TALP Open, Fine Art Drawing Exhibition, Visual Art Open
£5k RSA residencies, art doc on iPlayer, kids stars competition, an art deco train station fixer upper...
Hi! This week’s featured call for entries is the Talp Open 2024 - an annual exhibition run by The Artist and Leisure Painter magazines, held at Patchings Art Centre in Nottinghamshire. 70 artworks will be selected for the Leisure Painter category (amateur painters), and 70 for The Artist category (experienced & professional artists). Entry is £25 for up to 3 artworks, open to UK and international artists.
Prizes are ‘worth a total of £19,350’, see full list of prizes here, the highlight being The Artist Purchase Prize of up to £3,000. View prize winners from the 2023 exhibition.
This year sees two new opportunities for young artists with the Young Artist of the Year 18-30 (£15 entry) and Young Artist of the Year under 18 awards (£5 entry).
Art Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa…
Visual Art Open 2024 - £2,000 1st prize + London solo show + mentorship, any media, £20 entry, 2023 winners, global (14 Dec)
Society of Graphic Fine Art Open Exhibition - £2,000+ prize fund, 103rd annual show for drawings in any medium at Mall Galleries London, 2023 finalists: Members, Non-Members. £20 entry, members free, global (5 Jan)
Leamington Spa Open - £1,000 first prize & Spotlight exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, West Midlands based artists, £10 entry (11 Jan)
RSA Residencies for Scotland - up to £5,000 in residency funding for Scottish born or based artists for period of research (14 Jan)
UK Art Competitions - 18 open
Photography Competitions - 5 open
Children’s Art Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa and elsewhere…
ootiboo All Star - the good folks at ootiboo have teamed up with children’s mental health organisation SparkUK to help raise awareness of their All Star Advent calendar. To take part: create anything star-themed, in any medium for a chance to win a set of ten Ty Beanie Boos, book bundles & a cool cushion.Ages 4+, UK (22 Dec)
Kid’s Art Competitions - 16 open
Illustration Competitions
Newly opened on MoMa and elsewhere…
Apila’s First Printing Award - €4,000 and professional contract with Apila Editions to produce your first children’s book, free entry, global (9 Feb)
Illustration Competitions - 2 open
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
€245,000 for this 100-year-old art deco railway station - €36 each if we all chip in?
Art on Screen
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed - Oscar-nominated documentary chronicling artist Nan Goldin’s career and her crusade against the philanthropic US billionaires fuelling of the opioid crisis. Guardian 4 star review. (BBC iPlayer)
See you next week,
Grant