Encontros da Imagem - International Photography and Visual Arts Festival is pleased to invite all artists, working with the medium of photography and other visual forms (video, installation, etc), to submit their work under the theme “Beauty and Consolation” for the Discovery Awards 2018. Taking into account the success of the previous editions, the festival organizes once more this open call for the Discovery Awards 2018, thus reiterating the wish to showcase new emerging talents - national and international - promoting this way new emerging artists chosen based on the high quality of their projects. The selected artists, will have the opportunity to exhibit their work during this year's edition, that will take place from the 21st of September to the 28th of October in Braga, Portugal.

Timeline:

• Call For Entries Open - 29 May 2018

• Submission Deadline - 30 June 2018

• Announcement Of Selected Artists - 20 July 2018

Encontros da Imagem, with more than thirty years of existence, is a non-profit cultural association, that promotes annually an International Photography and Visual Arts Festival in the city of Braga, Portugal. The festival celebrates classic and contemporary photography and since last year, visual arts in general by showcasing emerging and established artists.