Several former students and teachers of EINA's Illustration programmes have been finalists in the 19th edition of the Junceda Awards, awards organised by the Associació Professional d'Il·lustradors de Catalunya (APIC), which reward all areas of this discipline.
The finalists are the former students of the Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Illustration and Visual Communication Techniques: Carolina Celas, Laura Liedo, Gisela Navarro Fuster, Cristina Spanò; the former student and teacher of this programme: Aina Bestard; the teacher of creative illustration Mariona Cabassa, and the coordinator of the Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Illustration applied to Brands, Media and Video Games, Javirroyo.
The list of categories is as follows:
Adult fiction book category
Gisela Navarro Fuster, for 'Alícia', Alma editorial
Javier Royo Espallargas, for 'Homo Machus', Editorial Lumen
Children's book fiction category
Carolina Celas, for 'Horitzó', Editorial La Topera
Adult and children's non-fiction book category
Aina Bestard, for 'Paisatges perduts de la Terra', Zahorí Books
Mariona Cabassa, for 'Infinit', Zahorí Books
Press and magazines category
Cristina Spanò, for 'How SARS-CoV-2 causes disease and death in Covid-19', The Economist
Cristina Spanò, for 'The great disruptor', The Economist
Advertising category
Laura Liedo, for 'Ecofeminism and Climate Emergency', Barcelona City Council
The awards ceremony will take place on 16 November at La Lleialtat Santsenca in Barcelona.