£20k Art for Change Prize
International competition for emerging artists, art on screen, jobs and opportunities
New Saatchi Competition
Hi! Let’s go right into the competitions with the Art for Change Prize - a brand new, free to enter, annual prize from the M&C Saatchi Group & Saatchi Gallery. Submitted works must creatively respond to the theme ‘Equality’.
A total prize fund of £20,000 will be split between six regional winners, five to receive £2,000 each and one overall winner to receive £10,000. Winning works will be shown at an exhibition at Saatchi Gallery, London in Dec-Jan.
Open to emerging artists based in: UK, Europe, Americas, Asia, Australia, and Africa.
Artists must be aged 18 or over and within the first five years of practice.
There are 18 judges, 3 from each region. Deadline: 8th September 2022, find out more.
Art Competitions
Newly opened competitions for UK & International artists:
Art Unlimited - £1,000 1st prize & solo exhibition at Bridport gallery, UK only (1 Sep)
SSA Annual Exhibition - £8,000+ prizes, the 130th anniversary of the annual exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Free to members, £15 entry for non-members. Open to UK and International. (4 Sep)
UK Art Competitions - 25 open
Kid’s Art Competitions - 9 open
Photo Competitions - 7 open
Mariia Bonchuk, a Ukrainian artist based in Tallinn on continuing to make art:
“My art has been strongly influenced by the war in Ukraine. Initially, I felt lost and disoriented. I felt helpless, so I took the brush and started painting. Coming to the studio and continuing to paint was a way to deal with horrible events in my homeland. It was essential for me to continue my work, to be a part of the fight, on the cultural field. My paintings since the beginning of the war are dedicated to Ukrainian spirit, and my brave and strong fellow Ukrainian citizens.”
Art on Screen
How do you "make it" in today's art world? A new documentary from the producer of The Price of Everything (which was unsettlingly great) delves into the open secrets underpinning the industry. Audience award winner at SXSW 2022. Rent at Amazon.
Joe Lycett: Summer Exhibitionist - the art-loving comedian joins artists hoping to make it onto the walls of the RA Summer Exhibition 2022 (BBC iPlayer)
Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories - directed by her son Nick Willing (BBC iPlayer)
Our Most Brilliant Friends - painfully honest portrait of life in Self Esteem’s first band Slow Club, as recommend on their Talk Art interview (Vimeo)
Milton Avery Exhibition
Avery was 40 before he began to paint full-time, 60 when he painted the pivotal Husband and Wife, and almost 70 before he embarked on the large-scale landscapes that are generally held to be the summit of his career.
Milton Avery: American Colourist - Royal Academy to 16 Oct. 5 star Guardian review
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
Top 3 Tips for Selling Art in a New Art World - free online VAA event (25 Jul)
Reading Links
I’ve been enjoying Mason Currey’s Subtle Maneuvers newsletter ‘on routines, rituals, and wriggling through a creative life’. Loved this Hockney tale from a recent post on Duncan Hannah:
In the journals, Hannah mentions a few times his admiration for the work of David Hockney, so of course he ends up meeting Hockney and getting the older artist to come by for a studio visit. But Hockney comes and goes without saying anything about Hannah’s paintings. Later, Hannah works up the nerve to ask him what he thought. Hockney’s response is amazing:
We’ve been talking for a few days now. You’re obviously a very smart guy. I don’t have to tell you about your work. You already know. I’ll just say this… you’re selling yourself short in an attempt to be stylish. There’s something of the zeitgeist in your work that weakens it. You’re probably worried about having a look. Don’t worry about that. That will come by itself. Just work hard, and you will evolve into yourself naturally. Don’t choose who to be—grow into yourself through hard work. All will be revealed. I guarantee that if you paint a still life, it will have your personality in it. You have to trust that. The best things I saw by you today were your self-portrait drawings, because they had no artifice. . . . If I was you, I would strip away all your flashy gimmicks and dare to make “plain” paintings. You will be original, you have to take it on faith. You know what to do. You’ll get where you need to go with time and hard work.
See also How to be Influenced by Ian Leslie at The Ruffian.
Fungidelic…
See you next week,
Grant