- The Concello de Arnoia awards a single prize to the contest winner, valued at 1,000 euros.
- His work stood out among the 160 entries that arrived from the United Kingdom, Italy and locations all across Spain: Andalusia, Castilla La Mancha, Navarre and Madrid.
The 42nd edition of the Festa do Pemento de A Arnoia now has a poster that “perfectly represents the tradition, the feeling and the essence” of this event, which will take place between 30 July and 1 August.
The already award-winning designer of Murcian origin, Rubén Lucas García, has been chosen as the winner of the 1st Poster Contest, which had a jury made up of the urban artist, Mon Devane, the photographer, Brais Lorenzo, the illustrator, Xosé Lois González “Carrabouxo”, the president of Markea, Asociación Galega de Marketing and of the Cluster de Comunicación de Galicia, José Luis Reza, and the councillor for culture of the Concello de Arnoia, Purificación Domínguez.
The members of the jury highlighted that García Lucas’s work “perfectly represents the tradition, the feeling and the essence of the Festa do Pemento and its location in A Arnoia”. The illustrator took into account in his depiction details of the town such as its clock tower, the church, its characteristic cluster of hórreos, its mineral-medicinal waters and also the wine tradition of this area located in the heart of O Ribeiro.
His work stood out among the 160 entries that were submitted, coming from the United Kingdom, Italy and the different autonomous communities.
The aim of this initiative is to encourage creativity and to raise awareness of the festival and of the diversity and the historical, cultural, ethnographic and scenic richness of the Concello, as well as to spread and promote art.
Festa do Pemento 2021
With this initiative the Concello de Arnoia confirms that the Festa do Pemento will indeed be held this year in the same way it was held in the past 2020 edition, in the middle of the pandemic, with all the safety measures and adapting to the restrictions in force at that time.
Once again the bet will be on an eminently digital component, creating a new edition of the Roteiro Gastronómico do Pemento so that the star product can be enjoyed while maintaining strict capacity control and anti-Covid health measures. In addition, the social media channels @pementosdearnoia will be boosted to promote both the festival and the product.