Artist Opportunities

Entries are now open for New Light Prize Exhibition, one of the largest open exhibitions in the country with great prizes and awards, including the £10,000 Valeria Sykes Award, Emerging Artist Award and Printmakers’ Prize amongst others.

Shortlisted works will be exhibited in the North’s most prestigious venues: the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle; Huddersfield Art Gallery; and Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle. Also, for the first time, all artists will be exhibited at Bankside Gallery, London.

The exhibition is intended for artists born or based in the North of England, as well as those who have studied there. Artists are invited to submit wall-hung work in a wide range of media, including prints, drawing and painting, online via the New Light Prize Exhibition.

The deadline for entries is 5pm on 31 July. Artists must be over 18 years of age to enter.

Call for Entries for the Hahnemuhle Mini Print Exhibition

Red Dot Art is delighted to announce Hahnemühle UK as the main sponsor for the 2017 Mini Print exhibition. As part of the sponsorship arrangement artists are invited to submit their work on paper supplied by Hahnemühle at no cost. Simply email here to request the paper  (3, 15cm x 15cm sheets of 300gsm 100% cotton traditional fine art paper) which will be sent to you by post with a submission form, so please remember to include your full postal address. Of course works on any and all other papers are also very welcome.

Deadline for entries Friday 11th August.

A first prize of £20,000 and a solo exhibition is awarded for the best new work of figurative and representational art.

Enter your work now to the tenth anniversary edition of the prestigious Columbia Threadneedle Prize.

A further prize of £10,000 is awarded by visitors to the exhibition, which takes place at Mall Galleries in central London from 31 January to 17 February 2018. Five Shortlisted Artists each receive £1,000.

You are encouraged to submit fresh and topical paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, collages, 3D works, sculpture maquettes, installations or reliefs.

Submission fee: £15 per work at the time of submitting (£10 per work for artists aged 35 or under).

The competition is open to all artists aged 18 or over, living or practising in the UK or Continental Europe.

A maximum of six works may be submitted.

Upload images of your work at http://mallgalleries.oess.uk/ between Monday 19 June and Friday 22 September 2017, 12 noon.

For more information, please see the Columbia Threadneedle Prize website.

The 2018 Shape Arts Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary is an annual award set up in memory of the sculptor Adam Reynolds. It aims to support mid-career disabled artists; the winner will receive an award of £10,000 and a three-month residency at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester from 6 February to 29 April 2018.

Applications for the ARMB close on Tuesday 1 August 2017 at 12 noon.

Artists must submit a CV (maximum 2 sides A4) and a completed application form with up to 4 works for the selection panel.

Applications will be assessed on the following criteria:

• Evidence and quality of a committed and rigorous practice

• Clarity of intentions about engaging with Pallant House Gallery

• Evidence of how the bursary and residency will contribute to the development of the applicant and their work

• Clarity of intentions for how the bursary would be used

Shortlisted artists will be notified on 4 September 2017. Interviews will follow.

Please note, this award is exclusively for disabled artists. The definition of disability used is a social model which covers all physical, sensory and invisible impairments, learning disability, mental health and fatigue conditions. For more information please see the ARMB/Pallant House website.

The Great British Postcard Competition offers an opportunity for artists to deliver their own perspectives about the meaning of modern Britain. All artists, from graphic designers to photographers, illustrators and poets are welcome to enter.

The deadline for submissions is 31 July 2017.

There will be a £5,000 cash prize for the best entry, as well as a Young Talent prize of £1,000 for the best postcard designed by a student and a people’s choice prize.

For more information please see the following web page:

https://www.prostudio.saxoprint.co.uk/the-great-british-postcard-competition/how-to-enter/

Gossamer Fog is offering the opportunity for one artist to take up a 1 month studio residency in one of the gallery’s two spaces. There will then be an end-of-residency solo exhibition, showcasing completed works developed over the residency period which will fill both main rooms of the gallery, the show will run for a further month.

The gallery is seeking proposals for this residency and solo exhibition and is completely open to include any mediums and concepts. Previous work that you have created can be included in the show if related to your proposal, however new work must be created on the residency and displayed within the exhibition. The gallery can provide a selection of hand and power tools for the duration of the residency along with a large variety of electrical and other equipment.

Please note that this is a studio residency only and no accommodation is provided, although the gallery can provide support in finding some if the artist needs. Applicants must be able reside in, or to travel to London for the residency duration and to use the studio on a regular basis. Return of work is the sole responsibility of the artist after the exhibition has finished. The gallery may be able to offer a financial contribution towards this cost, but as we do not know the size and weight of all works to be installed for the show, we cannot offer a guarantee that we would be able to pay for its return after the exhibition.

