Poster 100 Years - SHE* CAME TO STAY

Deadline: Monday, Feb 22, 2021, 06:00pm

The Vice Rectorate for Art and Teaching of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna invites students of the Academy to submit drafts for the design of a poster for the event series 100 YEARS - "SHE* CAME TO STAY". The competition is open to ordinary students of all institutes.

One hundred years ago, women were admitted for the first time to study at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna for the first time. The event series "100 YEARS - SHE* CAME TO STAY" uses the anniversary to honor and continue the struggle for equality.
Activism and politics put pressure on the Academy of Fine Arts. The Association of Women Visual Artists of Austria, founded in 1911, fought for the opening of women's studies. The Ministry for Cultus and Education also put pressure on the Academy through inquiries. It was not until two years after the introduction of suffrage in Austria that women were able to apply to the Academy for the first time. In 1920, 14 women (5%) were admitted and studied together with 250 male fellow students.
In 1947, Gerda Matejka-Felden became the first woman to be appointed as a professor at the Academy. Since 1991, the Working Group for Equal Opportunity Issues, which was founded at that time, has been working for equality in applications, admissions and personnel issues. Today, there are 66% female students, 60% women on the artistic and scientific staff, and 55% women professors*. From 2011 to 2019, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna became the first university in Austria to be led by a team of female rectors.
The Academy is currently pursuing goals such as non-binary and anti-discrimination supported by legal frameworks and operating agreements. Current struggles for educational justice are also directed against discrimination based on socio-economic background, age, ethnicity, migration, racialization, rejectionism, sexual orientations or religious confessions.
The event series 100 YEARS - "SHE* CAME TO STAY combines exhibitions, posters, talks, walks, performances, etc., with current issues and discussions. Remembrance work with current questions and disputes. The struggles continue!
We invite you to join in, participate and celebrate!

For the Poster we ask you to submit designs according to the following criteria:

SUBMISSION
Participation is possible for both individuals and teams. A maximum of 2 designs can be submitted per person or team.

Printable, monochrome or multicolored drafts as JPG must be submitted. Please note that the Poster will be used for the Academy's website and social media channels as well as for printed material, e.g. invitation cards. (For the printing material, the winning design can be requested as a tif, for the jury as a preview the submission as JPG is sufficient).

For all events in the context of the "100 Years of Women at the Academy" an icon was developed, which should be integrated into the design. ICON 100 Years

In addition, space should be included for a QR code that will redirect to a website with the specific program.

The submitters affirm that they are the owners of the rights to the design. They agree that the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna may use their submitted designs in printed and digital form to announce the event series, naming their authors. All submitters agree to a publication with mention of their authorship.

The drafts must be uploaded by 22.2.21, 18:00
Format: printable JPG, portrait or landscape
File name: Name_first name_draft PHJ21-Poster
Either up to 2 individual designs or 2 team designs!

AWARD
The jury will select two designs from all submissions. The selected subject will be awarded with 500 Euro each.

JURY
The winners of the competition will be selected by a jury of experts.

Jury members

Ingeborg Erhart (VR Art I Teaching)
Elke Krasny (IKL)
Michelle Howard, Christina Ehrmann, Mona Steinmetzer (IKA)
Ruby Jana Sircar, Veronika Dirnhofer, Petja Dimitrova (IBK),
Doris Guth (IKW)
Caroline Bohlmann (IKR),
Katja Sterflinger (INTK)
Larissa Huber (ÖH)
Michaela Zach (Public Relations Office)
Ingrid Schacherl (Coordination Office for the Advancement of Women I Gender Studies I Diversity).

The selection will be announced in early March 2021.

For further information please contact Ingrid Schacherl (i.schacherl@akbild.ac.at, +43 1 588 16-1113)

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