Open call for the Evaristo Guerra Painting Contest: three prizes, one of them endowed with 3,000 euros

The Provincial Council of Málaga has opened a new call for entries for the Evaristo Guerra Painting Competition, in tribute to the renowned painter from Vélez. The competition includes three prizes: the first with a prize of 3,000 euros; the second, 1,000 euros; and the third, 500 euros.

The application submission period is open until August 14, inclusive, and is divided into two mandatory phases. In the first phase, participation applications must include Annex I (registration form for the organization) and Annex II (photograph of the work), and must be sent, prior to the presentation of the work, within the specified period, through the Electronic Registry of the Provincial Council of Málaga; the common electronic registry; at post offices; at diplomatic representations or consular offices of Spain abroad; or at the office for assistance in registration matters of the Provincial Council of Málaga or at any of the following, provided they are connected to the System of Interconnection of Registries (SIR): General State Administration or Autonomous Community Administrations, or entities comprising the local administration, or public bodies and entities that are part of the institutional public sector.

The annexes to be used can be downloaded from the Culturama website, from the website of the Culture Department of the Provincial Council of Málaga, and from the website of the Vélez-Málaga Town Hall.

In the second phase, from the day after the publication of the call and once the application (phase 1) has been submitted, the works must be delivered in person or sent by a transport agency, properly packaged and protected with reusable material, to the Department of Culture and Historical Heritage (Plaza de la Constitución, number 1, building El Pósito, Vélez-Málaga). Along with the work, Annexes III.1 (copy for the interested party) and III.2 (copy to be attached to the back of the work) must be provided.

The competition is open to all artists of legal age of any nationality who have not been awarded in previous editions. Only one work per author may be submitted, which must be unique and original, and has not been presented in any other contest before. The theme and technique are free, and the work must not be signed. If awarded, the author will be required to sign the work at the award ceremony.

The jury of the competition, following criteria of artistic quality, will make a preselection of the works received for their exhibition from September 22 to October 19, 2025, in the exhibition hall of the Convent of San Francisco in Vélez-Málaga. The winning work will become part of the collection of the Provincial Council of Málaga.

The call for the competition is published in the Official Gazette of the Province number 82, dated May 2, 2025. The rules can be consulted in the Official Gazette of the Province number 83, dated April 30, 2024.