Project leader of the Inclusive Gallery project;
Elementary and Secondary Boarding School “Milan Petrović” announces:

Public invitation for participation in the competition for an accessible work of art

We invite artists and students of art faculties, for whom this topic is a challenge, to participate in the Award competition for accessible works of art in the Inclusive Gallery project, and to keep in mind all people, including those:

• who cannot see, but can touch and can smell,
• who cannot hear but feel vibrations,
• who understand when it is explained to them,
• who rejoice when given the opportunity,
• whose life becomes fulfilled through art…

Accessible art allows direct communication with the audience.

Accessible art meets all the senses.

Accessible art can be seen, listened to, touched, smelled, felt, sensed…

Accessible art is a process that involves everyone who is willing to get involved, with more or less knowledge and skills.

We suggest that artists first have a dialogue with people with disabilities and find out their needs and desires, as well as the ways to make them happen. Obstacles to inclusion are not only architectural, but also sensory, intellectual, emotional and socio-cultural in its nature.

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Project agenda

The Call will be open from July 15^th to October 15^th 2018. Afterwards, “Milan Petrović” School’s Accessibility Team and the Art Jury will choose the winners.

The results of the Competition will be announced after October 15^th 2018.

The awarded artists are obliged to realize their works by November 15^th at the latest. After that, three winning projects will be exhibited in the school gallery – Atelje MP and Project Partners  – Shock Cooperative and in the Gallery of SULUV – premises in Novi Sad.

The date and duration of the exhibitions will be agreed upon later by the awarded artists, the project coordinator and representatives of partner organizations.

The awarded artists are obliged to give away one art work or another type of documentation of an accessible work of art to the Project Leader – ESBS “Milan Petrović “.

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Art Council

The Art Council consists of representatives of the Shock Cooperative, SULUV, the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, ESBS “Milan Petrović ” Accessibility Team and representatives of Novi Sad 2021 Foundation .

The Art Council will select the members of the jury. They will choose the winners and award three equal prizes of 100,000 dinars each, in gross amount. In cooperation with project partners, the School will print catalogs for three award-winning exhibitions, promotional material about the project and document the entire project on the Inclusive Gallery website.

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Criteria for the Competition

The value of the artistic idea and the accessible character of the work of art will be assessed by a ESBS “Milan Petrović “Accessibility Team and the members of the jury.

The dimensions of the awarded artwork should fit into the space of the proposed gallery spaces. Production costs cannot exceed the budget planned for the reward.

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Tender documentation

• A short author’s text on the origin of the work, i.e. ideas for its realization.
• A sketch on paper or a project of the work in electronic form, photographs or other audio-visual attachments, if the work has been performed.
• Precise description of techniques used in the work production – if the author submits a project idea or cost estimate or craftsmen’s/ production agency business offer, if the work is to be realized in a craft plant.
• Professional biography of the author or group of authors (associations).

Note: The author should be available for discussion with the jury and the project coordinator.

The competition documentation should be delivered to the school address by mail or in person:

ESBS “Milan Petrović”
Address: Bate Brkić bb, 21000 Novi Sad
Phone: +381221400024

or electronically to the project email: inclusive.galerija@gmail.com

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Visibility of the Inclusive Gallery project will be supported by exhibiting work and announcing exhibitions in the mobile Inclusive Gallery by Dejan Jankov, which will be set up in public spaces during November and December 2018 (on Trg Republike, Svetozara Miletića Street and elsewhere, by agreement) .

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You can download the entire text of the competition here: konkurs_poziv_2018.