25k Painting Prize
John Moores call for entries, £10k British Landscape Photography Competition, Rick Rubin, Art Jobs
Hi folks. First held in 1957, the John Moores Painting Prize returns for the first time since 2020. Unfortunately for non UK dwellers, it’s only open to UK based artists.
The first prize winner receives £25,000 and a solo display at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool in 2025. Four other paintings will be awarded £2,500. Final year art students (and those within two years of graduation) are eligible for The Lady Grantchester Prize - £2,500 cash and £2,500 worth of art materials, plus a residency and show at Elephant West, London.
Any painting media is accepted, entry fee is £30. More info (closes 24th March).
UK Art Competitions - 41 prizes open
Photo Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa & elsewhere…
Landscape Photographer of the Year - €10,000 prize, ‘celebrate the magic and wonder of the British landscape’, global (31 May)
Photo Competitions - 9 open
Kids Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa…
Humanimal Trust Creative Awards - £250 1st prizes for 15-16 & 17-18 age groups, books for ages 7-11 and 12-14. ‘Use all your creative skills to capture the bond between us and the animals we share this planet with’. (31 Mar)
UKTS Art Competition - £1,375 prize fund from Thalassaemia Society, create art on theme ‘Fantasy and Fairy Tales’, ages 3-17, global (3rd May)
Young Landscape Photographer of the Year - £1,000 1st prize, ‘celebrate the magic and wonder of the British landscape’, under 18s, global (31 May)
Big Art Show – Prizes TBA, large-scale exhibition at The Art Department, Paisley. Free to enter, £10 fee if selected. Ages 8+ Global. (31 May)
Children’s Art Competitions - 18 open.
Enjoyed Ezra Klein’s podcast interview with music producer Rick Rubin on his new book The Creative Act - A Way of Being. Klein says of the book:
“Rubin turns his philosophy of creativity into a manual for living. It is not, to be honest, the book I was expecting. It is less about music than mind states: awareness, openness, discernment, attunement to nature, nonjudgmental listening, trust in your own taste. It is at once mystical and practical, alive to the tensions of creation but intent on holding them gently. I found it unexpectedly moving.”
Rubin shares his love of Radiooooo - the app & website that lets you play music from around the world from every decade going back to 1900.
Art Exhibitions
Derby Print Open - invites UK based printmakers to submit up to 5 original prints to be showcased in the exhibition throughout June (31 Mar).
Big Art Show – Prizes TBA, large-scale exhibition at The Art Department, Paisley. Free to enter, £10 fee if selected. Ages 8+ Global. (31 May)
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
The Drawing Year - One year postgraduate-level course at The Drawing School, London, no fees, free studio space (application deadline: 5 April)
Odds & Ends
Wonders of Street View - random wonders from planet earth.
EO Review - A circus donkey embarks on a long, lonely journey, meeting human kindness and cruelty, in this strangely beautiful Oscar contender.
Banksy’s ‘Valentine’s Day Mascara’ before the council removed the freezer (which they plan to return). See also - behind the scenes video of Banksy in Ukraine.
See you next week,
Grant