We are delighted to announce the recipients of the Urban Sketchers Reportage Grant 2024. From around the world we received 52 submissions on a wide variety of topics.
The USk Reportage Grant Program is open to individual sketchers, chapters, and creative collaborators from around the world. Visual storytelling lies at the heart of the USk movement. The program is designed to highlight the best examples of these efforts and to inspire new artist-reporters in our community.
What is reportage?
Reportage is a visual account of a cultural phenomenon, event, current history, etc., based in drawings completed from direct observation while on location. The drawings have to tell a story by capturing an event and showing context, characters, and setting. Sketches are accompanied by short pieces of narrative writing presented directly on the drawings or added separately. The narrative is informed by firsthand account, research, and interviews. A successful visual reportage gives viewers a feeling for the setting and the people.
Selected projects 2024
In 2024 the selection committee consisting of 8 judges completed the assessment process and the recipients are:
Delphine Zigoni (France) – In the wake of scientists
Jorge Ossa (Colombia) – Air traffic control- How does it keep you safe?
Laura Carrer & Elena Mistrello (Italy/Ireland) – Borders, boundaries, walls. How physical and social division affects young people in Belfast
Lía Navarro (Argentina) – Rescue and Cultural Record of the Central Workshops of YPF (Fiscal oilfields)
Many congratulations to all the winners!
Delphine Zigoni (France)
Jorge Ossa (Colombia)
Laura Carrer & Elena Mistrello (Italy/Ireland)
Lía Navarro (Argentina)
In the wake of scientists
Air traffic control - How does it keep you safe?
Borders, boundaries, walls. How physical and social division affects young people in Belfast
Rescue and Cultural Record of the Central Workshops of YPF (Fiscal oilfields)
Winning proposals will now receive a grant in order to offset expenses related to the project. The authors will have until May 31, 2025 to complete the proposed project including the completion of at least 12 on-location sketches that tell the story in a reportage format.
We will share the reportages on our website and across our social media channels, so please check back soon and subscribe to our quarterly newsletter for details!
Reportage Grant 2024 Selection Committee
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