The call for the Setba 2024 Prize for artists with intellectual disabilities is open

The Setba Foundation opens the fourteenth edition of the Premi Setba art contest for artists with intellectual disabilities. Currently, it is the most well-endowed competition in the Spanish State (13,100 euros in total), in which it brings together professionals from the art world, organizations and companies with the aim of detecting and claiming the artistic work of these people.

The call for the Setba Prize is part of the Magistrals pedagogical project and is open to all artists - of legal age and with a certificate of intellectual disability (minimum 33%) - who belong to a non-profit, legalized organization and registered in Catalonia.

The contest consists of presenting a work of free technique and theme in a vertical format (70 x 50 cm). The aim of these awards is to recognize the talent of artists with intellectual disabilities and to give visibility to their works.

Prizes and news of the Setba Prize 2024.

Three artistic prizes are awarded with a financial endowment of 8,500 euros and 4,600 euros in material and training, and a fourth design prize. The latter awarded by the Bardinet company and which has the result of being the new label for one of the wines of the Lacrima Baccus winery, DO Penedès.

As news for this edition, the financial endowment has been increased by 16%, providing in this way a remuneration solely for the artist. Apart from this new feature, a "Digital portrait - retrato digital" masterclass has been incorporated at the IED Barcelona for the artist winner of the Setba 2024 Award and for their organization, valued at €1,000 and a guided tour of the Bardinet Wines winery for the winning organization of the Bardinet Design Award.

The members of the professional jury for the 14th edition of the Setba Prize are: Meritxell Duran, sculptor and illustrator; José Manuel Jaurena, manager of the Art Mir company; Mònica Ramon, director of the Artur Ramon gallery and vice-president of the Art Gallery Association of Catalonia; Cristina Sampere, artist and director of the Setba Foundation; and Montse Sampietro, from the Culture and Science Activities Department of the "la Caixa" Foundation.

The Setba Award competition is organized by the Setba Foundation with the sponsorship of Barcelona City Council, Bizcabar and Capital Care and with the collaboration of Barna Art, Bardinet, Dincat, Fundació "la Caixa", the Guild of Galleries d 'Art de Catalunya, IDEAL, the European Institute of Design, the Barça Immersive Museum and MIR Pintures and with the support of the Barça Genuine Foundation and the Pigment Gallery.

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