New Artist of the Year, Wildlife Artists, Women United Art Prize
£10k award for artists in first 10 years of practice, new art & science contest for children...
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It’s the 60th anniversary of the Society of Wildlife Artists Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries, London. Open to artists worldwide making ‘all forms of three and two-dimensional artwork that is based on representing the world’s wildlife’.
A £5,000 prize fund includes a Swarovski ATM/STM Spotting Scope worth around £2.5k. Here’s a brief intro video of the ATM 80 Scope by Eagle Optics.
View last year’s prize winners for a sense of the exhibition. Entry is £20 per work, £14 for artists 35 and younger. (closes 8 Sep)
UK New Artist of the Year Award - £10,000 1st prize, £5,000 2nd prize,
The Robert Walters Group in collaboration with Saatchi Gallery are looking for UK based artists within the first 10 years of professional practice working in any media.
It’s a catchy theme: ‘The Journey of Actualisation: Exploring the Illusion of Greener Grass and the Pursuit of the Dream’. More info here.
Meet the 10 finalists from 2022. Group exhibition and prize giving ceremony on 9th November at Saatchi Gallery, London. Free to enter, UK only (closes 3rd Sep)
Women United Art Prize - 4 x €500 prizes + online shows/interviews/subscriptions. View the 2022 winners and finalists in Drawing & Painting, Collage & Fibre Art, Photography & Printmaking, Digital Art. €8 entry, UK & Int (31 Aug)
UK Art Competitions - 29 open
Photography Awards
From around the web (not on MoMa)…
The Pano Awards - $14,000 in cash prizes, $22 entry, global (17 Jul)
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards - 9th edition, win a one week safari in Kenya for two, flights to and from Kenya aren’t covered, 2022 winners, global (23 Aug)
British Photography Awards - last edition raised over £20,000 for UK charities (31 Aug)
National Parks UK Photo Competition - £250 Sykes vouchers, upload a photo to your Instagram and tag @nationalparksuk along with the hashtag #NPUKpics23, UK (8 Sep)
South Downs National Park’s Photo Competition - £250 prize, for ‘an amazing photograph of the South Downs National Park’, theme : ‘A New Perspective’ (31 Oct)
Photography Competitions - 9 open
Children’s Competitions
Newly added to MoMa this week…
BioArtAttack 2D Competition - A new global competition to draw or paint your favourite animal, plant or fungi. A £500 prize fund is spread across 3 age categories 7-11, 12-14, and 15-18. Art teachers can download posters and lesson resources. (29 Jul)
Kid’s Art Competitions - 12 open
Current Exhibitions
‘Princess Botticelli’ is the new show from Emma Steinkraus at 1969 Gallery, Tribeca, NYC (29 Jun - 12 Aug). In the video above the Virginia based painter discusses the work for ‘Impossible Garden’, her previous show at 1969.
Autumn Tree Tales Exhibition - organised by 11 year old Dalila as part of her silver arts award - an open call for young artists aged 6-11 in and around Croydon, London to submit their artwork of trees in Autumn colours for an exhibition at Click Clock Gallery, Croydon from 2-27 Oct. More info on Autumn Tree Tales, contact autumntreetales@gmail.com for an entry form (closes 31 Aug)
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
See you next week,
Grant