Farouk Hosny Foundation to Launch 6th Art Awards on Sep. 1

On Tuesday, the Farouk Hosny Foundation for Culture and Arts will launch the sixth edition of its Art Awards on September 1, the foundation announced.

The competitions will take place in different five art fields, and they are painting, architecture, sculpture, photography, and art critique.

The Art Awards target supporting the presence of arts and its role in the community, in addition to supporting promising artists and enhancing their creative abilities as youth, is the promising future of society.

The Farouk Hosny Foundation for Culture and Arts also thanked the members of the juries, and the efforts of the Ministry of Culture for supporting the awards and young artists.  

Artists can send their submissions via the website of the foundation: www.faroukhosnyfoundation.org

In the latest released statement by the foundation, it announced the prizes and the jury members of the competitions.

The first competition is the Painting one; its jury includes Dr Gamal Lamie, the head of Painting Department at Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, and a Visiting Professor in Denmark, artist Mohamed Abla, artist Natheir Al Tanbouri, Dr. Gihan Soliman, the Professor of Painting Department at Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, and Dr Ahmed Ragab Saqr, the former dean of Faculty of Fine Arts, Minya University.

The total value of the prize is EGP 150,000.

The upcoming award is Architecture. The names of the jury members are Mohamed Abu Seada, the director of the National Authority of Civilization Coordination, Dr. Soheir Hawass Zaki, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Hamdy El Sotouhy, a member of The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), architect Hatem El Said, and Hesham Soudi, the Head of the Engineers Syndicate in Alexandria.

The total value of the prize is EGP 150,000.

Next is Art Critique Award which is dedicated to fine arts. The jury consists of Dr. Saaed Tawfik, the Professor of Aesthetics and Contemporary Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, Professor Amal Mostafa Ibrahim, the head of Art Critique Department at Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University, Dr. Hani Abul Hassan, Professor at Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, Tarek Abdel Aziz, Fine Art critic and writer, and Fatma Al Hawary, writer, and fine art critic.

The total value of the prize is EGP 100,000. 

The next award is dedicated to Sculpture; this award's jury includes Dr Abdel Aziz Saab, a professor at the Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, alongside, Artist Nagi Farid, and Dr. Essam Darwish, Professor at Department of Sculpture, Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University.

It also includes Dr. Marwa Youssef, the former head of the Department of Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts at Zamalek, and Professor Hassan Kamel, the Professor of Sculpture at Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University. 

The total value of the prize is EGP 150,000.

The final award is Photography. The names of its jury are: DOP Onsi Abu Seif, artist Ayman Lotfi, artist Ayman Nassar, and Dr. Salma Youssef Kamel, the Professor of Photography and Cinema at the Faculty of Design, and Creative Arts at the University of Canada in Cairo.

The total value of the prize is EGP 150,000.