Amplify Environment, Pastel Society Exhibition, Mamidakis Art Prize
3 x €12,000 awards for wall art, £5k pastel show prize fund, 4 new art children's competitions...
Hi! Back refreshed from a late summer dose of sun and surf to an overflowing inbox of art competitions and opportunities…
Kicking things off is the latest edition of the Amplify competition from Zealous. Zealous Amplify: Environment - A UK wide, free to enter competition with a £1,500 prize fund, looking for creative works inspired by the themes of environmentalism and sustainability in order to raise money for the Charity, Arts Catalyst.
Read our interview with Zealous founder Guy Armitage from last year. (closes 23 Oct)
Art Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa and elsewhere…
Closing Soon: The British Art Prize - £10,000 prize fund (closes 28th Sep).
Deadline extended: The John Ruskin Prize - £8,000 prize fund, extended to 5th Oct.
This Is Diabetes Photo & Art Competition - €10,000 prize fund donated to diabetes charity of your choice, free entry, Global (31 Oct)
The Hopper Prize - $22,000 of grants per year, any media, $40 entry, Global (14 Nov)
The Pastel Society Exhibition - almost £5,000 of prizes, ‘the best in contemporary pastel and dry media’, 125th Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries, London, see last year’s exhibition here, £20 entry, Global (24 Nov)
G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation Art Prize - 3 artists will each receive €7,000 + €5,000 construction fee to create large-scale wall-mounted works for permanent display at the Minos Palace Hotel in Agios Nikolaos, Crete. Theme: ‘Care’. Last year’s winners. Free entry, Global (15 Dec)
UK Art Competitions - 24 open
Photography Competitions - 9 open
Children’s Art Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa…
Primrose Hill Children’s Design Competition - win a studio visit at Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery and your design hand engraved by a goldsmith onto a sterling silver pendant, local children of all ages (29 Sep)
Christmas Cards For Kids - See your Christmas card printed and sold to help Children with Cancer, 3 age groups: under 5s, 6-10, 11-16. UK (1 Oct)
Maths Photo Competition - prizes up to £100 in Amazon vouchers, open to anyone in Scotland, take a photo of an example of ‘maths inside’ (2 Oct)
RI Coronation Award - £300 1st prize, new award for UK school students aged 11-18 year olds working in watercolour and water based media (1 Nov)
Kid’s Art Competitions - 10 open
Really enjoyed this: Game, set, matched – when David Shrigley met Andy Murray.
Art on iPlayer
Picasso: The Beauty and the Beast - An unflinching look at Picasso's legacy, and the horror and brilliance of what he left behind. 3 episodes.
Close to Vermeer - Follows renowned Vermeer expert Gregor Weber, curator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, as he sets up the largest ever Vermeer exhibition.
Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art - A look at the origins of the Young British Artists in the art schools of the mid-80s.
Winners Announced
World Illustration Awards winners - Orit Bergman & Anat Warshavsky’s site specific exhibition for children won this year’s first prize.
See also Art Unlimited Winners & Art Gemini 2023 Shortlist exhibitions.
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
Odds & Ends
MoMa reader Carrie Stanley is fundraising for her Suicide awareness creative project.
A US court rules that an award-winning work created using AI cannot be copyrighted.
Is It Good Enough to Fool My Gallerist? - David Salle vs AI David Salle.
Grahame Hurd-Wood and his 10-year mission to paint everyone in St Davids.
I have to find out who the hell I am - lovely interview with Martin Scorsese at 80.
The Edinburgh Guardian - super useful daily news/culture email by Michael MacLeod.
See you next week,
Grant