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!
Now We See Them
Alexis M Powers
open category
I’ll never forget the day my mom sat me and my siblings down and told us that our dad would be going to jail for six months. After a long six months my dad was released, and I took an interest in the stories he would tell me about his experiences. This jumpstarted my interest in the stories of others who have experienced incarceration. I took the time to get to know these individuals instead of judging them because of their pasts and turned it into art. I want these pieces to make the viewer want to know more about the person. I want them to want more information. Instead of judging the person whose background check came back with a felony, or the person whose mugshot is going around town in a gossip they’ll take the time to listen to their story. Proposed as symbol.
I’ll never forget the day my mom sat me and my siblings down and told us that our dad would be going to jail for six months. After a long six months my dad was released, and I took an interest in the stories he would tell me about his experiences. This jumpstarted my interest in the stories of others who have experienced incarceration. I took the time to get to know these individuals instead of judging them because of their pasts and turned it into art. I want these pieces to make the viewer want to know more about the person. I want them to want more information. Instead of judging the person whose background check came back with a felony, or the person whose mugshot is going around town in a gossip they’ll take the time to listen to their story. Proposed as symbol.