The Second Annual Terna Prize for Contemporary Art (Terna Prize 02)

The Second Annual Terna Prize for Contemporary Art (Terna Prize 02).
This competition is open to artists of all nationalities working in Italy and New York City.

THEME:
Energy:Mankind = Future:Environment
Proportions for new aesthetics

Objectives of the Terna 02 Award
The Award’s principal objective is to support contemporary artists and art and contribute to a new virtuous relationship among businesses, the art world and public authorities through the interconnection between culture and economy.

The Award involves all of the contemporary art world and creates a circuit for promoting new talents and the role of artists as a development and search engine for new creativity. In addition to the participation of artists of all ages who work in Italy, the 2009 edition also includes the participation of Italian and foreign artists who work steadily in New York. The introduction of a new dedicated category “Connectivity New York” reflects Terna’s will to encourage the exchange of experiences and creativity with other countries while internationally promoting Italian contemporary art, thus enhancing one of our country’s aspects that has yet to be discovered

There are four categories:

TERAWATT: By invitation only, reserved to experienced artists with established activity in Italy and/or abroad.
Prize: 100,000 Euros

GIGAWATT: Artists under 35 years of age, working in Italy.
First Prize - "Artist Residency Program" of three months in New York City. Second and third prizes - purchase prize bonuses for the value of 4,000 and 3,000 Euros, respectively

MEGAWATT: Artists over 35 years of age, working in Italy.
First Prize - "Artist Residency Program" of three months in New York City. Second and third prizes - purchase prize bonuses for the value of 4,000 and 3,000 Euros, respectively

CONNECTIVITY: Open to artists of all nationalities working in New York City
First Prize - "Artist Residency Program" of three months in Rome. Second and third prizes - purchase prize bonuses for the value of $4,000 and $3,000, respectively

New York City artists may participate in the "CONNECTIVITY" category.

Artwork from last year's Terna Prize 01 will be on exhibit at The Chelsea Museum (NYC) June 26-July 11, 2009.

For any additional info, please check the website at: www.premioterna.com