BBA Artist Prize 2024
Berlin group exhibition & solo show, V&A Illustration awards, Innovate Grants, Art Opportunities
Hi folks. This week’s featured open call for takes us to the heart of Berlin and the 7th edition of the BBA Artist Prize with a €1,000 first prize, group and solo show.
Open to artists worldwide, 20+ shortlisted artists will be selected to exhibit at Kühlhaus Berlin next May. The annual prize is run by BBA Gallery who work with and empower ‘emerging’ to ‘mid-career’ artists from all over the world. The winner will be given a solo show at the gallery in 2025.
View the 2023 edition winners and shortlisted artists, the Romanian painter Laszlo Mathe was the overall winner.
Entry is €29, entrants before 6th Nov will be included in BBA’s social media ads with 4 million+ global views. Entries close on 19th February 2024.
Art Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa and elsewhere…
The Letter Review Prize for Art - $1,000 shared between 3 winners, competition run by literary journal every 2 months, looking for cartoons, drawings/paintings, digital art, photography, mixed media, graphic novels. Global (31 Oct)
Innovate Grants - 2 x $1,800 grants for artists & photographers, fall entries open, $35 fee, global (14 Dec)
V&A Illustration Awards - £8,000 1st prize and 4 x £3,000 category winners, illustration for print and electronic formats, free entry, UK only (5 Jan)
UK Art Competitions - 15 open
Photography Competitions - 7 open
Children’s Art Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa…
MINI Electric & Crayola Design Competition - Just added but closes soon! Use crayons to create your perfect MINI Electric of the future. Winning design will be turned into reality using vinyl wrap on a MINI Electric. Win Crayola goodies for you and your school and get a tour of the MINI factory. Ages 4-10, UK (16 Oct)
Salvation Army Christmas card competition - £380 of vouchers to be won, design a Christmas card to be sent as ecard, ages: under 7s, 7-9s, 9-12s, 12+, UK (24 Nov)
Kid’s Art Competitions - 9 open
The enchanted paper worlds of French book artist Diane de Bournazel.
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
Reading List
Acrylic painting, microplastics and the environment - how to reduce their impact on the environment & dispose of acrylic paint as a solid instead of a liquid. (Jackson’s)
What makes the perfect creative brief? - Ian Leslie on the surprising origin story of Aretha Franklin’s ‘Natural Woman’ (The Ruffian)
The great Alberto Giacometti, born on this day in 1901.
See you next week,
Grant