2019

Apply for Latvia’s State Forests Scholarship in Art

Already for the third year, students of the Art Academy of Latvia are invited to participate in the scholarship competition “Latvia's State Forests Scholarship in Art” arranged by JSC “Latvia’s State Forests” (LVM) in cooperation with the Art Academy of Latvia.

The aim of the scholarship is to promote students' understanding of the forest as Latvia's largest renewable resource that is constantly growing. Students have a task to associate the competition theme “Young Stand” (Jaunaudze) with the growing role of forest in the Latvian economy.

The winner of the competition will receive a one-off scholarship in the amount of EUR 1500 (the amount includes taxes).

The competition is open to students of the Art Academy of Latvia, who are asked to submit one to two creative compositions in painting, complying with the creative task of the contest.  Works should be submitted in the Art Academy of Latvia 1st floor exhibition hall on 24 October 2019 from 11:00 to 15:00. Works should be supplemented with a completed contest application form with a description of the idea of the work.

Contestants' works will be presented in the exhibition “Latvia's State Forests Scholarship in Art 2019” to be hosted in LVM Customer Centre in Riga, from 1 November to 28 November. The scholarship winner will be announced at the closing ceremony of the competition that is to take place on 28 November.

The decision on granting the scholarship will be made by a jury, assessing the contestants' artistic professionalism and work compliance with the creative task of the competition. Scholarship competition entries will be judged by three Art Academy of Latvia and three LVM representatives.

More information and the contest regulation are available at https://www.lvm.lv/ and www.lma.lv/.