2015/16 Award "THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES"

The second year of the Eleanor Worthington Prize, reserved for students of tertiary education level in Italy and Great Britain, has as its theme THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, as celebrated on December 3 by the United Nations since 1992.

As for this Day, the aim of the Award is to increase everyone's awareness of the problems related to disability; so that it is possible to lower the barriers, in civil life, in relationships, at school, at work, and that people with disabilities can live better.

It is the first time that this day is celebrated in Urbino.

The following institutions participated. Academy of Fine Arts: L'Aquila, Milan, Naples, Turin, Urbino. Experimental Cinematographic Center of Turin. Specialization course Scuola del Libro, Urbino. ISIA Urbino. Glasgow School of Art. York St John University.
 

Two first prizes of €600 each, two second prizes of €300 each, two third prizes consisting of art books were awarded. One set of prizes for students from Italian institutions, one for students from British institutions. Two third prizes were awarded with equal merit for students enrolled in Italian institutions.

The jury is composed as follows:

Bruno Bartoccini, ANFFAS

Stefano Navarrini, illustrator

Mariella Roberti, educational psychologist in the Urbino local authority

Robert Teed, director of the New School House Gallery, York UK

Martin Worthington, University of Cambridge, UK, member of the Worthington family

The prize giving ceremony took place on Saturday 3 December 2015, in Urbino at the Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche (ISIA), via Santa Chiara.

The exhibition of the works will take place from 23 to 27 February 2016 at the New School House Gallery, Peasholme Green, York, UK.

A second exhibition of some of the work was held at York Hospital to mark International Disability Day.

Jack Rinaldi’s poster “The Man Who Dreamed Upside Down” will also be exhibited at York District Hospital in March 2016 at an event for people with Down Syndrome.