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"Talents contemporains"
International Contemporary Art Prizes
The François Schneider Foundation creates the 1st edition of "Talents Contemporains", international contemporary art prizes. The François Schneider Foundation has received official approval from the French state. Every year, a prize will be awarded to seven persons, with an exhibition of their work being organised in the Art Centre.
> Talents Contemporains in details < > Application submission <François Schneider wishes, through his Foundation, to support creators by acquiring their works who have a singular and sensitive glance about the topic of water. The topic will be recurrent in all of events by Foundation at a time. That it is about the Art centre, under construction, or about "Talents Contemporains", our step is entirely dedicated to the water in all its forms.
List of candidates for the Grand Jury Prize " Talents Contemporains "
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For François Schneider, the most unjust of all inequalities comes from birth. People's background may help some people to succeed while proving a handicap to others, who may be more deserving.
That was why François Schneider wanted to use his Foundation to provide financial help for school-leavers so that they could continue their education and reach the goals they had set themselves, even if their family's limited means alone would have made higher education inaccessible. Every year, the Foundation awards more than 200 scholarships to young people in financial hardship.
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Contemporains
François Schneider wishes, through his Foundation, to support creators, who have not achieved recognition from the general public, by acquiring their works and showing them to their best advantage in a well known venue that is highly appreciated. This is the reason behind the construction of the Foundation's Art Centre in Wattwiller in the Haut-Rhin department. The main building will have over 2,000 square metres of exhibition space.
By creating the prizes, the Foundation wishes to encourage artists to reflect, look around them, analyse and criticise, divert and use water, its properties, symbols, tools, issues, to make their own this theme that has been part of the history of art since the beginning of time.
Candidates from all countries, all ages will be chosen for the following disciplines: painting, sculpture, installation, drawings, photography, video and new media.