British Art Prize

£10,000 painting competition, art courses offer, illustration contests & new kids prizes

May 15, 2022

Hi folks. This week sees the return of the British Art Prize. A painting competition with a £3,000 1st prize, £1,000 People’s Choice Award, London exhibition and your art featured in Artists & Illustrators magazine. Open to UK artists 18 and over. Entry fee is £18 or free with Portfolio Plus membership at £24.99 a year. (Closes 4th August)

New Art Competitions

Holt Festival Art Prizes - £2,000 1st prize, £1,000 ceramics, UK (19 Jun)

East London Art Prize - £15,000 prize & solo exhibition, East Londoners only (31 Aug)

UK Art Competitions - 31 open

Photography Competitions - 10 open

Kids Competitions

Advent Calendar Design Competition - to support pets charity, up to 16, UK (22 May)

Tabernacle Art Competition - £100 prize, theme: ‘Home’, under 18, UK & Int. (13 Jun)

Scrappy Doodles Art Competition - win custom wall stickers, ages 6-12 (22 Jun)

Fleming Collection Young People’s Art Competition - £50 award, under 19, UK (30 Jun)

My Little Masterpiece - £500 voucher + £250 art materials, under 16, UK (31 Jul)

Kid’s Art Competitions - 15 open.

Illustration Awards

V&A Illustration Awards - £16,000 prize fund, free to enter, UK only (16 May)

Key Colors Award - $8,000 for children’s book illustrators, UK & Int. (Jun 30)

JIA Illustration Award - 700,000 yen 1st prize (approx £4,400) from the Japan Illustrators' Association, UK & Int. (Jun 30)

3 Art Courses for £24.90

Been a while since I’ve dipped into Domestika’s online creative courses and happy to see plenty of new additions including some intriguing English language courses.

Below are some that stood out in in the 3 Art Courses for £24.90 offer - you’ll need to use the offer link above to purchase rather than the individual course links below.