New English Art Club
International Annual Exhibition with £9,000 of prizes, Miniature Painting prize, YBA TV series...
Hi folks, this week sees an open call for the New English Art Club Annual Exhibition open to UK & International artists, with over £9,000 of prizes on offer…
Our Annual Exhibition is a showcase not only for its members but also for aspiring artists: with a history going back more than a hundred years, it is an opportunity for work to be seen alongside some of the best artists painting today, held at Mall Galleries in London.
NEAC is an elected society of contemporary painters whose ethos resides in art informed by the visual world and personal interpretation.
Accepted media includes paintings, drawings, pastels, original framed prints. Entry fee is £20 per work, £14 if under 35, closes 10th March 2023.
New Art Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa…
Contemporary Printmaking Prize - £500 prize, group show at Fen Ditton Gallery in Cambridge in March, free to enter, UK (5 Feb)
Refugee Week - £2,000 commission for a creative with a refugee or asylum-seeking background to create artwork for Refugee Week 2023, Free, UK (10 Feb)
Museum of Typography Poster Contest - €4,500 prize fund, design a poster on theme: ‘Planet Earth at the ecological crossroad’, Crete exhibition, UK & Int (10 Mar)
Royal Miniature Society Annual Exhibition - £3,000+ prize fund, art approx 11.5cm x 15cm, 125th show at Bankside, London, UK & Int (2 May)
Gilchrist Fisher Award - £6,000 prize for artists under age 30, theme: ‘Landscape’, any media except video/installation. Free to enter. (1 Jun)
UK Art Competitions - 37 prizes open
“He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.” Henri Matisse.
Kids Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa & elsewhere…
International Green Crescent Cartoon Contest - new under 16 category with 3 prizes of around £430 (10k Turkish Lira) Theme: “Life Overcomes Addictions” (31 Jan)
Cartoon Competition - young people (11-19) from London & Essex, submit a cartoon to feature in school planners used by thousands of students across the area (1 Mar)
Children’s Art Competitions - 13 open.
Photo Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa & elsewhere…
Food Photographer of the Year - £5,000 1st prize, £30 entry, under 18s free, Int (5 Feb)
Photo Competitions - 8 open
‘Most Precious Flower’ by Cydne Jasmin Coleby. 25 colour screenprint with selected varnishing, brass leaf and glitter embellishments. Videos on Instagram. (Sold out)
Art on Screen
Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art - “Rebellious, provocative and unapologetic. The Young British Artists crashed the 90s art scene, making Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and others household names. This is their story.” (BBC iPlayer)
Landscape Artist & Portrait Artist of the Year - Series 8 of both underway (Sky Arts)
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
When you really really hope they know what they’re doing…
See you next week,
Grant