Deadline: 15-May-23
Do you like to create images? Are you a professional illustrator or do you want to become one? Take part to the third edition of BO it!
The project wants to promote creative work, facilitate networking and exchange between artists, including non-professional artists and people belonging to protected categories. In each edition, artists are asked to propose their vision of the city of Bologna addressing the chosen topic along with a “shape”.
In each edition, artists are asked to propose their vision of the city of Bologna addressing the chosen topic along with a “shape”
Theme of the Third Edition
- The shape of the Third Edition is the outline of the city of Bologna: the ancient walls, called “cresta” or “circla”.
- The shape was chosen because it recalls the polygonal shape of a beehive cell.
- Not everyone knows that Bologna has a long tradition of research on the study of bees: from Guido Grandi, a world-renowned entomologist who studied hymenoptera, including bees, and left an important collection named after him at the University of Bologna, to the University of Bologna departments such as BiGeA, which carries on research on the interaction between plants and pollinators, and DISTAL, which deals with eco-toxicology and bees as bioindicators.
- It is precisely because of the recognized importance of bees in the functioning and balance of the ecosystem that they came to decide the theme of the third edition, aimed at adopting a sustainable view: Bologna becomes an opportunity to think about, discuss and illustrate an extremely relevant, multifaceted, and stimulating issue such as ecological transition.
Prizes
- First Prize Sconfinando Bologna | € 800 and a solo exhibition at the Millennium Gallery in Bologna at Palazzo Gnudi on a date to be determined (by May 2024).
- Second Prize Un segno d’impatto with the sponsorship of zeroCO2 | € 500.00
- Third Prize | A voucher to the value of 200€ for the purchase of fine arts instruments and materials
- Audience award | the first prize in BO it! history to be granted by the citizens of Bologna themselves.
- The winning illustrations will be published in the Annual 2024 of Image Authors Association (AI), partner of BOit! International Contest
- The selected works, along with the three winning works, may receive special mentions and will be exhibited to the public in a collective exhibition. The selected artworks will also be published in a catalog and will circulate around Italy through a traveling exhibition in bookstores throughout 2023-24. Each selected illustrator will be honored with the adoption of a tree by zeroCO2
Outcomes
- End of June 2023
- The 30 finalist works will be selected at the sole discretion of the jury composed of illustration and visual communication experts and representatives of sponsoring institutions by June 2023. Selected works will be communicated by contacting the finalists, and the results will be published through the competition’s institutional channels.
Exhibitions
- Summer 2023- 2024
- The official exhibition of the finalist artworks will be presented in the city of Bologna, along with a catalog and will be organized a series of activities about the results of the contest, including traveling exhibitions in bookstores throughout the biennium 2023-2024, until the next edition of the prize!
Eligibility Criteria
- The international call is open to everyone, the only limit is beeing older than 18. It’s possible to participate individually or collectively. The jury will select 30 artworks, including three winners (one of the prizes will be reserved for an artist in the protected categories).
- The “shape” of the third edition of the contest represents the outline of the city of Bologna (“cresta” or “circla”) which recalls the cell of a beehive.
- The theme of this edition focuses on climate change and carbon neutrality. Along with 100 other cities, Bologna is selected to become a carbon neutral city by 2030. Thanks to the powerful and original contributions of image creators entering the contest, the project wants to promote the city’s image beyond it’s limits.
- This contest is open to both Italian and foreign citizens, resident and non-resident in Italy, legal or natural persons of all ages.
- Candidates are responsible for the originality of their proposals and must guarantee the authorship, thus relieving the organizers from any liability from any third parts’ claims related to copyright and other connected issue.
- Proposals from the same candidate (max. 3) must refer to a single application and be uploaded to the form on the site via three different upload operations.
- The contest shall not be entered in by: members of the Board of the contest and all those who have taken part or contributed in any way to the organization of the Contest and to the drafting of the regulation, the members of the Jury and the corresponding relatives and in-laws, including those who have ties of collaboration and/or professional relationships for any reason;
- The incorrect or incomplete submission of the required documentation, the submissions sent after 11:59 pm of deadline and the violation of the provisions of this regulation will be causes for exclusion from the contest. If the candidate submits the documentation incorrectly or incomplete before the deadline, he/she will be contacted by the Staff of BO it! to correct the application.
For more information, visit BO it.