Ibiza welcomes the exhibition of the 8th APB Painting and Photography Contest
Eivissa
12/04/2018
The exhibition of the 8th Painting and Photography Contest of the Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) continues its journey through the Balearic Islands and is set up in the lighthouse of Ses Coves Blanques, in Sant Antoni de Portmany (Ibiza). From today, the APB will exhibit the winning art pieces and those submitted by participants in the Painting and Photography Contest on Ibiza and Formentera. The contest, now in its eighth edition, receives a high level of interest, with over 300 pieces 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.
Among the awarded entries, there is one dedicated to the port of Ibiza, specifically, the first prize in the category of Other Pictorial Techniques, entitled Storm in Dalt Vila, by Antonio Gázquez, a piece that, together with the others, will be exhibited in the Exhibition Hall of the lighthouse of Ses Coves Blanques between 12 and 28 April.
The works are divided into three categories: Watercolour, Other Painting Techniques and Photography. Out of those that were entered last October, one hundred works were short-listed and exhibited in Palma at Christmas, before moving to Mahon last March where they received a positive response from the public.
A cultural boost
For the eighth 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 and paying special tribute to them as parts of cultural heritage.
Hours
Lighthouse of Ses Coves Blanques
C/ Alemanya, 1. Sant Antoni de Portmany
From 12 to 28 April, 2018.
From Tuesday to Saturday, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
