Lots Of Art Prizes
Back with the art competitions, kids contests, art courses, print releases, art jobs & opportunities...
Hurt Hill (2013) by Stanley Donwood - £600. One of several hard to find prints added to the Radiohead artist’s shop Work Avoidance.
The Endless Summer
Hello and welcome back after the longest Summer break in newsletter history. I hope you’re in good form but any kind of form will do, just happy you’re still here. If you joined after July, it’s usually weekly, honest.
New Art Competitions
The Derwent Art Prize returns with a £12,500 prize fund for the best 2D & 3D artworks created in pencil or coloured pencil, water soluble, pastel, graphite or charcoal. 1st Prize is £4,000 & a year’s supply of Derwent products (4th Jan 2022)
Portrait Artist of the Year Series 9 - £10,000 1st prize, filming in Mar-Apr (11 Feb)
Royal Society of British Artists - £5,000 prize fund, London exhibition (10 Dec)
VAA Art Open - £2,000 1st prize, UK & international artists (15th Dec)
Royal Watercolour Society Open - £1,000 1st prize, London exhibition (10 Jan)
BBA Artist Prize - €1,000 1st prize & solo show in the Berlin Gallery (17 Jan early bird)
Sultan of Arts - For international artists 24 & under, $1,000 top prize (15th Jan)
This Is Diabetes - €5,000 to diabetes charity of your choice, art & photography (Oct 31)
Innovate Artist Grants - $550 grants for artists & photographers (quarterly)
UK Art Competitions - 11 prizes open.
Darmon Richter journeys into the Exclusion Zone in ‘Chernobyl: A Stalkers’ Guide’.
New Kids Competitions
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund Competition - £14,000 prizes for schools (19th Nov)
Toyota Dream Car Contest - win an iPad and chance to win $10k for school (31 Dec)
Space Foundation Art Contest - win Art Kit & astronaut autograph (19 Jan)
Children’s Art Competitions - 6 open.
Under my Umbrella (2021) painting by Shellie Garber - $595 with code: TRICK15
Children’s Christmas Cards
Festive art design competitions for kids:
National Literacy Trust - for charity (1 Nov)
Child Bereavement UK - £25 prize (3 Nov)
Mayor of London - £100 voucher (4 Nov)
Go Ape - £250 value prize (5 Nov)
Salvation Army - £100 voucher (5 Nov)
Chesterfield Royal Hospital - charity (12 Nov)
The Wave Project - for charity (20 Nov)
Jackson’s Wooden Panels
I’ve been using Jackson’s smooth wooden panels almost exclusively for a while now. A couple of coats of their acrylic primer and it’s a beautiful surface for acrylic painting. Cheaper and more portable and durable than stretched canvas and easy to ship. Even cheaper until midnight Friday from £1.92 – 20% off Jackson’s Canvas & Panel sale.
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
Getting Gallery Ready - VAA Masterclass (£39) premium members free (2nd Dec)
Domestika Courses In English
A new section to view all English language courses on Domestika in one place. Some fine art/illustration courses that caught the eye (£14.90 each).
Laura McKendry teaches drawing & illustration at Central Saint Martins, her latest course Creative Watercolor Sketching for Beginners has over 5 hours of classes and a 100% rating from 130 reviews, see also Illustrating Nature: A Creative Exploration & Sarah Stokes fine art leaning Expressive Animal Portraits in Watercolor.
Finally, my sister’s really enjoying Illustrated Life Journal: A Daily Mindful Practice.
“A writer—and, I believe, generally all persons—must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.” — Jorge Luis Borges
Take it easy folks…
See you next week,
Grant