Young Artists Summer Show
Artists aged 5-19 at Royal Academy, New art competitions, Free events, new Banksy & a sheep in a bucket
Brother by Jennifer, Age 16. Painting selected for the RA Summer Show.
This is a portrait of my brother, he is in year 9 and lives in South East London. I’m interested in how he is navigating his identity at this cross roads of his life. Through symbols normally associated with the traditional dress of women in West Africa I want to ask the viewer to question typical assumptions about masculinity.
RA Young Artists Summer Show
The Royal Academy’s Young Artists’ Summer Show (ages 5 - 19) has just launched online and it’s fantastic. Over 17,700 submissions were received, whittled down to 392 from drawing, painting, photography and sculpture.
“Ghost Tree” by Cable Griffith (2019), Oil on muslin.
Precarious Utopias
Cable Griffiths is a Seattle based artist, curator, and educator inventing landscapes via classic video games, comic books and Philip Guston. (MoMa)
Online Art Events
Edinburgh Festival Fringe unveil alternative digital plans for the Summer.
The Visual Artists Association (VAA) are hosting an Online Art Café on July 30th (11am -12 GMT) with artist Matthew Burrows of Artist Support Pledge fame.
VAA’s Artist Evolve Programme will provide free training on Selling Your Art Online, August 3rd (7-9pm).
“Viola As Twins” by Lottie Davies, C-Type print (2009).
From “Memories and Nightmares” – a haunting photo series where Davies recreates friends accounts of early childhood memories and nightmares.
New Art Competition
WaterAid - Art of Change – A global call for art bringing attention to the issues those without access to clean water are facing during the COVID-19 crisis. €2,000 prize and artwork presented to world leaders ahead of G20 summit. (Ends 27th July)
“Ready to paint" design competition from OPEN Cycle and DT Swiss. Just in so not on the website yet. The winning design will be applied to a limited edition of OPEN bicycle frames, DT Swiss wheels, cycling jerseys as well as Artek chairs. Total value of all prizes €10,000. (Ends 9th August).
Random Links
The Big Give will Double your Donation to help those fleeing violence, hunger and the new threat of Coronavirus.
Eight blues and how to use them – Lisa Takahashi on mixing blues.
‘If you don’t mask - you don’t get it’ Bansky visits the Tube.
“You used to live in your car. Is it as fun as it sounds or is there a down side?” outtakes from Between Two Ferns.
This photo essay on island shepherding from a remote island in Maine is a breath of fresh coastal air. Photos by Greta Rybus (NYTimes)
A final encore for white furry things inside yellow things…
Bye!
Grant