£100k Drawing of the Year, £60k DBACE, Summer Exhibition News
8 new art competitions, 11 new children's contests, photography & illustration awards, art residencies...
Woah, all 16,500 entry slots for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition have sold out! Sorry to break the news if you were planning a late entry. If you’ve already purchased a slot you still have until 11.59pm on Tuesday 13th to make your submission.
Lots of newly opened alternatives to choose from if you missed out…
Art Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa and elsewhere…
EMBracing the Ocean - 2 x €10,000 awards for remote residency to co-create artwork in collaboration with ocean scientists, April start, free entry, global (18 Feb)
Carouge 2024 - £9,000 1st prize, international biennial ceramics competition & exhibition in Geneva, theme: ‘festivities’, age 16+, free entry, global (1 Mar)
Drawing of the Year – £100,000 worth of prizes, Archisource’s free to enter awards for drawing in any media related to architecture & design, global (10 Mar)
Innovate Grants - 2 x $1,800 grants for artists & photographers, winter entries open, $35 fee, global (21 Mar)
DBACE - £60,000 divided between 5 five entrepreneurs seeking to make positive social impact through creative enterprise, UK (2 Apr)
Hampstead Art Society - £2,000 1st prize, 2D and sculpture, Mayfair exhibition, £12 entry, global (30 Apr)
Royal Miniature Society - £750 1st prize, artwork approx 11.5cm (4.5”), Bankside Gallery exhibition, £13-£18 entry, (29 Apr)
Sketch For Survival - international art initiative from Explorer’s Against Extinction that’s donated half a million dollars to frontline conservation projects. 100 works will be selected for online auction & exhibitions in London & Edinburgh. Submit your animal or wildlife art (A4/A3) in one of two categories: ‘Endangered Wildlife’ and ‘At-risk Wild Spaces’. See also the Junior Competition for under 16s. (30 Jun)
UK Art Competitions - 23 open
Illustration Contests
Newly opened on MoMa…
Folio Book Illustration Award - £2,500 1st prize, create an artwork in response to Neil Gaiman short story, free entry, global (3 Apr)
Illustration Competitions - 4 open
Photo Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa…
LensCulture Portrait Awards - $10,000 of prizes, London exhibition, single entry free, $35/$45 single/series, global (14 Feb)
Le Prix de la Photographie de Paris (PX3) - $11,500 of prizes, Paris exhibition and photo book, $20-$50 entry, global (6 May)
Black and White Photo Awards - €1,000 1st prize, €15 for 5 category entries: Architecture, Street, Fauna and Flora, Portrait, Landscape. Global (15 Jun)
Photography Competitions - 9 open
Children’s Art Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa…
British Science Week Poster Competition - Lots of sciencey prizes, design a poster on theme: ‘time’, ages 3-14, UK (28 Mar)
National Book Token Design Competition - £2,000 of prizes for pupils and school, deisgn your own gift card, ages 16 & under, UK & Ire (7 Apr)
Talp Open Young Artist of the Year Award - win a Caran d’Ache Wax Pastel Set worth £60, 2D works in any media, feature in exhibition, under 18s, £5 entry, global (9 Apr)
Unique Art Awards - art competition with £15k prize fund for disabled children age 7–15 and youths age 16–21. £750 1st prize and £5,000 for school, UK (19 Apr)
Climate Change Painting Competition - $170 1st prize, ages 6-15, theme ‘Health and Wellness Champions’. Hosted by Taiwan Institute of Sustainable Energy. (30 Apr)
Ocean Awareness Contest - $1,000 1st prize for Junior (11-14) & Senior (15–18) age groups, theme: ‘Tell Your Climate Story’, global (10 Jun)
Junior Sketch For Survival - London & Edinburgh exhibitions, auction to raise money for endangered species awareness, ages 7-16, global (30 Jun)
Write on Art - £300 1st prize, write about an artwork from the Art UK website, open to UK based teenage school pupils (30 Jun)
Spirited Arts Competition - £10 - £100 vouchers for pupils & schools, use a variety of media to explore RE themes, global (31 Jul)
Happy DEGART - prizes TBA, international kids art exhibition and contest hosted by DEGALLERY, Texas. Theme: ‘World Peace’, ages 4-17, global (1 Sep)
Young Railway Photographer of the Year - win journeys on heritage railway lines, celebrate 200 years of rail travel, free entry, ages: 18 and under, 19-25, UK (31 Jan)
Kid’s Art Competitions - 20 open
American fiber artist Bisa Butler on her artistic process and the lasting influence of her art school professors from the AfriCOBRA group.
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
Art residencies at resartis and TransArtists.
Chinwe Russell Gallery are welcoming submissions for art auction in Feb/Mar, £8 fee if accepted, 30% commission to gallery if sold, previous works sold (16 Feb)
Baltic Bothy Residency - invite an emerging artist from the North East of England to undertake a week's residency in July at Sweeney’s Bothy on the Isle of Eigg (1 Mar)
Drawing Year Open Days are an opportunity for students to find out more about The Royal Drawing School’s postgraduate programme in London's Shoreditch. The Drawing Year is a 1 year full-scholarship programme for artists who want to focus on drawing from observation. (20 Feb in Shoreditch, 4 Mar online)
Reading List
Lost Art reflects on ‘Sewing books by hand’ and the art & writing of Anni Albers.
Austin Kleon asks ‘Do you want to live in a tragedy or a comedy?’ (via JKG)
The Jaggy Thistle on where Andy Warhol came from.
Find someone who looks at your art like the Yaeyama blenny looks at everything.
See you next time,
Grant
The "Sketch for Survival" competition is a "must enter"!
An excellent selection of contests and competitions for artists in this post.