Aesthetica Art Prize
£5,000 contemporary art prize, Black Art doc, 2 for 1 courses, Kids competitions, Art jobs & opportunities
William Crozier’s 'Edinburgh in Snow’ from 1925 and Adam Bulley’s shot from last night show the city wearing its snow well.
Prints available from £38 including this fog filled night from last November…
Contemporary Art Prize
The Aesthetica Art Prize, run by the contemporary art magazine since 2007, is open for entries with £5,000 main prize, £1,000 emerging prize & exhibition in 2022. Enter early for lower fees. Highlights from last year below. (closes 5th Sep).
New Contemporaries - call for submissions from final year students, recent graduates and postgraduate students from UK art schools (closes 1st March)
UK Art Competitions - 25 prizes open.
Black Art: Documentary
“The American canon is not complete without it.” New documentary featuring Kerry James Marshall, Faith Ringgold, Amy Sherald and Carrie Mae Weems on the contributions Black artists have made to American culture (Feb 9th on HBO Max).
‘Swift City 2’ - £600, framed original mixed media artwork by Lucy Stevens.
New Kid’s Art Competitions
Creative Earth Competition - Show your creative vision to world leaders (28th Feb)
Paint Your Pet - See your art on card sets and Wilmslow exhibition (28th Feb)
JUICE Up Your Rocket! - Get your art on a rocket mission to Jupiter! (1st Jun)
2 For 1 Course Bundle
A couple of months ago I listened to artist and illustrator Melanie Chadwick reveal what went on behind the curtains of filming a Domestika course. Happy to find her new Illustrated Recipes course is now online as part of a 2 for 1 course bundle.
Most have English audio, including Laura McKendry’s Illustrating Nature course.
A recent student reports on Laura’s course…
“Inspiring and helps you back on the path of creativity and spontaneity. The course is excellent for beginners as it covers a lot of the material and how each material behaves along with using some unexpected tools and chemicals lying around to get interesting effects. Overall an excellent and well taught course.”
Use the 2 for 1 link and add any two courses from the 100 on offer for £17.40 total.
‘Woodland Study IV’ - £30, new Giclée edition by Claire Leach, MoMa interview.
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities Worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
Be part of the #ArtIsEssential campaign (2pm GMT Feb 11th)
Gasper Nali in sunnier climes…
See you next week,
Grant