An award that sees ceramics as an inclusive art form, addressed to Art students in the AFAM sector (Higher Education in Art, Music and Dance).
Fondazione Iris Ceramica Group ETS presents the Special Quarto Fuoco Prize 2025 (PSQF25), an initiative addressed to Art students in the AFAM sector aged at least 18 aiming to recognise ceramics as an inclusive art form.
The initiative invites students to create a two- or three-dimensional art work inspired by the iris flower: a prototype that can be reproduced in multiple versions and can be adapted to different decorations.
The winning prototype will be made from clay, fired and decorated in one of the craft workshops in the Quarto Fuoco® network. The objects produced in series may be freely sold and marketed by the associations involved in the project.
The Prize gives three awards:
- to the author of the First Best Prototype
- to the educational establishment to which the author of the first Best Prototype belongs
- to the author of the Second and Third Best Prototypes
The Special Quarto Fuoco® Prize 2025 brings together the values of culture and solidarity, recognising the contribution that contemporary art offers research and culture, showcasing the best voices of the contemporary art scene and offering new development paths for a more inclusive society.
Participation in PSQF25 is free.
Registration and upload of designs exclusively online, no later than 30.03.2026.
Find out more and register.