Wells Art Contemporary

Show your art inside a beautiful cathedral, $57,000 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, free art classes, art jobs

Feb 18, 2022

Wells Art Contemporary

Hi! Here’s a non windy picture of Wells Cathedral in Somerset, a potential new home for your artwork. The Wells Art Contemporary has a £2,000 1st prize, artists can show their work in the gallery around the Cathedral cloisters or as installations within the Cathedral and its grounds. As well as cash prizes there’s a residency in Provence, France, gallery feature opportunities, one-on-one mentoring, and more.

This year’s judges are Matthew Burrows MBE, founder of the Artist Support Pledge, contemporary painter Dale Lewis & artist-printmaker Nana Shiomi.

Entry fee is £15 per work, £12 for students - one free entry for the first 100 students to apply using code: WAC22student on the payment form.

The exhibition will take place in July and August 2022, closing date: 25th April.

New Art Competitions

Doncaster Art Fair - £650 prize fund, online exhibition, UK & Int. (27 Feb)

XP Awards - £2,000 of prizes, video game themed art competition (25 Mar)

The WAC Awards - £2,000 prize, Wells Cathedral exhibition, UK & Int. (25 Apr)

Brixton Art Prize - £1,000 1st prize, UK & Int. (15 May)

Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize - $57,000 in cash & prizes, UK & Int. (17 Jul)

Sussex Contemporary - £1,000 prize & exhibition for Sussex related artists (31 Aug)

Closing Soon

Jackson’s Painting Prize closes in 11 days (1 Mar)

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - closes in 12 days (2 Mar)

UK Art Competitions - 31 prizes open.

‘Options to Freedom’ by Gabriel Rioux, mixed media on canvas, 24" x 24" (2021). Original available for **$740**CAD (approx **£430**). Artist interview

Kids Art Competitions

Awakening Festival Art Prize - climate themed art prize for 4-11 year olds (28 Feb)

Britain’s Best Young Artist - 10-14 year olds can apply to enter CBBC series ( 31 Mar)

Dorset Art Prize - £6,750 prize fund, open to Dorset artist ages 3-19+ (15 Jul)

Children’s Art Competitions - 14 open.

Free Art Classes

Take any fine art classes with a free month of Skillshare Premium of Clair Bremner’s How to paint an Abstract Painting inspired by nature looks a decent place to start.

Martin Weatherhead from Snail Trail Handweavers talks us through his Peredur Tapestry that took 4 years to create & now hangs at the Tabernacle Collection, Wales.