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Awards
CALL FOR ENTRIES TO SOUTH AFRICA’S
BIGGEST ART AND DESIGN PRIZE
Following the resounding success of the PPC Imaginarium Awards 2015/16
– where a total of 47 regional Finalists were selected to exhibit compared to
the previous year’s tally of 21 Finalists – the official Call to Entry for the third
edition of the awards has gone out.
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n-established artists and designers stand a chance to change their careers
through financial support, recognition, mentorship and guidance by
entering the PPC Imaginarium Awards 2016/17.
Having evolved from the longstanding PPC Young Concrete Sculptor
Awards, the PPC Imaginarium encourages artists and designers to create
and express their abilities using Portland cement-based concrete as a
primary base or material. The competition will feature six disciplines
in the arts and design fields. These disciplines are sculpture, jewellery,
architecture, film, industrial and fashion design.
Boasting prize money to the value of half a million Rand, each category winner stands
a chance to win R50 000, while runner-up contestants receive R15 000. The overall
competition winner will receive the grand prize of R100 000 at the winners’ exhibition in
2017.
The PPC Imaginarium Awards are open to South African citizens, resident holders, as well
as foreign students with study permits, who are not professionally established in their
respective fields. Artists and designers may enter multiple categories, with an original
artwork for each category. Team submissions and collaborations will be accepted. Entries
close on Friday, 30 September 2016.
The winners in each competition category will be announced in March 2017 and their
work will be on display at the University of Johannesburg in Auckland Park. The overall
competition winner announcement will take place in April 2017. All finalists’ entries will
be showcased in a travelling exhibition professionally transported by Stuttafords Van
Lines. For more information about the PPC Imaginarium Awards or to view the digital
gallery of the 2015/2016 finalists’ work, please visit: www.ppcimaginarium.co.za