Elsí selected for the Giotto Maimeri Prize

Elsí among the 15 artists selected throughout Sicily for the painting section for the first edition of the Giotto Maimeri Prize for the Sicily Region. The Foundation Maimeri and Arteventi by Stefania Morici with the patronage of the City of Palermo establish, for the first year, a regional prize for painting, called the ‘Giotto Maimeri’ Award aimed at promoting and enhancing contemporary art and education in art and color within the entire educational path undertaken by young people. The Prize, valid exclusively for the territory of the Region of Sicily, is addressed to all citizens resident in the Sicilian territory, without limits of age, gender or other qualification. The prize will have as its theme ‘The Colors of the Mediterranean’ and will be divided into five sections and precisely: Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Art Schools, Academies of Fine Arts, Professional Artists and not (without age limits). Giotto and Maimeri, two historical Italian companies, for the first time, join, therefore, with the same intent: to offer every artist, young or adult, a valid opportunity for visibility and work stimulating the creation and production of the works, so that the Italian and international artistic activity continues with the same intensity, the same value and the same passion witnessed so far by the heritage left to us by the great masters of the past. For each category will be selected 15 works, plus additional 15 works for the ‘City of Palermo’ Award dedicated to drawing and engraving, for a total of 90 works. The 90 selected works will be exhibited for a month in an institutional center of the City of Palermo. During the opening of the collective exhibition of the 90 selected artists that will be held Friday, June 5 at 10 am at Villa Niscemi, the winners will be chosen and awarded the following prizes: Giotto Maimeri Prize, Award ‘City of Palermo’, Award ‘La Rinascente’.

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