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Applicant criteria
- NationalityNo specific nationality required
- Age7 - 60
- GenderBoth
Opportunity criteria
- Job locationEgypt
- Needed documentsApplication form
- Deadline2021-10-01
Opportunity description
Tamayouz Excellence Awardis offering Dia al-Azzawi Prize for Public Art, as part of its programme of championing and celebrating the built and urban environment worldwide. The new award is named after the internationally celebrated Iraqi artist Dia al-Azzawi, one of the pioneers of modern Arab art, and will run biannually.
Competition Dates:
- Launch: 16 March 2021
- Submission Deadline: 1 October 2021
- Shortlisting: December 2021
- Winners Announcement: 2022
Benefits
- The winner of the Dia al-Azzawi Prize for Public Art will receive a statue and medal designed by Dia al-Azzawi.
- If the winner is a team, each member will receive a medal while the whole team will receive one statue.
- Travel and flight expenses for the winner will also be provided to attend the annual ceremony (if the team is a winner, then the team must select a representative to have their travel costs covered).
Eligibility criteria
- The Dia al-Azzawi Prize for Public Art seeks transformative permanent and temporary projects of all types ranging from murals, sculptures, monuments, urban performances, installations, public spaces, graffiti, architecture and planning.
- These artworks should not be exhibited in private spaces or as part of private collections, but rather in public spaces ensuring their accessibility to wider communities.
- To be eligible for consideration in the inaugural cycle of the award, projects must be completed between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2020 and should have been exhibited for at least one year, thereby verifying their impact on the surrounding environment.
- There are no fixed criteria for the type, nature, or cost of public art projects, but eligible projects must be based in any of the following countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
About Tamayouz Award:
Tamayouz Excellence Award (Established in 2012) is an independent initiative with no political affiliation, which aims to advance the profession of architecture both academically and professionally. Tamayouz is dedicated to supporting inspirational and trans-formative projects tackling local and global challenges informed by a holistic understanding of context.
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