Call for Applications: International Contest for Minority Artists

The 2024 Edition of the International Contest will shed light on the role and work of artists in the process of memorialization in different countries and contexts, and give visibility to the narratives, histories and memories expressed through arts by minority individuals and communities.

Theme

Theme of the 2024 Edition of the International Contest for Minority Artists: Memory in the Present

• The effective exercise of minority rights is intimately linked with visions and understanding of history in the present. Minority inclusion is frequently driven by public understanding of society as welcoming diversity. Minority exclusion, by contrast, often derives from an understanding of “history” which defines minorities outside the circle of the legitimate. At the same time, minorities often carry with them the imprint of unrectified historical injustice.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must identify themselves as belonging to a national, ethnic, religious or linguistic minority, in accordance with the 1992 UN Minorities Declaration.
• Applicants can be of any nationality or stateless.
• All art formats are eligible, there are no limitations on style or medium. Submissions must however be in electronic format.
• All artworks focusing on the recognition of minority histories and memory in the present as a theme are eligible.
• Application to the contest is free-of charge; there is no application and no facilitation fee.
• Submissions of collaborative works by multiple minority artists are welcome.
• The work submitted must have been made by the applicant(s) or must be the result of collaborative efforts in which the applicant is included.
• The artwork must be submitted in digital format.

For more information, visit OHCHR.