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European Union Launches 2025 Creative Arts Competition in Belize

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Posted: Friday, January 24, 2025. 5:03 pm CST.

The European Union (EU) in Belize is pleased to announce the launch of the 2025 EU Creative Arts Competition, a unique platform for all people living in Belize to express their creativity while reflecting on critical human rights and social issues through dance, music, and visual arts.

Respect for human dignity and human rights, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law are the fundamental values of the European Union and what inspired the establishment of the EU Creative Arts Competition in 2023.

This year’s competition invites participants to explore the theme of “Human Rights/Empowering Communities & Combating Violence”. Empowered communities are the cornerstone of a just society, where human rights are upheld and discrimination has no place. The European Union advocates for gender equality, standing firmly against all forms of sexual and gender-based violence. This theme invites the public to explore how communities can unite to combat violence and discrimination, creating spaces that protect and uplift everyone, especially vulnerable or marginalised groups.

This theme was selected by the public vote through a poll published on the EU in Belize Facebook page (www.facebook.com/EUinBelize) on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2023, where several human rights themes were proposed to the public. The theme of the competition is the one that received the highest number of public votes.

Categories of Expression: Members of the public aged from 12 years old and above are invited to participate in the competition by entering one of three competition categories:

  • Dance: Performances that interpret the theme the competition through All dance styles are welcome, with a maximum performance length of 3 minutes.
  • Music: Participants are invited to create and perform original music These may include songwriting, instrumental, or electronic compositions that reflect the competition’s theme. If the songwriter and performer(s) are separate individuals, they must submit their entry as a group in the same age category. The maximum length of the music composition should be 3 minutes.
  • Visual Arts: Artworks using media such as watercolor, acrylic, oil paint, or mixed media, including recycled materials.

Who Can Participate? The competition is open to all residents of Belize aged 12 and older, divided into two age groups: Youth (12-17) and Adult (18+ with no age limit).

Prizes Prizes will be awarded to the top winners in each category:

  • Youth Category (12-17 years): $500 BZD
  • Adult Category (18 and above with no age limit): $1,000 BZD All winners will also receive EU prize packs.

Timeline & Key Dates

The competition officially opens on January 13, 2025, with submissions due by March 17, 2025.

An esteemed panel of judges from the Belizean arts and human rights community will evaluate the entries, and winners will be announced at the “EU in the Park” event at Digi Park in Belize City in May 2025.

Submission Guidelines:

  • All submissions must be original works created during the competition
  • Submissions must align with the chosen
  • One entry per person or group per
  • Submission languages: English, Kriol or
  • All competition entries should be submitted via the submission form links:

Visual Arts Form: https://forms.gle/vNRMNjRqu2ALK59Z7

Music Form: https://forms.gle/ANjH31qFx67Znfp56

Dance Form: https://forms.gle/NBdCH5anfyqPT35Z9

Through this competition, the EU seeks to contribute to promoting creative expression, while amplifying Belize’s rich artistic talent and fostering reflection and dialogue on key human rights and social issues. For more details, we invite members of the public to:

 

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