Art.Coordinate is a young foundation for supporting and developing contemporary art that began its work in July 2021. One of the foundation’s main goals is to support young artists and strive to become a platform for young creators where they can communicate, exchange experiences, and receive help and support from each other and already-recognized colleagues worldwide. To achieve this, the International Teen Art Awards was created. The project has become a flagship for the foundation, essential and unique for the team members and everyone who is rooting for the future of contemporary art. More than 320 (13-17 year-olds) entries from 38 countries were received as part of the call: UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria, South Africa, Congo, Malaysia, Singapore, China, India, Pakistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland, Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Cyprus, Israel, England, Brazil, USA, Mexico, Ecuador, Jamaica.
“Teen Art Awards is not just a competition but a platform for professional growth and implementing bold ideas. An opportunity to get support and help from the art community. It is a way to get to know each other better and learn to express yourself,” said Daria Kalinina, author of the idea, founder, and president of The Art.coordinate Fund. Fatema Ezzy in Digital Art and Keanu Jian Tavana in Painting from the UAE have been shortlisted for the Awards. The event’s first season took place in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Art.Coordinate Foundation presents the second season of the first international award in contemporary art among teenagers Teen Art Awards. The award is supported by the SEE Institute Dubai Sustainable City. The theme of the second season: “Sustainable world: society of the future through the prism of art”
— Teen Art Awards, March 2, SEE Institute Dubai Sustainable City
The first season occurred in 2021, and teenagers from eight countries participated in it. The project received the international award “Culture Online” as the best project of the year and the regional award “Silver Archer” as the best youth project of the year. The ambassador of the second season of the award in the UAE is architect Lilia Grebneva. Works in different types of art were accepted for the competition, and the Awards will be in six categories: Painting, Graphics, Digital Art, Video Art, Performance, and Text About Art. In their work, the young artists were asked to answer the question: How do I want to see the world of the future? And display one or two aspects through the prism of art: relationships between people, life in the metropolis, and the relationship between man, nature, and modern technologies.
The second season asked the teenagers to think about the limited natural resources, future generations and the environment they will have, the relationship between nature and technology, and building a harmonious relationship with themselves, the people around them, and the world around them, and to create works on these topics. The jury of the competition comprised Andrey Blokhin and Georgy Kuznetsov (winners of the Kandinsky Prize), Elizaveta Shirinyan (art critic and Director of Education, Gafeshan Art Center), Azza Al Qubaisi (jeweller, jewelry designer, and sculptor), Maisoon Al Saleh (artist, writer, and CEO of The Paintly Store), and Ghada Kunash (founder of The Workshop and the Fann A Porter art gallery).
“We are sure that the best ideas that you turn into art today will become successful startups tomorrow or will become the beginning of a successful career in art and the basis for a new world,” said Daria.
The exhibition of the award winners will be held in the SEE Institute Dubai Sustainable City space on 2 March 2024. The Awards aspire to show the younger generation the importance of sustainable development and their contribution to this process. They also demonstrate the potential of art’s influence in solving critical social problems. The event aspires to become an important cultural event for the UAE, and its international status will attract the attention of the art community of different countries and increase loyalty to the state by supporting a socially significant project.
About Art.Coordinate: Art.Coordinate is a young foundation for supporting and developing contemporary art that began its work in July 2021. One of the foundation’s main goals is to support young artists and strive to become a platform for young creators where they can communicate, exchange experiences, and receive help and support from each other and already recognised colleagues worldwide. To achieve this, the International Teen Art Awards was created. The project has become a flagship for the foundation, essential and unique for the team members and everyone who is rooting for the future of contemporary art.
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