£50,000 of Art Prizes
6 art competitions open for entry, Hardship funds, Eelus print, Zaria Forman, Arts jobs & opportunities
Open For Entry
As the country locks down it’s reassuring to see more art competitions opening. Here’s a summary of what’s new on MoMa’s Art Competitions page (with closing dates).
Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year - £10,000 to winner of 8th Series (29th Jan)
Wildlife Artist of the Year - £5,000 to both winner & conservation cause (15th Feb)
First Plinth: Public Art Award - £15,000 sculpture commission (15th Feb)
Royal Society of British Artists - £1,500 first prize, over £5k prize fund (8th Jan)
Pastel Society Exhibition - £1,000 first prize, 122nd Annual Exhibition (4th Dec)
Axis Digital Residency - 2 x £1,500 virtual residencies to create new work (16th Nov)
Colourful October by Debbie Lush - £695, Acrylic on canvas (50 x 50cm)
Art Jobs & Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI & Ireland.
Art opportunities Worldwide from Art Deadline and Art Rabbit.
A further £3m to be added to current £2m Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers in Scotland. (Applications open 12 noon 10th November)
British Council £50k fund for collaborating on digital projects (apply by 18th Nov)
Artists in the North East of England can apply for a week’s residency on the Isle of Eigg (apply by 27th Nov).
Win £1,000 of Faber-Castell colour pencils with Artists & Illustrators (by 23rd Dec)
Updated list of online art classes by Lisa Takahashi at Jackson’s Art.
Pierre Huyghe’s Dog by Grażyna Smalej, from The Book of The Dog: Dogs In Art.
Yours if You Want It by Eelus - £225, Screenprint in edition of 150 (83 x 66cm) released on Nov 6th at 4pm (GMT) on eelus.com raising money for @mindcharity.
Zaria Forman on making art:
See you next week,
Grant