Leonardo 4 Children Awards 2019

On the occasion of the 500-year anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death (1519-2019), and 30-year anniversary of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (1989-2019), the foundation “Carano 4 Children” launches the flagship non-profit initiative “Leonardo 4 Children” with a focus on art and science for children.

“Every child can be a genius!”

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The Awards allow children and young people across the European Union to use and further develop their STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) skills, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci.

The winning works are published in a “Leonardo 4 Children” multimedia product which will be used for fund raising on non-profit basis.

The objectives of the initiative are:

1. To stimulate the creativity and participation of European children and youth on art and science topics, inspired by the example of Leonardo da Vinci, to contribute to their balanced development and well-being;
2. To support children in need – primarily in developing countries with focus on orphans or abandoned children – to develop their artistic and scientific skills and develop their personality, and help them to overcome post-traumatic stress;
3. To create a cultural and solidarity link between children with higher and those with lower opportunities, such as between European children and children in developing countries outside Europe, showing that all children have similar potential to create and be “genius”.

Summary

The competition focused on the creation of an original work integrating art and science, and allowed teenagers across the European Union to use and further develop their creativity and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) skills, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s example.

Object: develop a creative and inspiring work integrating one artistic and one scientific topic, freely chosen among:

Art: Music, Design, Painting, Architecture, Fashion, Dance;
Science: Aeronautics, Ecology & environment, Energy, Informatics e Telecommunications, Mechanics & transport, Biology, Astronomy and Space.

The participants were encouraged to make preparatory work on Leonardo da Vinci, on the selected art and science topics such as creative interpretation, music techniques and science phenomena. The class work and team work has been encouraged.

Timetable

• Open from 1 February until 15 May 2019
• Announcement of winners: 5 June 2019
• Award ceremony in Bruxelles: 26 September 2019

Prizes

The 10 works with the best scoring will receive an award, which will consist in:

• publication on “Leonardo 4 Children” multimedia product for raising funds in favour of children in need;

• presentation at public events, institutions or public places, during concerts and events;

• “Leonardo 4 Children” award certificate;

• publication on website, social media and promotional material.

Special Awards

Special Awards are created in collaboration with, and thanks to the support of, sponsors and partners, to offer specific challenges to participants, and opportunities to win special experiences in the field of art and science.

• The FIA (International Car Federation) offers to the winners of the competition signed certificates by famous personalities, who are FIA ambassadors on Road Safety.
• The Formula E pilots offer a signed certificate to the winners of the “Leonardo 4 Children” Art & Science competition.
• The Science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci in Milan offers to one of the winners 30 tickets to the Museum including participation in a workshop (weekends).
• The Italian editor of school books De Agostini Scuola offers to the winners of the competition 10 Dictionaries of Italian-English.