Are you passionate about the environment and love expressing yourself through art? If you are a teacher or a youngster between 4 and 30 years old, here’s your chance to make a difference, as single artist or engaging your entire school class: the GenB Bioeconomy Art Competition is looking for you! Unleash your passion for art and nature!
Ever wondered how can we live more sustainably and protect our planet? The circular and sustainable bioeconomy plays a huge role in making this happen. It’s all about using resources wisely, reducing and reusing waste, and finding new ways to live in harmony with nature. As young people, you have the power to drive this change. From making eco-friendly choices to raising awareness, every action counts. And guess what? Art can be a powerful tool in this movement too! It can inspire people, create emotional connections with the environment, and spread the message of sustainability in a way that everyone can understand.
The GenB Bioeconomy Art Competition is your chance to use your creativity to inspire others and make a difference.
How to participate:
To participate, you (individually or in team – e.g., school class coordinated by the teacher, a group of friends…) need to create an Artistic project that communicates what the bioeconomy represents for you in a creative way. Whether it’s a painting, drawing, sculpture, picture, video, recorded performance or music (max 90 seconds), artefact, story (5400 characters max), poetry (300 characters max), digital art, or any other form of creative expression, we want to see your unique take on how we can live more sustainably.
Some examples of what you can communicate with your unique art?
- What bioeconomy is/ What does bioeconomy represent for you/in your daily life?
- How bioeconomy can drive the transition to a more sustainable society;
- How bioeconomy responds to environmental and societal challenges;/ Present creatively the good practices from your area;
- Bioeconomy and bio-based products in everyday life (e.g., showcasing examples from biomass to bio-based products, artisanal / traditional products);
- Bioeconomy jobs… unleash your creativity!
Submit your Artistic project, providing a short description and uploading your artefact (or a picture).
You can make the submission in English, but also in the languages covered by other GenB countries, namely:
French, 
Italian, 
German, 
Dutch, 
Spanish, 
Portuguese, 
Greek and 
Slovak.
Categories
The competition will award three Artistic projects per category:
- 4-8 years old
- 9-13 years old
- 14-19 years old
- 20-30 years old
Evaluation criteria:
- Creativity and originality: How innovative and unique is the artwork in representing bioeconomy themes?
- Connection to the bioeconomy: How effectively does the artwork incorporate and convey concepts related to bioeconomy? Are the themes of sustainability, renewable resources, and environmental impact clearly reflected?
- Effectiveness of the message: How impactful and compelling is the artwork in conveying the intended message? Does the artwork engage the audience and provoke meaningful thought or action?
Prizes:
The winning projects will be awarded through:
- Receiving educational toolkits about bioeconomy and sustainability
- Being recognised as “GenB Ambassador”
- Visibility of the Artistic project and its author in the GenB website and social media pages (@BIOVOICES), through pictures, videos, interviews
- Receiving the GenB bio-based Gadgets
- Dissemination and showcase/printing of the Artistic project the GenB final event or other suitable contexts (e.g., large scale events in Europe)
Time plan
- 27 September 2024 Launch in the context of the EU Researchers’ Night
- 30 November 2024 deadline for submission
- 20 January 2025 communication of the awarded projects on GenB website, social media channels and direct emails to the winners
Any doubts? Please contact communication@fvaweb.it