Pouvez vous faire cuire
la nourriture française?

I really wish I had finished cooking school.  I made it through knife and sauce skills, but in hindsight, I should have stuck around for baking and production classes.  There is no substitute for a French culinary education.  Make sure the budget you supply for this next Call includes a culinary expedition while you’re delivering your work.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Fondation François Schneider for Contemporary Talents, an international art competition.  The competition is open to individuals AND groups, it appears to be both free AND offer huge project awards.  The deadline is about 2 weeks away, and you’ll need the time to read the rules, ha.  So, don’t delay…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Contemporary Talents

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  The competition is open to artists in the following categories: painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography and video.  In the installation and sculpture categories, the artists have the possibility of presenting either existing works or projects.  For the other four disciplines, only existing works may be submitted.

DEADLINE:  Registration for the competition is open until midnight December 15, 2012.  Candidates who have registered will be able to submit or modify their application until 5 pm on December 31st, 2012.

ENTRY FEE:  None

JURORS:  The pre-selection committees are each made up of 2 art and culture professionals, and their mission will be to identify the 40 candidates that will be presented to the International Panel of Judges.   The Photography pre-selection committee: the two specialists will have to identify 8 finalists; The Video pre-selection committee: the two specialists will have to identify 8 finalists; The Drawing/painting pre-selection committee: the two specialists will have to identify 12 finalists; and, the Sculpture/Installation pre-selection committee: the two specialists will have to identify 12 finalists.

The International Panel of Judges, chaired by Jean-Noël Jeanneney, includes well-known personalities from the arts world: an internationally renowned prize-winner, managers of art institutions, a collector. They will choose from among the 40 finalists, the 6 prize-winners of the “Contemporary Talents” competition and that of the “Water Talent” award.

AWARDS:  Prizes include the sum of €20,000 each tax inclusive (for the “Contemporary Talents”) or €30,000 tax inclusive (for the “Water Talent”), payable in three installments, following the announcement of the results, then during the realization, and finally upon delivery of the work in its finished form accepted by the Organizer.  For candidates presenting their work in the form of a project, their candidature must include an estimation of the budget required to realize the work (including the cost of transporting and installing the work).  These expenses will be covered by the Foundation up to the limit of the overall budget of €150,000 tax inclusive, after submission of a quotation by the artist and its acceptance by the Organizer.  When the candidates and Prize-winners do not present their works in project form, except with the Organizer’s express agreement, they shall bear the costs of realization and transport.   The Prize-winners’ installation costs will be covered by the Organizer.

For complete details, Read the Rules!