Art of the Sea
£4k prize fund at Marine Artists Exhibition. Art, photography & children's competitions & news
Marine Art Exhibition
Today marks the opening of the Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition with a £4,000 prize fund and entry fees of £20 per work (£14 for ages 35 & under).
The subject matter must be essentially marine in nature, relating in some way to tidal waters of the world; topographical, historical, still life, and figure painting. Sorry painters of non-tidal rivers, inland lakes and waterways.
UK & Int. artists, London exhibition in Autumn. (closes 8th July)
New Art Competitions
Wells Art Contemporary - £2,000 1st prize, deadline extended + a new Young Printmaker’s Prize of £500 for artists under 35. UK & Int. (4th May)
Tiepolo Blue Art Competition - £500 prize, create artwork inspired by the new novel by James Cahill, UK based art students (13 May)
D31 Summer Exhibition - £600 prize fund & Doncaster show, UK & Int. (18 May)
AIR Open 2022 - £1,000 prize fund, Altrincham gallery show, UK & Int. (19 Jun)
D31 Art Prize - £1,000 prize fund, online exhibition for 30 artists, UK & Int. (7 Jul)
UK Art Competitions - 29 open.
Kid’s Art Competitions
D31 Young Hope Exhibition - Doncaster show, 16 and under, UK & Int. (30 Sep)
War Through Children’s Eyes - £150 prize, deadline extended, ages 7-17 (10 May)
CO Crew Competition - £300 artist, £600 school, ages 6-11 (27 May)
Young Amateur Photographer of the Year - £250 monthly awards, ages 13-21 (4 Nov)
Kid’s Art Competitions - 12 open.
Photo Competitions
D31 Photography Prize - £600 prize fund & Doncaster show, UK & Int. (18 May)
Amateur Photographer of the Year - £11,000 worth of prizes, monthly awards (2 Nov)
Photography Competitions - 10 open
Inside the Sketchbook of mixed media artist Kay Gasei (via Jackson’s)
Robbie Williams Art
Williams and his creative partner, Ed Godrich are not only big fans of street art but have been making paintings together for the last five years. Their black and white painting ‘Beverly’ is the first they’ve shown publicly. A Sotheby’s show beckons in May, until then the pair are curating a collection for Contemporary Curated.
Concise advice to young artists from photographer Paul Graham (1m 21)
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
‘Van Dogh’…
See you next week,
Grant