Home | History | Church | Historical Archive | Institutional Activities | Social Charges | Gallery | Contact us

The Prize “Armando de Simoni” and “Gilberto Lefevre”

This biennial Prize is directed to young people and all the apprentices are strongly recommended to participate, the goldsmiths, the silversmiths, the setters, the engravers, the drawers, the medallists as well as the apprentices coming from both the professional schools and the Institutes of specialisation and from the craft made laboratories, which, even in these days of deep recession and legislative trouble, have kept alive the roman goldsmith handicraft. The prize is the best recongnition within a wide promotional activity towards young people.
During the last seven editions, the prize, which has been existing for more than 30 years, has been entitled to Armando de Simoni, a lamented colleague who was one of the most valid promoters of the relaunch of the association after a standstill period during the two world wars.
The opening problems were solved and we have now the pleasure to note that the Prize “Armando de Simoni” is awaited and much sought after; it gives the possibility “to discover”, among the candidates, those young men of uncommon capabilities and natural inclinations, later improved by technique and training, and to highlight and help them in entering the world of employment.
A ban issued by the University asks young goldsmiths, designers and stylists to submit their work to a committee of examiners and to an advisory jury.
The competition, as testified by the works exposed edition by edition, both prize-winning or not, is rich of satisfying results, it proves the love that young people have for the goldsmith art, a love which rescues it from the current mass merchandising and materialisation and, moreover, it accomplishes to the efforts done by the University and the Nobil Collegio in carrying on its primary institutional duties.
In 1999, on the memory of Gilberto Lefevre, master chisel and embosser, a talented artist who imparted lustre to the goldsmith category, the family and the Nobil Collegio established, contextually to the event, the Prize “Gilberto Lefevre” for chisels and embossers coming from both the professional schools and the laboratories.
The handcrafts and the drawings are shown in the exhibition rooms at S. Eligio and the prize giving takes place in the wonderful frame of the Raphaelesque church of S. Eligio of Goldsmiths the seat of the University and the Nobil Collegio.
The laboratories or the schools that intend to propose candidates to both prizes should send to the Nobil Collegio secretary their names (with the limit of three per academic year). The requirements must:
have the European citizenship of one of the countries of The Eu
Be older than sixteen and younger than twenty-five years old (at the time they obtain their professional)
Less than 5 years apprenticeship, at handcraft goldsmith or silversmith enterprises and similar or graduated of state schools, professional training courses, specialisation schools, all belonging to Regione Lazio and as recognised by law.
Candidates will undergo an examination by the advisory jury appointed by the Executive Counsel of the Nobil Collegio where they will be also asked to show the script on a subject assigned in advance; this script will not be given back. Ownership will be of University and the Nobil Collegio of the Goldsmiths which is entitled to use it at its discretion and needs according to the law.

 
Università degli Orefici Via S. Eligio, 7 - 00186 - Roma - Tel. 06-6868260- Fax 06-6868260 - E-mail: info@universitadegliorefici.it
Copyright © 2011 all right reserved - Design e comunicazione Altra|via Privacy Policy

Regolamento Europeo 679/2016 sulla Protezione dei Dati Personali
Ci teniamo ai Vostri dati e desideravamo informarVi che stiamo aggiornando la nostra mailing list in linea con le nuove norme europee sulla protezione dei dati (Regolamento UE 2016/679, meglio noto come GDPR), entrate in vigore il 25 maggio 2018. A breve sul nostro sito troverete tutti i dettagli sulle informazioni che raccogliamo, i motivi per cui trattiamo i vostri dati personali e i riferimenti del Data Protection Officer (DPO) a cui potrete rivolgervi per qualsiasi evenienza. Vi avvisiamo peraltro sin da ora che i Vostri dati personali saranno utilizzati esclusivamente per l'invio di comunicazioni relative alle nostre attività associative, istituzionali e la comunicazione di eventi e di iniziative ad essi collegate.