The 100th Issue
It's a bumper one with over £100k of art prizes, kids comps, free courses & creative opportunities...
Welcome to the centenary edition of MoMa Weekly! Thanks for letting my weekly bundle of words and pictures keep landing in your inbox.
Plenty more to come so stay tuned in the coming weeks for some announcements, until then, let’s get on with a packed full edition of art stuff…
New Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa & elsewhere…
SOLO AI ‘23 Awards - €10,000 award for artists using AI as an artistic tool, Madrid exhibition, free to enter (31 Jan)
Explore This! - $2,000 1st prize, for art predominantly in colour pencil + one other medium, $20 entry fee, UK & Int. (15 Nov)
We Art Open 2023 - €2,000 1st prize & Venice exhibition, EU Based artists only, €50 entry, €30 student (30 Dec)
RWS Open - £1,000 1st prize, works made in any water-based media, Bankside group show, £15 per work, free for members, UK & Int. (16 Jan)
First Plinth: Public Art Award 2023 - £15,000 commission award for large scale sculpture at Dora House, UK & Int. Theme: Parade (16 Jan)
The International - $50,000 1st prize, 25th annual competition for portraiture and figurative art, $50 entry fee, UK & Int. (20 Feb)
Still Life - $1,500 prize fund & LA exhibition, representational & abstract still lifes, $10 fee, UK & Int. (15 Mar)
UK Art Competitions - 18 open
Photo Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa…
Wanderlust Travel Photo of the Year - 4 category winners will win a photography trip to Singapore, Amateur photographers only, free to enter, UK & Ire (27 Nov)
National Geographic Traveller Photography Competition - Win a trip for 2 to Jordan, 6 categories, free to enter, UK & Ire (27 Nov)
Sony World Photography Awards - $25,000 . UK & Int. (13 Jan)
Photo Competitions - 8 open
Kids Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa…
Create the Card Competition - For UK based children age 4-11, create artwork for the BBFC Black Card that will be displayed in cinemas before every single UK showing of Puss In Boots: The Last Wish. See the Jurassic World Dominion winner above. (16 Dec)
Salvation Army Christmas Card Competition - £100 voucher for overall winner, 4 age groups from under 7s to 12+, UK (28 Nov)
Art in the Stars - Send your artwork digitally to space! Ages 3-18, UK & Int. (16 Dec)
Snowman Competitions - £50 voucher for winners in 3 age groups, create a picture inspired by Raymond Briggs’s picture book, The Snowman, ages 4-16, UK (31 Dec)
Spirited Arts - up to £100, RE competition for schools, ages 3-19, UK & Int. (31 Jul)
Children’s Art Competitions - 16 open
‘Wild Light: A printmaker’s day and night’ by Angela Harding is released today, 3 copies contain golden tickets to visit Harding’s studio for a day.
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
Lovely 6 minute video of Thom Yorke & Stanley Donwood’s creative friendship. Thom remembers Stanley looking aloof with a book on the first day of art college – “I’m either really going to hate this bloke or I’m going to end up working with him forever.” Catch their podcast episode on Talk Art for more.
Saatchi Art on MoMa
Articles from the archive on buying and selling art on Saatchi Art…
Selling Work On Saatchi Art - Rotterdam based artist Daniel Mullen sold over 30 paintings on the platform in under 2 years. Daniel now sells his work through galleries but Saatchi Art provided an excellent launchpad for his career.
Buying Prints From Saatchi Art - my experience ordering open edition prints with shipping to the UK (nostalgic for those US exchange rates!).
Saatchi Art Discount Codes - 10-15% off original artwork.
Odds & Ends
Domestika Days - free courses, lessons, and resources every day until 7th Nov.
RWA Secret Postcard Auction - Browse & bid for unique works of art by leading figures from the art and cultural world (until 10 Nov)
Things I Have Loved – A collection (sort of) - Kickstarter for a new book of essays on love, longing and self-worth by fellow Edinburgh based writer Sophia Hembeck.
ING Discerning Eye Annual Exhibition - takes place at the Mall Galleries 11-20 Nov, and online until 31 Dec.
See you next week,
Grant