New Year Art Prizes
23 Open art competitions, Ireland art residencies, Art on TV, Paper guide, Arts jobs & opportunities
Happy New Year folks, was a snowy one around Edinburgh, as the world gets wonkier it’s good to be back in art-land starting with newly opened competitions…
Visual Art Open - £1,000 first prize (£8k total) not for profit event (closes 15th March)
BBA Artist Prize - €1,000 first prize, Berlin exhibition (closes 30th March)
Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize - £10,000 first prize, biennial award (closes 1st April)
The Alpine Fellowship Visual Arts Prize - £2,000 first prize (closes 1st April)
Art Gemini Prize - £2,000 first prize (£4k+ total) & London exhibition (closes 25th April)
23 art competitions open on MoMa.
‘Electric’ by Martyna Zoltaszek - (from £19) signed giclée prints from the London based artist.
Art On TV (UK)
Landscape Artist Of The Year - series 6 starts tomorrow, enter for 2022 (Sky Arts)
The Great Pottery Throwdown - series 4 just started to rave reviews (Channel 4)
Grayson’s Art Club - returns in February, submit your art here (Channel 4)
Emin/Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed - exhibition showcase (BBC iPlayer)
Whoever Heard of a Black Artist? Britain’s Hidden Art History - (BBC iPlayer)
David Gibbon captures a female Arctic fox in ‘Caught In A Blizzard’, one of several remarkable photos from 2020’s Nature Photographer of the Year winners.
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI & Ireland.
Art opportunities Worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
Online Art Café; Public Fundraising with David Burgess (14th Jan, 11-12 GMT)
VAA Expo - Online Spring Exhibition (12th April - 30th June)
The new Jackson’s Paper Guide (£10) is next on my wish list. A studio companion for artists working with paints, printmaking or drawing. From choosing the right paper to tips on stretching, varnishing and tearing paper. Introduction to the book here.
Iceland’s underground art scene…
See you next week,
Grant