- The first part includes Tips for entering art competitions
- The Page covers the following art competitions.
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The RA Summer Exhibition in the Main Galleries at Burlington House is the largest open exhibition in the world |
Major Art Competitions
These are defined as ones where the first prize is at least £10,000. In broad terms they are listed in terms of the date of their deadline for entries
Exhibitions in 2017
- BP Portrait Award 2017 (First Prize £30,000)
- Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2017 (First Prize £15,000)
- David Shepherd's Wildlife Artist of the Year 2017 (First prize £10,000)
- The Royal Academy of Arts - Summer Exhibition 2017
- Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2017 (£10,000 commission)
- The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2017 (£10,000)
Exhibitions in 2018
- The Columbia Threadneedle Prize for Figurative & Representation Art 2018
- John Moores Painting Prize 2018 (First Prize: £25,000)
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An impressive solo exhibition in the Threadneedle Space at the Mall Galleries in September Lewis-Hazelwood-Horner won this opportunity and £20,000 as the First Place prizewinner in the Columbia Threadneedle Prize 2016 |
Minor Art Competitions
These are significant art competitions but the prize pot is less and the top prices a lot less than £10k.
- RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2017
- Jerwood Drawing Prize 2017
- ING Discerning Eye 2017
Summary Information
The summary information provided covers:
- Website:
- Information: this is the one which provides information for artists
- Enter: the one for entering the competition if different
- Organisers : the one for the organisers if not the same as the competition website
- Prizes: listed if available
- Open to:
- UK: defines how "UK artist" is defined - and it's not always limited to UK citizens
- International Artists: defines whether or not entries from international artists are welcome
- Call for Entries: provides a link to my overview blog post of the call for entries if published
- Deadline for Entries: highlights in red the deadline which must be observed
- No. of Entries: if figures are available these are highlighted
- Digital Entry: indicates whether entries are limited to digital images submitted online - and whether or not any other form of entry (eg postal is allowed)
- Exhibition:
- Venue: states location
- Dates: states dates - or dates of last exhibition if new details not yet published
- Selected Artists: will include my selected artists post when published
- Shortlisted artists: will include my shortlisted artists post when published
- Prizewinners: my blog post covering prizewinners
- Exhibition Review: my review of the exhibition
- Other posts: occasionally there is a video!
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