2023 AWARD tenth edition DISABILITY and AUTONOMY

The theme of the tenth year of the Prize is: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. DISABILITY AND AUTONOMY.

The awareness of one's inalienable rights, whatever one's personal characteristics, implies the search for a fulfilled life.
Making independent choices about one's own paths is the basis of the freedom to fulfill oneself in all fields: for example in interpersonal relationships, in access to education, places and civil life, in the right to work, to sport, to entertainment.
This is only possible if society provides adequate tools so that these inalienable objectives can be achieved.
Disabled people, with their courage to face difficult everyday life, point the way towards a path of resilience, whereby everything becomes possible and barriers can fall, as long as the process is supported by trust in the community and adequate resources.

The requirement for an audio description of the work not exceeding two minutes, both in Italian and English, remains this year.
The following institutions participated. Academy of Fine Arts of Bari, Macerata, Naples, Reggio Calabria, Rome, Urbino. ISIA Roma Design. Specialization Course Scuola del Libro Urbino. Duncan of Jordanstone college of Art & Design University of Dundee. Leeds Art University. National College of Art and Design Dublin. 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 for students from Italian institutions, one for students from British institutions. The first prize for English participants consists of 500 euros or a week of hospitality with board and lodging at the halls of residence of the University of Urbino. For Italian participants, a prize of 500 euros or four days of hospitality in York is offered. The winners of the first prize will receive a contribution towards the trip.

Two equal third prizes were awarded, a special prize from ATSIV, a special prize from Amicucci and Maimeri to works from Italian institutions. A First prize to the work from Dublin. A Special Plaque offered by APEW-ODV and a Special Mention to works from Great Britain.

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, member of the Worthington family.
Elena Di Giovanni, Associate Professor University of Macerata and ALI (Accessibility Languages ​​Inclusion) snc
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Francesca Raffi, Researcher University of Macerata and ALI (Accessibility Languages ​​Inclusion) snc
The prize giving ceremony took place on 01 December 2023 in Urbino, in the Conference Room of the Palazzo Ducale, also online, assisted by Pierpaolo Ceccarini, IT technician of Terminus Digital Art.
During the prize giving ceremony, there was an online connection with York St John University, co-presented by Helen Turner, Codirector of Art at York St John University
The exhibition of all the works curated by Helen Turner was open from 05 to 21 March 2024 in the Creative Center of York St John University.
Some of the works will be exhibited in Public Galleries at the York Explore Library and at York Hospital.
In January 2024 some works were exhibited in Pesaro as part of the WelfareCulturale project "Street Art goes on stage! From shadows to colors" funded by the Marche Region with state resources from the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies.
All the works participating in the tenth year of the Prize were presented from 10 to 15 August, in an exhibition curated by Nunzia Invernizzi, Artistic Director of the Prize, in the Sala del Maniscalco and the Rampa di Francesco di Giorgio Martini, in Urbino.