The PCC
Imaginarium Awards, South Africa’s most supportive Arts and design competition,
will announce its 2017 winners at a gala event in Johannesburg.
From a
total of 869 registered entries to a selection of 55 finalists, the PPC
Imaginarium Awards will announce this year’s Overall Winner, Category Winners
and Runners-up at a Gala Event hosted today (May 18, 2017) at the UJ Art
Gallery in Johannesburg. The winners were selected from an array of imaginative
concrete art and design works spanning the competition’s categories of
Sculpture, Industrial Design, Fashion, Jewellery and Film. (No Architecture
entries made it to the finalist round this year).
As one
of the country’s most supportive art and design competition, the PPC
Imaginarium Awards offers its entrants the chance to win substantial monetary
prizes with the aim of being a launch pad for emerging creatives. The
competition’s Overall Winner will walk away with a total cash prize of R150,000,
while Category Winners and Runners-up will each be awarded R50,000 and R15,000
respectively. Furthermore, the winners will earn public exposure by way of a
nationwide travelling exhibition, as well as media coverage and mentorships.
A
project of the innovation department of PPC Ltd, the PPC Imaginarium Awards
challenges artists and designers to express their creative abilities using
cement as the primary medium. A winner of several BASA Awards, the PPC
Imaginarium Awards has cemented PPC Ltd as a benevolent supporter of art and
design in South Africa.
Members
of the public will be able to engage with all of the finalists’ works at the UJ
Art Gallery during a month-long exhibition that will run from May 18 until June
15.
After
this, the finalists’ works will travel to a number of galleries and events
across the country, including 100% Design South Africa, the Turbine Art Fair
and the KZNSA Gallery.
For more
information on the PPC Imaginarium Awards, visit www.ppcimaginarium.co.za or contact the UJ Art Gallery at
011 559 2099, aedempsey@uj.ac.za
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