O n April 16, EDP, with the support of the EDP Institute, and the Tomie Ohtake Institute launches the announcement of the 6th EDP Arts Prize. Designed to stimulate contemporary artistic production, the contest is aimed at young artists throughout Brazil, born or living in the country for at least two years, aged between 18 and 29 years-old. The initiative, in addition to the awards, includes a series of activities throughout the year, such as courses, lectures and workshops in Brazilian regions. where the access to contemporary art is more restricted.

Interested parties can register up until June 8th, by sending a portfolio with proposals for works through the www.premioedpnasartes.institutotomieohtake.org.br. The site also offers a publication, with suggestions on organization and presentation of works of art. The material intends to serve as one of the possible inquiry sources about the process.

"The EDP Institute, since its creation ten years ago, has as one of its main objectives to promote art and culture throughout Brazil. The EDP in the Arts prize is one of the main actions of the Company on this front, stimulating the development of contemporary art and helping to educate the new generations of great artists ", reinforces Luis Carlos Gouveia Pereira, executive director of IEDP.

Aten finalists will be selected to receive the company of the jury team of the competition, which will guide the production of the works, in a unique opportunity. In addition to supporting the artistic path of the chosen ones, the mentoring period will be essential to the choice of the three winners.

At the award concludes with the exhibition of the works of the 10 finalists at the Tomie Ohtake Institute, when, at the inauguration on November 29, the three award winners will be announced, who will receive scholarships to carry out an artistic residence in Brazil or abroad. In the previous edition, in 2016, the three winners were ** Antonio Tarsis de Jesus ** (Salvador, BA); ** Luisa Puterman ** (São Paulo, SP); and ** Van Holland ** (Fortaleza, CE). They had the opportunity to go to Colombia, Canada and Portugal to expand their education.

At the EDP in the Arts Award is an initiative of Tomie Ohtake Institute and EDP, a company that operates in all segments of the electricity sector, through the EDP Institute, an organization that manages the social and environmental investments of the group.

6th EDP Award in the Arts

Registration: ** from April 16 to June 8 of 2018

http://premioedpnasartes.institutotomieohtake.org.br/

About EDP and IEDP

With financial discipline and focus on its way of operating, EDP is an integrated reference company in the Brazilian energy market, acting in the areas of Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Commercialization and Solutions in Electric Energy. Currently with around three thousand of its own employees, the Company has assets in eight states and is present nationally with EDP Soluções, EDP Comercializadora and EDP Solar.

At the EDP Institute is responsible for structuring the investments and the Company social initiatives, preferably on fronts linked to the appreciation of the Portuguese language, education, local development with income generation, entrepreneurship and volunteering, through sports, culture and health. In all, in 2017, 35 projects were supported, benefiting 60 thousand people.

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