Art Experience in Cantabria, Spain

The Nueva Dársena Group (Cantabria, Spain) wishes to encourage contemporary art with the participation of artists from around the world in the seminar Art in the Origin, Art Experience in  Cantabria. To this end, it has reached an agreement with SM Pro Art Circle to offer a fellowship for one international artist whose project be worthy of such distinction.

 

Therefore:

 

The Nueva Dársena Group grants a Fellowship consisting in the 100% of the participation fee for the seminar ART in the ORIGIN, Art Experience in Cantabria, to be developed on May 8 to 16, 2020.

 

Find all the information about Art in the Origin, Art Experience in Cantabria, SPAIN at: https://www.circleproart.com/en-gb/art_in_the_origin

The Nueva Dársena Group will grant a fellowship to attend ART in the ORIGIN, Art Experience in Cantabria Seminar on 8 to 16 May 2020 edition that covers the 100% of the seminar participant fee for the winning artist.

 

The fellow artist must take care of his/her transfer, at its full cost, to be in the city of Santander, Cantabria (Spain) on the date required to be picked up by our team and transferred to the city in which the base of the seminar is established.

 

The participation fee in Art in the Origin has a value of € 2500.- totally covered by Nueva Darsena Group Fellowship, includes the fees of the members of our team, who accompany and guide the group during the 9 days, 8 nights’ accommodation in a single room with private bathroom in Rural Hostel, all meals, refreshments, the collection of participants in the city of Santander and all transfers to the places where we will work, tickets to the caves, cable car and taxes.

 

The fellowship is only enjoyed by the winner on the scheduled date, and in no case it is transferable, postponable, reimbursable or exchangeable for cash.

 

Artists from all over the world, of legal age and belonging to any discipline of the arts, may participate in the call.

The seminar is given in Spanish or English. Artists are required to speak one of these languages.

Artists that present themselves to the call expressly accept that:

• They have read the bases of participation.

• The fellowship must be enjoyed on the aforementioned date

• The fellow artist must take care of his / her transfer and be present, for their own in the city of Santander, Cantabria, on the indicated date.

The selection of the winner will be made from the evaluation of the projects and the background of applicants. For this, the applicants must present a project to be developed during the art experience.

Since Art in the Origin is not an Art Residency, but a seminar, the selected projects will be developed with the guidance and support of our directors and, therefore, are able to be modified during its development to ensure its realization.

 

The project will be developed in the natural environment and must be environmentally friendly.

There will be highly valued those projects that relate to the origin of Art, to environmental preservation and care of our habitat through the communion between Art and Nature.

 

The selection jury of the Nueva Darsena Group Fellowship will be formed by a representative from SM Pro Art Circle and two guest artists.

 

The jury will select a winning project and alternate projects in order of selection.

The winning artist of the Fellowship will participate in Art in the Origin Seminar from May 8 to 16, 2020.

Registration for this Fellowship will be open from August 1 to November 15, 2019.

The selection of the winning project and the substitutes, by the jury, will take place on December 15, 2019.

The winner of the fellowship and the substitutes will be notified by e-mail on that dates. 

The winner must confirm that accepts the fellowship by December 23, 2019 and formalize the registration presenting the transport ticket from his/her place of stay by January 15, 2020.

If the winner formally withdraw or fail to comply with the above mentioned terms to register, he/she will lose the right to the fellowship without having anything to claim to Nueva Darsena Group or SM Pro Art Circle.

The fellowship withdrawn or not confirmed, will be granted to the substitute in the pre-established order in the selection process.

The substitute notified as the new winner will have 15 days, from the moment of the notification, to complete the process of confirmation and registration before detailed.

The process will be repeated successively until the confirmation of a winner who accepts the fellowship and formalizes his/her participation.

In the event that the winner, once confirmed the acceptance and formalized his/her registration through the detailed process, notify that he/she are not be able to attend or not come to participate in Art in the Origin will lose all the acquired rights for the fellowship, although he / she invokes force majeure, not being able to request postponement, reimbursement, compensation or exchange for cash.

 

• The granted artist will participate in Art at the Origin on May 8 to 16, 2020.

• Submission: From August 1 to November 15, 2019.

• Selection of the winning project: by December 15, 2019.

• A winning and alternate projects will be chosen in order of selection.

• The winning and alternate artists will be notified by e-mail. 

• The winner artist must confirm by email the acceptance of the fellowship by December 23, 2019.

• The winner artist must formalize the registration presenting the travel ticket from his/her place of stay by January 15, 2020.

• In case of withdrawal of the winner, the substitute who is notified as a new winner of the Fellowship must confirm their acceptance and formalize their registration within 15 days from the date of notification.

Note: If the winner artist formally withdraw or fail to comply with the above mentioned terms to register, he/she will lose the right to the fellowship, not being able to claim to Nueva Dársena Group or SM Pro Art Circle, granting the fellowship, abandoned or not confirmed, to the substitute in the pre-established order in the selection process.

Each participating artist must:

 

1. Complete the online registration form on our website. In the same form, in addition to the personal data, the applicant must include the following information:

2. A summary of the project to be developed in the natural environment (up to 100 words).

3. The project to be developed in the natural environment (up to 1000 words).

4. A short CV up to 300 words (Word or PDF)

5. A photo portrait of the artist (jpg of up to 1Mb)

6. 3 images of previous works (jpg up to 1Mb each)

 IMPORTANT: Not be considered submissions that not comply with all the requirements.

In addition to receive the fellowship the winner artist is able to participate in future exhibitions that SM Pro Art Circle organize with the selection of the works made in Art in the Origin.

 

A printed and digital catalogue will be published with a selection of artworks carried out in ART in the ORIGIN 2020.