Jackson's Painting Prize
£6,000 1st prize, New Emergence Art Prize, Umar Rashid, The Big Give, Art Jobs & Opportunities
Hi folks. Happy to feature a MoMa favourite - the Jackson’s Painting Prize 2022 is now open for entries. A £6,000 1st prize awaits and group exhibition at the Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead in May. Only £5 per entry for artists worldwide. (closes 1 Mar)
New Art Competitions
Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours - £3,000 1st prize, Mall Galleries (28 Jan)
New Emergence Art Prize - £1,000 1st prize, artist led, online show (17 Jan)
UK Art Competitions - 21 prizes open.
British artist Charmaine Watkiss is this week’s guest on the Talk Art podcast. Still time to catch her first solo show at Tiwani Contemporary, London (to 5th Dec).
New Kids Competitions
Science Without Borders Challenge - global competition for 11-19 year olds, $1,000+ prize fund, save coral reefs theme (13 Jun)
Children’s Art Competitions - 10 open.
Double Your Donation
Lots of inspiring creative community projects to support at The Big Give 2021 – whatever you donate will be matched in full (until 7th Dec).
See also the annual winter appeal for refugees and asylum seekers in Glasgow.
‘Living in tent’ by Iranian photojournalist Aitai shakibafar via the excellent @womenstreetphotographers on Instagram.
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
VAA Art Café: ‘Setting yourself up for success in 2022’ free online event (9 Dec)
The flow state in real time…
From Peter Jackson’s new Beatles documentary on Disney+.
See you next week,
Grant