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Photo Competition - CELESTE PRIZE 2011 (Cash prizes totaling 20,000 €)

CELESTE PRIZE 2011, 3rd edition

Last day for prize entries 31 July

Final exhibition and awards at The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, New York, 11-13 November
6,000 € - Painting Prize
6,000 € - Photography & Digital Graphics
6,000 € - Video & Animation
6,000 € - Installation & Sculpture
6,000 € - Live Media & Performance

50 finalist artists will be chosen by a 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

Winners receive
* Cash prizes totaling 20,000 €
* Promotion and exposure by a New York based press office
* Personalised, 2 minute video-trailer for each winner
* 150-page catalogue is free for winners

Benefits for Finalists
* Cash reimbursement for travel/transport totaling 10,000 €
* 5 artists invited to an exhibition at the Tria Gallery - New York
* 2 artists invited to a residency in Lecce and Siena - Italy
* 1 artist invited to a residency in Brooklyn - New York
* Promotion and exposure by a New York based press office
* 150-page catalogue is free for finalists

Benefits for all participating artists
* 2 works in Celeste Prize 2011 - New York
* 2 works in theme exhibitions Producing Censorship - Milan/New York, Autumn
* Fonlad Festival, Portugal, exhibition at the UAVM Museum, Autumn
* Student artist receives a free 3 months 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

Final Exhibition, Get to-Know Party, Open Studios in New York
* Invite to a unique Get to-Know Party pre-final exhibition party
* Jurors will introduce works in a tour of 50 finalist works
* Art talk with curators
* Brooklyn Open Studios

website: http://www.celesteprize.com/prize