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Premio Valcellina
Valcellina Award

Concorso Internazionale
di Arte Tessile Contemporanea
International Contemporary
Textile/Fiber Art Competition

we(h)ave

Valcellina Award

What is Valcellina Award?

The Valcellina Award - at its 11th edition in 2019 - is the International Contemporary Textile/Fiber Art Competition, open to fiber artists under 35 years of age.
The Valcellina Award was established with the aims of stimulating curiosity in young artists about contemporary textile arts, fostering new talent, encouraging new artistic research and experimentation.
The past ten editions of the competition have seen the participation of artists from all around the world from a wide range of cultures, practises and education, making the Valcellina Award a space for learning, sharing experiences and ideas.
The Valcellina Award is the most important event organised by Le Arti Tessili, which was founded in 1987 for the social promotion of cultural activities.

 

Theme of the 11th Edition: WE(H)AVE

WE(H)AVE a play-on-words between “to weave” and “to have”.Fiber Arts become the interpreter of the present in a dialogue between the historical memory of traditional knowledge, seeking innovative visions: through artistic research, while elaborating cultural and social transformation.

The Emblem of the 11th Edition

To represent the WE(H)AVE theme of the 11th edition, the the scientific committee has chosen a detail of the work entitled Knot to Knot by Polish artist Magdalena Grenda, now part of the Valcellina Collection, which explores geometric principals with cord and knots, evoking the traditions of weaving and the uniqueness of the identities which represent it.

 Image of past edition

Image of past edition

Selected Artists

On Monday 27 January 2020 the first jury of the Valcellina Award 11th edition - We(h)ave met. The jury members were:
Eva Comuzzi, , art historian
Renata Pompas, journalist, essayist, expert in Fiber Art
Lydia Predominato, Fiber Artist and Fiber Art event curator

After a careful evaluation of the material received and compliant with the competition regulation, the jury selected the best works that will be show at the exhibition and will compete for the prizes to be won!

-Inexpressible - Katrina Leitena – Lettonia
-Deux Mille-fleurs/Two Thousand Flowers - Søren Krag Nielsen – Danimarca
-Red Carpet - Lisa Martignoni – Italia
Human blood - Ayako Matsumura – Giappone
-The River My Heart Seeks - Yu Jung Wu – Taiwan
-Ontologia selvaggia - Elham Mossllemi Aghili – Iran
-Segni di resistenza - Reyhaneh Alikhani – Iran
-Deep Inside and Far Beyond - Khrystsina Vysotskaya – Bielorussia
Pieces of Jade - Jialing Lee - Taiwan
-Il giocco dell’infanzia - Kun Zhao / Sun Peigen – Cina
-INTIMO-intimo - Jiying Liu / Xu Yingbo / Peng Shaohua - Cina
Trame - Rossella Ferrero - Italia
-Mappa-Mundi - Livia Ugolini – Italia
-La bolla eterna - Haoyu Song – Cina
-The Organic life, Weaving - Eunsun An – Corea del Sud
-Paesaggio sociale // Paesaggio Sonoro - Giulia Iacolutti - Italy
-Le mal du pays - Nikola Filipović – Montenegro
-Winter in Worpswede mit Otto Modersohn - Carlotta Mansi - Italia
-Soundweave - Selene Torlino / Marco Taurino / Alessandro Rubei – Italia
-Sincretismo - Alma Villa Hernandez - Messico
-Drop - Anezka Kruzikova – Repubblica Ceca
-Soglia - Arianna Bassetto - Italia
Rock (No.3) - Magdalena Kleszynska - Polonia

Online inauguration and award ceremony video

Request the catalog

Request the catalog

Press conference

Saturday 26th June 2021 at 11:00 a.m.
at the Ex Tipografia Savio in Pordenone in via Torricella, 2

Online inauguration and award ceremony

Saturday 26th June 2021
at 14:00 a.m. UTC+02 You Tube @LeArtTessili - Facebook @ValcellinAward
at 14:30 a.m. UTC+02 Instagram @LeArtiTessili