Key dates

Deadline for applications: 15th August 2017 at 5pm GMT
Applicants informed by email: 20th August
Residency starts: 6th November
Exhibition opens: 8th December
Residency finishes: 8th December
Exhibition finishes: 14th January 2018

Submission Guidelines

Submission fee of £10 to be paid via Paypal to info@gossamerfog.com

Please include your Paypal transaction ID in your application email.

Combine all the following requirements into one PDF (must not exceed 10mb):

– 1 page proposal
– 1 page of supporting images for proposal (optional)
– 1 page CV
– Upto 8 portfolio images

A floor plan of the gallery can be found here

Applications to be emailed to g.fog.ops@gmail.com

Hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, the Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world. It offers both emerging and established artists the opportunity to showcase their work to a wider audience, and further their engagement with the international art world. The Judging Panel enhances its position in the industry, bringing together specialists from leading cultural institutions.

There are two awards for entry: the Main Art Prize and the Emerging Art Prize. The Emerging Art Prize is open to current students and artists who have graduated within the last two years. The Main Art Prize is open to all, including those eligible for the Emerging Art Prize.

* You may enter up to two works per entry fee, unless you are entering into the Video, Installation & Performance category, in which case you may submit one work per entry fee.
* If you are submitting a series, this is considered one work. You can attach images of more than one work within the series.
* You may enter as many times as you wish by purchasing additional Entry Fees.
* Works previously exhibited and published elsewhere are accepted.
* Collaborative works are accepted.
* Works produced within the last three years are preferred, although works made at any time before submission can be entered.
* There is no size limit, although the size of the work in relation to the exhibition space will be a consideration in the shortlisting process.
* Deadline for submissions: 31 August 2017.

For more information see the Aesthetica Magazine website.

The Horniman Residency is an exciting opportunity for a London based artist, who has been practicing for at least 5 years, to engage with the music collection of the Horniman Museum and Gardens. The selected artist will receive:

• An award of £3000 to engage with the work and music collection of the museum
• An additional award of £850 towards a public closing event that showcases their thinking and research
• Privileged access to museum’s music collection objects and curators

The Horniman Museum and Gardens is particularly interested in developing relationships with artists who want to engage with people as well as collections.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on 24 July 2017. Interviews will take place on 31 August.

For more information and to access an application form, please see the Horniman Museum and Gardens website.

Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop is excited to announce its residency programme for the year. The gallery is offering one artist access for three months to one of its spectacular 700 square foot studio spaces, with both natural and professional lighting. Working above the gallery space, the successful applicant has the opportunity to network with artists, curators, collectors and the wider public whilst visiting ongoing exhibitions and events organised in the gallery. The residency programme will also provide guidance from gallery directors as well as an end-of-residency solo exhibition organised in the studio space.

Session I – 1 Sept to 7 Dec 2017
Session II – 1 Jan to 5 April 2018
Session III – 9 April to 12 July 2018

The deadline 31 July 2017. For more information please see the Unit1 Gallery website.

Unit 1
@Unit1_Gallery
unit1gallery-workshop.com/residencies/

The 2017 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition will be held at Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1, from 16th November to 26 November.

The exhibition comprises both publicly submitted works and works independently selected by six prominent figures from different areas of the art world: two artists, two collectors and two critics. Each section is hung separately to give each its own distinct identity.

Artists are invited to submit up to six small works of less than 50cm in the largest dimension. Pre-registered submission fees are £12 for London-based submission and £20 if you live outside London. Works not pre-registered online cost £15 for those in the capital and £23 per work for those in the provinces.

Online registrations closes at 5pm on 23 August 2017; registered artists must then complete an entry schedule and work labels then hand their artworks in at the collection point.

To register and view more information, please see the ING Discerning Eye website.

The South West Academy is a registered charity dedicated to advancing the creation and appreciation of art in the South West of Britain. Submissions are sought for the SWA’s Open Exhibition 2017 at Exeter Castle, Castle Street, Exeter EX4 3PU.

Submissions are sought from artists working in any discipline. The entry fee is £15 per work, and artists may submit up to 6 artworks (maximum dimension in any direction 1 metre).

Entry Deadline: 15 September 2017, Midnight.

For more information and to submit online please see the SWAc website.

Artists are invited to submit works for exhibition alongside members of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters at their Annual Exhibition, with a wide selection of prizes and awards.

The deadline for submissions is 25 August 2017 at noon.

Submission fee: £15 per work at the time of submitting (£10 per work for artists aged 35 or under).

For more information and to submit, please see the Mall Galleries website.

Opening the Floodgates is a new commissioning opportunity open to all artists living or working in the West Midlands. Individual artists or artist collectives are invited to submit proposals to re-purpose and recycle flood waste that has been collected from canals and rivers in the Worcestershire area to make a public artwork.

The budget for the commission is £10,000 inclusive of artist fees and production/installation costs. For more information about this project, please see the Opening the Floodgates entry on the Canal & River Trust website.

Deadline: 31 August 2017.

The Ring, Arts on the Waterways
@theringworcs