The first edition of the Alfonso Décimo culture awards, which were born to recognize the best works of 2021 by artists from the Region of Murcia, will bring together exponents of all the arts next Friday, February 18, at the Regional Auditorium. This initiative, an original idea by José Manuel Jiménez Romera [creador del Festival de Artes Rendibú, organizado por LA VERDAD]also in charge of the organization and artistic direction of the gala, aspires to be a meeting point for culture professionals in the Region of Murcia and institutions and entities (Autonomous Community, Town Halls, foundations and companies).
The Murcian actress Marta Nieto, star of Jaime Chávarri’s next film and winner of the Golden Lion for best female performance in the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons Section for ‘Madre’, will lead the awards ceremony, in a night that will not easily be forgotten thanks to the performances of Chevi Muraday, National Dance Award, and Miss Beige, performer.
King Alfonso X El Sabio (1221-1284), the main cultural icon in the history of our region, promoter of the greatest splendor of the Kingdom of Murcia, who attracted scientists, translators, doctors, historians and diverse artists, gives his name to these awards . His heart rests today in the Royal Chapel of the Cathedral of Murcia, and, in tribute, the trophy that the winners will receive will be a heart designed by the Rubio & Del Amo design studio and produced in ceramic resin.
The trophy that the winners will receive will be a heart designed by the design studio Rubio & Del Amo
On Tuesday, the names of the winners in the twelve proposed categories will be announced, with juries made up of highly prestigious independent professionals. The categories are literature, cinema, theater, dance, painting/sculpture, illustration/comic, photography/video art/digital art/installation, architecture, other music, music (pop-rock-urban), heritage and fashion, and there will be an honorary , ‘To a lifetime’, and the AX Patronage Award to a young artist, the only one that will receive remuneration, endowed with 3,000 euros, reports the organization.
deliberations
The juries, paid and equal, have six presidents and six presidents. The novelist, essayist and professor of Art History at the University of Murcia Miguel Ángel Hernández chairs the Literature jury, a category in which the writers Marisa López Soria (her latest book, ‘Ellas volar’, is a tribute to pioneering poets in Spanish) and Manuel Moyano, winner of the 16th edition of the Eurostars Hotels Award for Travel Narrative for ‘The mountain in winter’. In Theatre, Sonia Murcia (director of ESAD Murcia) chairs the jury, which includes Mariano de Paco and Antonio Arco, cultural journalist and theater critic for LA VERDAD.
Categories and juries
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Literature.
Miguel Ángel Hernández (president), Manuel Moyano and Marisa López Soria. -
Movie theater.
Esther Baeza (president), Joaquín Cánovas and Ángel Cruz. -
Theater.
Sonia Murcia (president), Mariano de Paco and Antonio Arco. -
Dance.
Margarita Muñoz Zielinski (president), Tania Herrero and Vicenta Hellín. -
Painting / Sculpture.
Pedro Medina (president), Alicia Murría and Juan Francisco Rueda. -
Illustration / Comic.
Juan Álvarez (president), María Moya and Moisés Yagües. -
Fashion.
Vanessa Hernández (president), Pedro Lobo and Alexandra Cánovas. -
New media art.
Ana García Alarcón (president), Sergio Porlán and Tomy Ceballos. -
Architecture.
María José Peñalver (president) and Governing Board of the College of Architects. -
Music (pop-rock / urban).
Jam Albarracín (president), Alberto Frutos and Álvaro Vargas. -
Other music.
Eugenio González (president), Juan Pablo Soler and Ángel Sopena. -
Heritage.
Cristóbal Belda (president), Elena Ruiz and Javier Bernal. -
Honorific.
Voted by the 12 presidents of the jury in each category.
In Film, the president of the jury is Esther Baeza, director of the Cartagena International Film Festival (FICC), with Joaquín Cánovas, Professor of Film History at the UMU, and the coordinator of the Regional Film Library, Ángel Cruz, being part of the jury. Margarita Muñoz Zielinski, member of the Spanish Academy of Performing Arts and dance critic for LA VERDAD, chairs the Dance jury, supported by the teacher, performer and critic Tania Herrero and Vicenta Hellín, from Arena Teatro. Pedro Medina chairs the Painting and Sculpture jury, together with critics and art historians Alicia Murría and Juan Francisco Rueda (‘ABC Cultural’ and ‘SUR’). Juan Álvarez (president), María Moya and Moisés Yagües make up the Illustration and Comic jury. In Heritage, Cristóbal Belda, former president of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Santa María de la Arrixaca, chairs the jury, with Elena Ruiz Valderas, director of the Museum of the Roman Theater of Cartagena, and restorer Javier Bernal.
There will be an ‘A lifetime’ award, and the AX Patronage Award for a young artist, endowed with 3,000 euros
In New Media Art (photography, video art, digital art, installation), Ana García Alarcón, PhD in Art History, is the president of the jury, which is completed by Sergio Porlán (Centro Párraga and Cendeac) and Tomy Ceballos, photographer (currently with exhibitions in Verónicas and Arquitectura de Barrio). María José Peñalver, dean of the College of Architects of the Region of Murcia, heads the jury for the Architecture category, of which the COAMU Governing Board is a member. Eugenio González, journalist and member of the organization of La Mar de Músicas de Cartagena and Jazz Cartagena, chairs the Other Music jury, in which Juan Pablo Soler (Teatros de Murcia) and Ángel Sopena, critic for Onda Regional and ‘The opinion’.
sponsors
In Music (Pop-Rock-Urbana), the jury is chaired by Jam Albarracín, music critic and musician (Farmacia de Guardia), and Alberto Frutos, music journalist for LA VERDAD and Onda Regional, and Álvaro Vargas have taken part in the deliberations. , director of the Animal Sound and FAN FUTURA festivals in San Javier. In Fashion, the jury is chaired by Vanessa Hernández, and completed by Pedro Lobo and Alexandra Cánovas (Las Culpass).
The honorary award will be chosen by the twelve presidents of the jury, and the organization of the awards will award the AX Young Artist Patronage award, which will also perform at the gala on Friday.
Together with Bodegas Luzón, the University of Murcia and LA VERDAD, the sponsors are: COAMU (Architecture), Murcia City Council (Literature), Institute of Cultural Industries and the Arts (Theater), Estrella de Levante (Music), Murcia City Council Cartagena (Other Music), Human Legacy Foundation (Dance), Mula City Council (Cinema), Audi Huertas Motor (Fashion), Lorca City Council (Painting and Sculpture), Cajamurcia Foundation (Heritage), Molina de Segura City Council (Art of New Media), Mazarrón City Council (Illustration and Comics) and Autonomous Community/Ministry of the Presidency (Honorary Award).