Embracing Our Differences

$6,000 prize fund for adults and children, Chiharu Shiota exhibition, 27 art competitions

Aug 18, 2022

Hi folks, here’s the latest instalment in our not so weekly Summer schedule…

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Embracing Our Differences, the free to enter international art competition and outdoor exhibition for both children and adults.

The prize fund has doubled to $6,000 (US) in the form of 3 x $2,000 awards - best adult, student and people’s choice. Fifty artists will be selected to exhibit their work on billboard size displays across multiple locations in South Florida.

The theme is “enriching lives through diversity and inclusion.” Your art should be horizontal and fit an aspect ratio of 12.8” (32.5 cm) wide by 8.8” (22.3cm) high.

Gallery of previous finalists. Closing date is 5th October, 2022.

Young Botanical Artist Competition - £750 1st prize for each age category 16-18 and 19-25, for botanical artworks that represent their subject creatively, but with scientific accuracy. UK & Int. (30 Nov)

For inspiration: Botanical Watercolor: Illustrating Art and Science, a Domestika course by botanical artist and tutor Julia Trickey, 100% positive reviews (£14.90)

Kid’s Art Competitions - 6 open

Art Competitions

Small Works 2022 - $2,000 of prizes, artwork 12 inches or smaller for juried exhibition at Main Street Arts, NY. US artists only (27 Aug)

Paralym Art World Cup - £1,850 1st prize, free to enter international competition for artists with disabilities, award ceremony in Tokyo, Japan in December, all ages (31 Aug)

The Bath Open Art Prize - £500 1st prize, Bath exhibition, £20 entry, UK & Int (16 Sep)

Posterheroes - €2,500 prize, international graphic design contest international contest calling for posters (70×100 cm) about social and environmental issues. (29 Sep)

Closing Soon

ING Discerning Eye 2022 closes for entries on 30th August. Exhibition selector Kate Enters shares her top tips for entering open calls in this recorded Instagram Live.

UK Art Competitions - 27 open

Giovanna Tornabuoni as painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio in 1488. Stunning detail via the zoomable gigapixel view at Thyssen Museum, Madrid (hat tip @PP_Rubens)

Photo Competitions

Gomma Grant - €1,000 1st prize, Berlin based photography awards, UK & Int (8 Nov)

Photo Competitions - 9 open

Self Portrait - Patrick Barrington, 1957

“The work of a man who really, really wanted a unicorn”

Sven Sachs @dinosven

Guericke's unicorn at the Natural History Museum in #Madgeburg (Germany). Otto von Guericke, by then mayor of Magdeburg, interpretated bones of a woolly rhinoceros as those of a #unicorn and presented this reconstruction in 1672. #fossil #rhinoceros #myth #nature #museum #history

Chiharu Shiota: The Soul Trembles highlights twenty-five years of the Berlin-based Japanese artist’s career. Renowned internationally for her transformative, large-scale installations constructed from millions of fine threads that cluster in space or form complex webs that spill from wall to floor to ceiling. Fascinating Guardian write up. At Queensland’s Qagoma until 3rd October.