Dozens of graphic designers, illustrators, and artists from all over the world participated in the international competition launched by the Sector for Social Communication. A total of 32 entries were received by the offices of the Social Communication Sector in 20 different countries (with a couple of authors submitting two different entries as well).
In recent days Fr Gildasio Mendes, General Councillor for Social Communication, and the members of his team, have been working together to catalogue and sort the received material. We have now reached the finalization stage, whereby the Rector Major himself will identify the official Strenna Poster, and the two other posters identified as offering the second and third best proposals. The first three selected posters will be awarded a corresponding cash prize (€2,000, €1,250 & €750).
"It was a rewarding experience to hold this competition for the Strenna Poster," commented Fr Gildasio Mendes to ANS. "We have once again seen how much interest there is, even outside the strictly Salesian world, in the figure of Don Bosco and his teachings. And we have received a high number of entrees, all of them valuable and representative of the globality of our charism”.
In recognition of all those who took up this challenge and submitted their creative works, the Social Communication Sector is publishing a random list of competition participants:
- Francisco José Enríquez Zulaica SDB, Mexico
- Sebastian Koladiyil SDB, Kenya
- Oscar Alberto Arévalo SDB, El Salvador
- Nicolas Leon Lamprea, Colombia
- Jorge Leonardo Lopez, Argentina
- Orliany Hernández, Venezuela
- Agustin Coca Roura, Mexico
- Kishi-Bhee (Nakamura), Japan
- Rodrigo Alves, Brazil
- Federica Lavia, Italy
- Douglas Azevedo Duarte, Portotallo
- Dusabemungu Ange de la Victoire, Rwanda
- Solene Tshilobo, DR Congo
- Roan Grace Lorenzo, Philippines
- Georgia Beaumont-Jessop, Australia
- Nuno Quaresma, Portugal
- Ar. Chrysostom Miguel T. Ordoño III, Philippines
- Agustina Contreras, Uruguay
- Regina Angela Silva, Philippines
- Andy Batakela, DR Congo
- Jerome Quinto, Philippines
- Maria Fernanda Bastidas, Colombia
- Eduardo Delgado, Ecuador
- Daniel Baldazo Sánchez, Spain
- Salmi Medina, Paraguay
- Lionel Floribert, DR of Congo
- Yurico Ayllon, Peru
- Marcela Palomo, El Salvador
- José Gomes, Portugal
- Selene Berit
The official announcement of the prize-winning poster is expected shortly.
