Eritrean Artistis

The Delegation of the European Union in Eritrea is organising for the second time on a row the Art Competition “I Dream Therefore I Am”.

The competition calls on the youth and adults to express artistically their personal dreams, dreams for their family and dreams for their country or to interpret the theme “A world where no one is left behind”.

Participants are invited to create a work of art expressing their dreams in their preferred form of the artistic expression.

The competition is open for three different categories – Youth 11-18 years of age, Adult Non-Professional Artists and Adult Professional Artists. Participants from categories 1 and 2 must be resident in Eritrea, whereas category 3 is open to any participant from other countries in the region. The deadline of the competition is the 01 September 2010.

The European Union marks 2010 as the “European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion”. Therefore, the theme of this year’s competition is “A world where no one is left behind” The title of the competition goes back to the 19^th century Swedish Author Johan August Strindberg and expresses the feeling that every great idea starts with a dream.

During last year’s competition ten Eritrean artists received a prize for the best art works by the Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Eritrea, Ms Paola Amadei, at the official awards ceremony.

This year’s prizes awards range from 800 Nakfa and an art kit in category Youth and 3000 Nakfa in category Non-Professional Artists to 10.000 Nakfa in category Professional Artists.