable curriculum.
PY is not suitable for students who still attend schools or academies, or recently graduated.

We invite worldwide artists, goldsmiths, silversmiths, designers and young professionals to present projects that illustrate the work in which they are currently involved.
PY is not suitable for students or recently graduated.
Candidates must not be more than 35 years old in 2021.
Entries are free of charge apart from the costs for the shipment and related insurance of the items to and from Florence for the selected artists.
Insurance during the exhibition (s) are at the charge of the organizer.
 
Items submitted for the competition can be handcrafted, or produced by machinery, in 3D technology…. It is not the manufacturing process what determines the quality of the objects. Furthermore, the objects can be made in any material.
  1. Preziosa prize.
    The works of the selected participants are presented in May-June 2022, in Florence, in conjunction with Florence Jewellery Week, and a full colour catalogue will be published.
  1. LAO special prize.
    One of the selected artists is invited to Florence for a period of one to three months, as Artist in residence.
  1. Inhorgenta prize.
    One of the selected artists is awarded with a free space for the participation as exhibitor to the following edition of the fair.
Applicants should fulfil the on-line registration form and provide all the requested information.
In the registration session, you must provide just few personal data (name and surname, telephone number, email address …). After submitting the registration, the system generates a verification message and send it at your email address: you could then start uploading information and images, in multiple sessions, until the candidate decides to close the registration process.
To prepare the material in advance, please look at the following page.
November 30th, 2021
The creative process, the reasons, the objectives of the candidates should be explained through the objects and the statement submitted to the jury.
The selection of the winners is made going through the images and text submitted by the candidates. In the case that the jury deems it necessary, candidates will be requested to send objects for the final evaluation. The online registration form has been structured so as each participant is identified by an automatically generated numerical code. The jury have have access only to the data required for the selection (images, explanatory texts, artist’s statement), but not to the name and personal data of the candidates.
To preserve the privacy process, candidate should NOT include his name or other references to his own person in the presentation texts (statement, description of work, captions, web address, social address, etc.). Candidates who do not respect this rule will be disqualified from the competition.
Candidates must not be more than 35 years old in 2021.
The Preziosa Young exhibition will take place in Florence, in conjunction with the international exhibition/conference Preziosa, Florence Jewellery Week. The organizers could also plan other exhibitions along the year. By entering the competition, candidates automatically accept the obligation, if selected, to deliver their works to all the scheduled events. The winners of the competition must send a congruous number of objects for the scheduled exhibitions, according to the indications by the organizers. These pieces must be the same (or similar) to those submitted for the selection.
A full colour catalogue will be published, with CV and statement of the winners.
The shipping costs of the pieces (for the selection and for the exhibition), from the origin to Firenze and back home must be paid by the submitters. It is up to the artists to decide whether to insure and/or send their pieces by registered mail.
Shipment costs from Firenze to/by other exhibition locations are borne by the organization.
1. Full name
2. Full address
3. Phone number (home/office/handy), with full international code and area code
4. Email address. Please note that all communications with the candidates are conducted by e-mail. To this end,  is very important to use an internationally valid internet address, such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail
5. Education/work experience
6. Short statement (Max 3000 characters including spaces).

NOTE: To preserve the privacy process, candidate should NOT include his name or other references to his own person in the presentation texts (presentation texts, web address, social address, etc.). Candidates who do not respect this rule will be disqualified from the competition.

7. Images of 5 objects to submit for the contest.
Each object can be illustrated with up to 5 images.
Accepted files: JPG format, minimum size, 2400×1600 pixel; minimum resolution 300 DPI.
8. Captions for each object. Captions must be in English language, in the format as follow:
For each image:

  • Title.
  • Typology.
  • Year.
  • Materials.
  • Size of the object: Height, width, depth, in millimetres.
  • Credits (photograph, collectors, others)

We suggest submitting still life images, whit a white or black background.
Please note that pictures of worn pieces can be accepted only in case of obvious difficulty in photographing the objects in still life.
Images with non-compliant captions are excluded from the competition.

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