Caroline Millar Interview
Glasgow based mixed media artist, £75k public art prize, art competitions, kids contests & art opportunities
New Artist Interview
Hi! You may have watched the video in last week’s edition for Caroline Millar’s debut solo show. Turns out Caroline’s taste in newsletters is as refined as yours as a fellow MoMa Weekly reader! Fast forward several email exchanges and I’m delighted to present our Caroline Millar Interview.
Covering the unlikely journey to her solo show (seriously, it’s not the norm!) how Morning Pages fuels her creativity, the joys of a limited palette, engaging an Instagram audience, studio tips and so much more. Make some tea and enjoy the read. Thanks again to Caroline for being so generous with her time and answers.
“One Day” by Caroline Millar – £600, mixed media on panel (30 x 30cm).
New Art Competitions
George Blunden Public Art Prize - £75,000 award and £100k+ budget to create 5 artworks in a year for Stonewater’s affordable housing developments (6 Aug)
Art2Life International Exhibition - $5,000 of prizes for online exhibition (23 Jul)
Tabernacle Art Competition - £2,200 of prizes at MoMA Machynlleth’s annual exhibition, this year’s theme is ‘Love’ (24 Jul)
The Artist Lounge Prize - £500 1st prize & show for category winners (31 Jul)
Floodplain Meadow Arts Competition - £250 voucher & artwork on merchandise to raise awareness, create art based on your visit to a floodplain meadow (28 Aug)
Wildflower Trail Art Competition - prizes TBA, show in West Sussex (30 Sep)
UK Art Competitions - 17 prizes open.
Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks
If illustration’s your thing my sister’s been giving high praise to Irish illustrator Kevin Waldron’s Domestika course (currently £12.90). Here’s one of her reasons…
“What’s nice is he shows his process really well of going from drawing from photos to giving personality and adding colour, and you can draw along with him. It’s not like “oh and here’s one I made earlier” where you have no idea how they got there!”
Kids Competitions
World Gymnastics Art Competition - win tickets, accom & your art on display (31 Jul)
Dream Bed Design Competition - win your child’s dream bed design made real (1 Sep)
My Special Summer - win £50 of art materials, open to FosterTalk member families.
Children’s Art Competitions - 9 open.
‘Untitled XLI’ by Ethiopian artist Merikokeb Berhanu, Acrylic on canvas (91 x 122cm)
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
Free online Art Café with hyperrealism artist Samantha Messias (Jul 29, 2-3pm BST)
‘Post Modern Deconstructed Forrest’ by American artist Robert McCauley (2018)
A place my sunburn can finally blend in…
See you next week,
Grant