2020 Award, seventh edition: "INCLUSION OF DISABILITY IN THE WORLD OF RAPHAEL"

The seventh year of the Prize has as its theme: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. INCLUSION OF DISABILITY IN THE WORLD OF RAPHAEL.

On the fifth centenary of Raphael's death, the Eleanor Worthington Prize Association wanted to be included in the events accompanying the celebrations of this anniversary in the city of Urbino, Raphael’s birthplace. The theme of the Prize "INCLUSION OF DISABILITY IN THE WORLD OF RAPHAEL" draws inspiration from the numerous examples of representation of disability in Raphael's works: from the boy suffering from epilepsy in the "Transfiguration", to the representation of the magician Elymas who suddenly becomes blind in the Cartoon for tapestries for the Sistine Chapel, to the healing of the person with a limp in the Cartoon for tapestries for the Sistine Chapel, to the blind Homer in the fresco of the Vatican Rooms, to the old man carried on shoulders in the fresco of the Vatican Rooms. Disability is included in the harmony that characterizes the works of the painter from Urbino. The harmonious world of Raphael on canvases, cartoons for tapestries, frescoes, describes a variety of subjects: the very sweet Madonnas, the portraits, the biblical and mythological scenes, in which a number of characters are included, among whom many disabled people. Among them, for example, Homer, the blind poet, in Parnassus; the old man carried on the shoulders of his son to escape the fire in the Borgo in Rome; the lame person healed by the Apostles in the temple in Jerusalem; the magician temporarily blinded by the Apostles to amaze and convert the Roman proconsul; the epileptic boy later healed by Jesus Christ coming down from Mount Tabor. These figures never appear alone, but are included in groups or crowds that form and share their story.

The mandatory audio description for each work presented is extended to 2 minutes, in Italian and English.

During the prize giving ceremony, there was an on line connection with York St John University, co-presented by Helen Turner, Codirector of Fine Art at York St John University.
 

The following institutions participated: Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, Frosinone, Naples, Urbino. University of Salerno. York St John University. University of York.

Two first prizes were awarded, two second prizes of 300 euros each, two third prizes consisting of art books. One set of prizes for students from Italian institutions, one for students from British institutions. The first prize for the English participants consists of a week of hospitality with board and lodging at the halls of residence of the University of Urbino. For the Italian participants, four days of hospitality in York are offered. The winners of the first prize will receive a contribution towards the trip. There were two Special Prizes for Italian competitors, one offered by the ATSIV of the Marche Region and one by the Amicucci company of Urbino. The British competitors received a Special Mark Bailey Prize.

The jury is composed as follows

Bruno Bartoccini, ANFFAS

Giulio Calegari, Artist and Palethnologist at the Natural History Museum of Milan

Griselda Goldsbrough, Arts Development Manager for the York Teaching Hospital

Mariella Roberti, educational psychologist in the Urbino local authority

Martin Worthington, lecturer University of Cambridge, UK, and member of the Worthington family.

The prize giving ceremony took place online, presented by Pierpaolo Ceccarini.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu98SKRnTu4&t=120s 

https://soldierscharity.org/beneficiary-john-cutting-wins-eleanor-worthington-prize-for-art/

During the prize giving ceremony, there was an on line connection with York St John University, co-presented by Helen Turner, Codirector of Art at York St John University.

A selection of the participating works was presented as a video projection, in the Art Gallery According to Mc Gee, 8 Tower street York Y01 9SA, on May 28 May and June 2-3-4, 2021