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Credo of the International Art Workshops - Pienkow Art represents the essence of human dignity. The spirits of all nations and cultures are built from art and her foundations. For the Polish nation, Szczerbiec, the sword of King Piast, Matejko's painting of the Victory of Grunwald, Chopin's Poloneise and Szmborska's poems are among a few chef d'oeuvres that define the spirit of Poland as a nation. Today's young artists struggle for their artistic survival and identity. The educational system currently fosters dependency on the market. The state does not support budding artists and business corrupts them in order to produce corporate profits. Many of them lose faith in their destiny as artists and are hired for business production and therefore deprived of their artistic passions by the demands of daily life. They have little guidance in their artistic direction and challenges. Everyday, the media pursues these young artists not for works of artistic integrity but for works that create media sensation. Technology corrupts young artists by defining and visualizing their means of expression and facilitating mass production. I feel a personal duty to continue to foster the development of the arts. I call on everyone with their means to support the arts in order to reverse the current declining trends and revive our artistic culture. The Marek Maria Pienkowski Foundation sponsors "Pienkow International Art Workshops" on a yearly basis. Based on recommendations of the deans of respected art schools we invite young artists, up to 10 years after graduation, to apply for competitive admission to our workshops. Our intention is to invite artists from one Polish center and two international schools in order to represent different trends in art. From the application the Selection Committee chooses up to ten winners (20-30% of overall applications) and invites them for this two-week workshop. The participants are offered full accommodations and facilities to work as well as to have creative exchange and discussion in a free, uninhibited, but competitive environment. Based on artwork created during the Workshop, our Committee selects one winner of the contest and the foundation offers a $5,000 grand prize. The winner is invited to participate as a juror for the next year's Pienkow Workshop and his/her art will be presented in a local gallery. The art of all participants will be presented in at least two exhibitions in renowned galleries in Poland or abroad. All participants of the Pienkow Workshop are invited to join our artistic family, the "Pienkow Art Group". The Foundation supports a variety of activities by members of the group from private exhibitions to presentations on our web page, art.pienkow.com. Two to three years after participation in our Workshop, any members of the Pienkow Art Group may choose to participate in the award for "the best three year artistic progress" contests. The Foundation will fund the winner a stipend of two to three months support to live and work in one of the prominent art centers. Finally, we plan a "best 10 year artistic progress" contest with a $50,000 grand prize.
International Art Workshops - Pienkow - Rules of the Contest
2. Selection Committee is composed of professors (painters) from invited schools, artistic director of workshop (dean of either Warsaw or Krakow Art School), the laureate of previous competition, administrative director and the board members of MMP Foundation. 3. Each candidate is asked to submit portfolio of their work, either electronic form - disc, e-mail, etc. or photographic form of their artistic portfolio and their CV. The selection committee may choose to ask for additional information. Submission of all information should be done by the beginning of December and candidates will be notified of results in spring of the following year. 4. The workshop will take place typically at the end of June - beginning of July and last for 2 weeks. All participants (9-10) will be accommodated in Ucher House of Creative Arts and Pienkow (district Chelm, southeastern Poland, about 250 kilometers from Warsaw). They will be provided with all meals and lodging. Local travel will be arranged free; however, cost of travel to Chelm or Lublin, Poland for Polish artists or to Warsaw, Poland for international artists will be at the artist's expense. 5. The artists will be provided with standard canvasses (4-6) although special requests will be considered. The artists are expected to bring their own brushes and paints. 6. There is no limit of art form or expression as they are confined to painting. There is an expectation that each artist will create 3-4 art forms and will participate in discussions and interactions among other participants to facilitate exchange of ideas. One or two sight-seeing trips and visits with local art community will be organized. The function of the artistic director will be to enhance this exchange process. 7. Upon completion of workshop, all work of artists will be exhibited in Pienkow and subject to evaluation by artistic committee composed of artistic director, 2 independent renowned painters, administrative director and the laureate of the previous competition. The committee will make recommendations to the board of MMP Foundation members who have the right of the final decision. 8. The laureate will receive 1st prize of $5000 or equivalent. We will organize for him/her an independent exhibition in a modern art gallery in Chelm to show all art created during the following year and he will be invited to participate as a special guest and juror at the next workshop. 9. Art of all participants will be shown in a special exposition in a major gallery in Europe with a catalog of selected art forms. 10. The workshop and artists will be shown on Polish television and other media, as well as possibly in other countries. 11. Artists are expected to take home all art uncommitted for exhibition. Any art left in Pienkow will be considered abandoned. The Foundation will not take any responsibility for returning any art. 12. The artists will be shown with their selected portfolios on our website (art.pienkow.com) and they are encouraged to update their artwork on this web site. April 1, 2008 |
