{"id":16929,"date":"2011-12-28T01:19:03","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T08:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=16929"},"modified":"2011-12-28T01:19:03","modified_gmt":"2011-12-28T08:19:03","slug":"first-ilana-elovic-bezalel-prize-for-the-arts-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=16929","title":{"rendered":"First Ilana Elovic Bezalel Prize for the Arts Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Eugene Elovic and Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem launched a new annual art prize for an Israeli artist on December 27, 2011. The prize, named in memory of self-taught Israeli-American artist, Ilana Elovic, will be awarded to an active Israeli painter in April 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The prize will comprise an award of $20,000 as well as a catalog and solo exhibition at the Bezalel Gallery, Yaffo 23\/Jerusalem in November 2012.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16930\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Ilana-Elovic-Photo-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16930 \" title=\"Ilana Elovic Photo (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Ilana-Elovic-Photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"423\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ilana Elovic\/Photo courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to find a way to honor and preserve my wife, Ilana\u2019s memory and her exceptional artistic talents,\u201d said Dr. Elovic. \u201cI couldn\u2019t think of a more fitting tribute than by helping other artists to develop and grow their talents. Working with Bezalel on this project has been very rewarding and we are happy to have the Academy as our partners in this venture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The judging committee will be made up of representatives of the Elovic family, Professor Arnon Zuckerman, president of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Professor Nahum Tevet, artist and Bezalel faculty member, well-known curator, Yigal Zalmona, artist Michal Rovner and Rivka Saker, chair of Sotheby\u2019s Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a privilege for Bezalel Academy to be able to announce the first Ilana Elovic Bezalel Prize for the Arts with Dr. Elovic,\u201d said Liv Sperber, director of International Affairs and Development. \u201cThis is an extremely significant and generous prize for Israeli painters and it will acknowledge Israeli artists while celebrating the life of Ilana Elovic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The competition is open to all active Israeli artists in Israel and the Diaspora. Artists who would like to enter the competition will find the information and criteria for the competition in the media as well as on Bezalel\u2019s website \u2013 www.bezalel.ac.il. The deadline for applications is 9 February 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Eugene Elovic and Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem launched a new annual art prize for an Israeli artist on December 27, 2011. The prize, named in memory of self-taught Israeli-American artist, Ilana Elovic, will be awarded to an active Israeli painter in April 2012. The prize will comprise an award of $20,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}