The 2020 "DISABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT" Award

2020 DISABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

The environment can be understood both as a set of natural elements such as climate, resources, the landscape in which one is immersed, and also as a set of the social, urban and residential context in which one moves.

Both aspects are particularly relevant for people with disabilities.

For example, climate pollution causes and exacerbates diseases, environmental disasters create particular discomfort in evacuation and re-establishment; the choice of resources determines the environmental sustainability of the future.

An open social context attentive to the specific needs (audio-visual-sensorial) of people with disabilities; accessible urban structures; equipped and welcoming living areas, all favor an independent and fulfilled life for people with disabilities.

Despite the exceptional situation of Covid 19, the response of schools and students was enthusiastic, and the following Secondary Upper Art Schools participated in this twelfth year of the Prize:

Giovagnoli, Sansepolcro; Mannucci, Ancona; Mengaroni, Pesaro; Metelli, Terni; Misticoni-Bellisario, Pescara; Nolfi-Apolloni, Fano; Lanza Perugini, Foggia; Scuola del Libro Urbino; ​​Volta Fellini, Riccione.

59 entries were presented.

Due to the exceptional circumstances, and the great generosity of a dear friend, the prizes, as always on equal merit, were € 300 each.

The prize giving ceremony will take place on May 7th from 10 am to 1 pm, online, managed and presented by Pier Paolo Ceccarini, of Terminus, on the GoToMeeting platform.

THE PRIZES: One-month training internships are planned (no more than one per Province), reserved for competitors in the fifth class; and prizes of € 300 each; in the case of group participants, the amount of the prize remains unchanged.

The Exhibition of all the competing entries will be curated and set up by Nunzia Invenizzi, Artistic Director of the Eleanor Worthington Prize Association at the premises of the Collegio Raffaello, Urbino, from May 4th to 7th.

All entries will be displayed in digital or paper format at the Exhibition to be held at York St John University in February 2021.