The Open Call for the Social Art Award 2019 under the topic “We are the People – Peaceful Revolutions” was closed on December 15, 2019. We are very impressed by 558 submissions that were contributed by artists coming from 65 countries across all continents.
The winners of The Social Art Award 2019 are Narcissa Gold (USA), Melinda Mouzannar (Lebanon) and Bogna Grazyna Jaroslawski (Poland/Germany). The Honorary Mention goes to Kingson Kin Sing Chan (Hong Kong/UK).
Below you find the artworks, that passed the initial jury round. The public voting took place till 30 December and is a tool to give more public visibility to the topic and the artworks. It does not replace the final jury judgment. There were two wildcards for the most voted artworks that entered the final shortlist.
The focus diversity of applications shows that artists are active in the multi-faceted fields of socially engaged art reflecting on wars, genocides, femicides, traumata, violence against refugees, children, women, men, disabled people, LGBTIQs, animals. They share feelings for the planet and its living species, but also showing hopelessness due to complex crises be it climate change (e.g. in regard to water pollution), capitalism, corruption, a violation against human rights, nature, protected national parks. Many of the artists are constantly trying to give a voice to the poorest or empower unheard social groups.
It’s not only about peaceful revolutions, but it’s also about feeling a deep connection and showing love and respect for each other.
Thank you all for sharing your great and inspirational work and look at all the great contributions!
Notesy z Łukowa - Workshop
Pamela Bozek
open category
Notesy z Łukowa (Notebooks from Łuków) is a participatory art project running in Foreigners’ Centre in Łuków, a Polish town. Notebooks from Łuków is a bookbinding micro-label created by the artist Pamela Bożek in 2017/2018 in cooperation with women refugees from Chechnya living in the centre. Notebooks hand maded by participants are sold in many places like art galleries, cafes, shops in Poland. All profit on sales goes to the authors. The project focuses on redistribution of public money comes from grants and founds for artists. Cooperation with ngo Stowarzyszenie “Dla Ziemi” which has 10-yrs experience of working with migrants in Łuków made the start of a legal company possible. Notebooks are available on-line as well. All notebooks are made of recycling paper and the covers are made of the coffee bags provided by many cafes serving products of one, same fair-trade coffee roaster. Making notebooks documentation in Foreigners Centre in Łuków. The micro-brand Notesy z Łukowa was created as a artistic participatory project supported women refugees in Poland.
Notesy z Łukowa (Notebooks from Łuków) is a participatory art project running in Foreigners’ Centre in Łuków, a Polish town. Notebooks from Łuków is a bookbinding micro-label created by the artist Pamela Bożek in 2017/2018 in cooperation with women refugees from Chechnya living in the centre. Notebooks hand maded by participants are sold in many places like art galleries, cafes, shops in Poland. All profit on sales goes to the authors. The project focuses on redistribution of public money comes from grants and founds for artists. Cooperation with ngo Stowarzyszenie “Dla Ziemi” which has 10-yrs experience of working with migrants in Łuków made the start of a legal company possible. Notebooks are available on-line as well. All notebooks are made of recycling paper and the covers are made of the coffee bags provided by many cafes serving products of one, same fair-trade coffee roaster. Making notebooks documentation in Foreigners Centre in Łuków. The micro-brand Notesy z Łukowa was created as a artistic participatory project supported women refugees in Poland.