Opening of the finalist works exhibition until 19 September 2021

at the Museo dell'Arte Fabbrile e delle Coltellerie di Maniago PN

Opening hours

From Monday to Sunday: 10.00-13.00 / 14.30-17.30
Tuesday and Wednesday: 10.00-13.00

Tickets

Full: € 6.00 - Reduced: € 3.00

For info contact the Tourist Office of Maniago PN
tel 0427 709063
e-mail museocoltellerie@maniago.it

Opening of the collateral exhibition "Weave_Tessere il sociale" until 19 September 2021

at the gallery of the Le Arti Tessili headquarters
to visit the exhibition write to segreteria@leartitessili.it

Guided visits to the exhibitions by Eva Comuzzi

- Friday 9 July afternoon at 15:00
- Saturday 21 August morning at 10:00
- Sunday 19 September at 10:00

Ticket: € 3,00
The tour starts from the Le Arti Tessili headquarters via Carso, 4 Maniago PN with a visit to the collateral exhibition "Weave_The social" followed by a visit to the exhibition of the works finalists for the Valcellina Award 11th ed. at the Museo dell'Arte Fabbrile e delle Coltellerie di Maniago PN

For info and reservations contact the Tourist Office of Maniago PN
tel 0427 709063 e-mail museocoltellerie@maniago.it

Prizes

First prize: free attendance at short course/residency with a partner school – study grant of €3.000,00         

Second prize: free attendance at short course/residency with a partner school – study grant of €2.000,00         

Third Prize: free attendance at short course/residency with a partner school – study grant of €1.500,00         

Fourth prize: free attendance at short course/residency with a partner school – study grant of €1.000,00

Fifth prize: free attendance at short course/residency with a partner school – study grant of €1.000,00

Sixth prize: free attendance at short course/residency with a partner school – study grant of €1.000,00

Calimala prize DHG Gift Card valued at €250,00

Past editions in numbers

702
Participating artists
45
Nations of origin of participants
351
Works selected for participation
43
Works awarded prizes
40
Works receiving speciali mention
36
Judges involved
11
Academies involved
17
Related exhibitions (by invitation)

event promoted and curated by:

Le Arti Tessili

"Le Arti Tessili APS"
Via Carso, 4 – 33085 Maniago PN Italia



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with the contribution of:

Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
Comune di Maniago
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with the support of:

Friulovest Banca
Savio Macchine Tessili
DHG
MABI
PFGROUP
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with the cooperation of:

Museo dell'Arte Fabbrile e delle Coltellerie, Maniago

Ufficio Turistico, Maniago
Circolo della cultura e delle arti

partners:

CooperAction-Onlus
officina creativa
Itaca
Arteco
Arci Cervignano
Comitato DARS
Progettoautismo
NASAC
IRES

ASSOCIAZIONE AMICI DEL MUSEO DELL'ARTE FABBRILE E DELLE COLTELLERIE ODV, MANIAGO PN

media partners:

arte morbida

with the patronage of:

Comune di Pordenone
Confindustria UD
ETN
coordinamento tessitori
Fidapa, Pordenone
Noi dell’arte
UTE delle Valli del Cellina e del Colvera
OAT

Project for Schools:

I.S.I.S. Lino Zanussi di Pordenone
I.I.S. Evangelista Torricelli Maniago PN
Progetto per le scuole scuole / Galvani

PROJECT MANAGER: Annamaria Poggioli

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: Eva Comuzzi, Annamaria Poggioli, Renata Pompas, Lydia Predominato

GENERAL COORDINATION AND SECRETARIAT: Barbara Girardi

TECHNICAL COORDINATION AND EXHIBITION PROJECTS: Lucia Vedovi

LOCAL COORDINATION: Anna Teresa Bruni

COORDINATION OF PROJECT FOR SCHOOLS: Ilaria Bomben

DIDACTICS: Eva Comuzzi

WEB AND SOCIAL NETWORK: Luca Bearzatto, Angela Biancat

INHOUSE IT SYSTEMS: Michele Beltrame

PRESS OFFICE: Daniela Sartogo

TRANSLATION: Eleanor Callanan / Patrizia Sommer

GRAPHICS: Gianfranco Casula

COVER PHOTO: Riccardo Maria Moretti

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