2024 Pilar Juncosa Awards and Grants

2024 CALL CLOSED

Following the wishes of its founders, the aims of the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca are to promote and disseminate contemporary creative values, to contribute to the training of young generations of artists, and to encourage them in their commitment to innovation and in genuine research into new channels of creative expression.

It also wishes to promote research into the life and work of Joan Miró and his artistic and cultural milieu, particularly less well-known aspects. The foundation also wishes to contribute to recognition of Miró’s importance as an artist and as a person through educational programmes and projects that bring contemporary art closer to society.

Supported by: Ajuntament de Palma, Conselleria de Turisme, Cultura i Esports, Govern de les Illes Balears i Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España.

PILAR JUNCOSA BIENNIAL PRINTMAKING AWARD

Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca holds the Pilar Juncosa Printmaking Award on a biennial basis, with funding of €12,000.

The purpose of the award is to facilitate the creation of a printmaking project in which research and experimentation are fostered into techniques and processes in the field of printmaking and printed series, including all engraving, wood engraving, lithography and screen-printing techniques, the application of new technologies, photography etc. This edition aims to promote both the winning artist and Joan Miró’s printmaking studios, set up by the artist in Son Boter, an 18th century house, to provide further artistic space. Today, the printmaking studies are one of the Foundation’s distinctive hallmarks.

The winning project must be created within a maximum of one year from notification of the jury’s final decision. It shall be printed in Fundació Miró Mallorca’s printmaking studios and the number of copies to be printed shall be agreed upon and divided into two equal parts, one set for the Foundation and one for the artist.

PILAR JUNCOSA AND SOTHEBY’S BIENNIAL GRANT FOR RESEARCH INTO MIRÓ AND HIS ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL MILIEU

Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca offers a research grant worth €8,000 for projects on the subject of Joan Miró and/or his artistic and cultural milieu.

One of Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca’s founder goals is to support and promote research into Joan Miró’s life and artistic career, hence contributing to a raised awareness of them. Projects of particular interest include those aimed at exploring less well-known aspects or periods of Joan Miró’s life and work, in addition to the use of information from the Foundation’s documentary sources.

The proposed projects must be unpublished on submission of the outlined proposal and they must remain unpublished until the winner or winners have delivered the completed work to Fundació Miró Mallorca. The Foundation’s prior written authorization must hence be given for the partial or total dissemination or publication of the work in any form whatsoever prior to the completed version’s submission.

The research work for proposals that are awarded a grant must be carried out within a maximum of one year from notification of the Jury’s decision. The Foundation shall appoint a person to monitor the work. Fundació Miró Mallorca reserves the right to present and possibly publish the final work, always with the author’s consent.

PILAR JUNCOSA AWARD FOR AN EDUCATIONAL ART PROJECT

Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca offers a grant worth €6,000 for an educational art project.

This project must promote and encourage a greater interest in contemporary art among a specific sector of the public (teachers, children, young people, the elderly, the handicapped, etc.) as well as being related to the Foundation’s documentary and artistic resources or to any other aspect of contemporary creation. In assessing the proposals, the jury shall take the feasibility of the projects into consideration, bearing in mind the Foundation’s infrastructure, organization and educational team.

The project shall be carried out at Fundació Miró Mallorca.

TRAINING GRANT TO TAKE PART IN COURSES AT JOAN MIRÓ’S PRINTMAKING STUDIOS

4 GRANTS OPEN TO ARTISTS INTERESTED IN PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES AND PRINTED EDITIONS

Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca offers four grants to artists interested in printmaking techniques and printed editions to enable them to take part in one of the courses organized by Fundació Miró Mallorca each summer in Joan Miró’s printmaking studios.

Each grant consists of free enrolment on one of the courses/workshops held the following year and a gross sum of €2,000 to cover travel expenses, accommodation, etc. The beneficiaries of grants can choose a place on one of the courses.

GRANTS FOR ARTISTIC RESIDENCY AT OTHER CENTRES:

2 GRANTS FOR ACCOMMODATION AND PARTICIPATION AT LA CASA DE VELÁZQUEZ, MADRID

Each grant shall be for a total of €4,000 to cover travel expenses, food, etc. La Casa de Velázquez provides accommodation for one person in Madrid, in addition to the use of its studios and participation in its programme of activities. A proposal for an art project must be submitted to be carried out at La Casa de Velázquez within a maximum of 3 months.

For further information: www.casadevelazquez.org

1 GRANT FOR ACCOMMODATION AND PARTICIPATION AT THE SLADE SCHOOL OF FINE ART, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON

A grant for a total of €4,000 to cover travel expenses, accommodation, etc. in London. The Slade School of Fine Art provides the use of studio space for one person for a maximum of one month and agreed access to the university’s print workshops and other academic activities programmed during the academic year.

For further information: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade