For a day, Osuna’s streets and squares filled with easels. Saturday 10 October saw the 21st “Villa de Osuna” Speed Painting Competition, bringing together around fifty artists from across Andalusia and the town itself. The day ended with an exhibition in Plaza Mayor and the prize ceremony, with live music by Mastrenta.
The prizewinners
- First prize (€1,500): Juan Lucena Orellana, from La Barca de la Florida (Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz).
- Second prize (€1,000): Manuel Sánchez Lucas (Almería).
- Third prize (€700): Jaime Jurado Cordón (Lucena, Córdoba).
- Fourth prize (€500): Juan Carlos Porras Funes (Alcaudete, Jaén).
- Fifth prize (€300): María Dolores Polo Artacho (La Roda de Andalucía, Sevilla).
- Special Escuela de Economía Social Prize (€500), new this year: Juan Miguel Álvarez Páez (Marbella, Málaga).
Osuna residents Manuel Morales Jiménez and José Miguel Morales Solano received two of the ten special commendations, each worth €100.
Twenty-one years painting the ducal town
The competition is organised by the municipal Culture department. Its head, Jesús Heredia Carroza, chaired the jury and highlighted the quality of the works and the value of a competition that has helped showcase Osuna’s heritage through artists’ eyes for twenty-one editions. Deputy mayors Benito Eslava and Manuel Rodríguez also attended the ceremony, along with Javier Urbaneja representing the Escuela de Economía Social.
Source: press release from Osuna Town Council.
