Women Artists Exhibition Open Call

New £5,000 figurative art prize, Betye Saar, Art Gemini Prize, The Painter & The Thief, Art jobs & opportunities

Mar 09, 2021

Society Of Women Artists

Hi folks, a fitting week for the latest addition to our art competitions – The Society of Women Artists open call for their 160th Annual Open Exhibition. An online only event this year launches September with a £4,000 prize fund (closes 25th June).

Hanna Girma explores the symbols in Betye Saar’s Black Girl’s Window on MoMA.org.

£5,000 Figurative Art Prize

The Doreen McIntosh Prize has just been added to the New English Art Club Annual Exhibition awarding £5,000 for “an artist whose work fulfils the New English Art Club’s ideals of rigour, immediate engagement with the visual and a searching attitude”. Puts total prize fund at £11,000 and London group show in June. (closes 23rd April).

The Art Gemini Prize is open for entries with a first prize fund of £4,000 and a London group show in September. Their Young Artist Prize is free to enter for artists 17 and under with a 1st prize of £250.

UK Art Competitions - 26 prizes open.

Pegasus & Smooothie by Helga Stentzel, giclee prints from £155 (42 x 42cm)

New Children’s Art Prizes

Write On Art - national art writing competition with £1,000 of prizes (30th Jun)

British Science Week - Poster Competition with lots of prizes! (30th Apr)

Barton Peveril - Schools art competition with £300 of prizes (4th Jun)

Art Gemini - Young artist prize of £250 for ages 17 and under (25th Apr)

Hot Wheels- see your design turned into a Monster Truck (10th Mar)

Children’s Art Competitions - 14 open.

Art Resources

Free learning packs to support childhood learning (8+) at home from The School Of Life including ‘Art as Inspiration: Mini-Scheme of Work for Children.’

A year-by-year account of the RA Summer Exhibition from 1769-2018.

Modern Art Rugs

Updated the guide to buying Modern Art Rugs featuring rugs inspired by Albers, Matisse, Klimt, Kandinsky and Klee to artist designed fair trade rugs.

The excellent The Painter & The Thief documentary on the unlikely bond between Czech artist Barbora Kysilkova and the man who stole two of her paintings premieres on Sky Arts tonight (9-11pm GMT, Tue 8th Mar) or rent on Amazon.