The Art Challenge is an art contest organized by the Big Bench Community Project Foundation with the aim of promoting territories through art and creativity.
The theme of the contest is the travel, more specifically Travel Posters of all kinds: vintage, modern, naturalistic, impressionist or abstract posters that represent a Big Bench or more Big Benches visually, with the name of their location added in the most suitable colour and typeface. That kind of poster to frame as a printout, or have as a postcard, or reproduced in small size on fridge magnets.
By participating in the contest every artist will become part of the BBCP project and will support the territory, while contributing to an idea of bottom-up development of the local economy and responsible tourism.
The second edition of the competition was held between the end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026.
The awards ceremony was held on Saturday, April 11th, in the new conference room named after "Rino Filippi" in the Castle in Carrù, the prestigious headquarters of the BCC Alpi Marittime Bank.
The winning works were displayed in the windows of shops and businesses in the town from Saturday, April 11th to Sunday, May 3rd, thanks to the collaboration with Ascom Carrù.
The exhibition will travel to the various locations hosting the Big Benches depicted in the winning works: follow us on social media to find out how far they will travel!
The Jury
The participants can apply in 5 different categories: under 12 years-old, from 13 to 16 years-old, from 17 to 20 years-old, over 21 years-old, plus a special category for Big Benches in a fantasy world.
The BBCP Foundation will put in place the highest efforts to give visibility and to promote the selected artwork, which will be turned into posters and gadgets that will support the Foundation itself.
The 2023 edition saw the textile company Miroglio from Alba among its partners: their branch called Sublitex created wonderful scarves with the graphics of the 30 artists that had been selected as finalists.
The winners of the past edition represented in their artworks the Big Benches of
Campomorone, Gravina in Puglia, Manciano, Montà d’Alba e Prignano sulla Secchia.
The jury is composed by an internationally renowned group of artists and designers who have accepted to donate their time for the artwork evaluation and also create their own poster for the contest. Below are the artworks by the judges of the Art Challenge 2023.
