The APB displays the works from the 7th Painting and Photography Contest on Balearic Island lighthouses and ports in Sant Antoni de Portmany
Ibiza
24/04/2017
The Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) will, as of tomorrow until 13th May, exhibit the winning art works and the works submitted by the participants in the Painting and Photography Contest in Ibiza and La Savina. The contest, now in its seventh edition, has a high level of convening power, with over 300 works entered from all of the islands. The challenge consisted of depicting one of the ports of general interest in the Balearic Islands or one of their lighthouses.
The second prize in the watercolour category went to Arrivan al port, Eivissa by Josep Plaja, which stood out as one of the Ibiza-themed works of note.
The works are divided into three categories: Watercolour, Other Painting Techniques and Photography. Out of those that entered last October, one hundred works were short-listed and exhibited in Palma at Christmas, with a warm welcome from the public. After its run in Menorca last March, the exhibition has arrived in Ibiza, its last port of call in the Balearic Islands.
As of tomorrow, the twelve winning art pieces will be on display at the exhibition hall in the Ses Coves Blanques lighthouse, along with those that entered the contest in Ibiza. The exhibition will be open to the public from 25th April to 13th May, Tuesday to Saturday from 5pm to 9pm.
Places with art
For the seventh consecutive year, the APB has sponsored this competition dedicated to the lighthouses of the Balearic Islands and to the ports of general interest of Palma, Alcudia, Mahon, Ibiza and La Savina, with the aim of capturing, by means of visual art, the popular interest that is aroused by places as ordinary and unique as ports and lighthouses.
