Call for Entries: Jackson's Painting Prize 2020

This is a bit of a different Call for Entries - as I got asked to be one of the Judges for this one! 

I have a bit of March next year marked up in my icalendar as "Judge Jacksons Painting Prize"!

Jackson's Painting Prize: Call for Entries

Jackson’s Painting Prize exists to recognise and appreciate original, 2-dimensional fine art works in any painting or drawing media.

I'm just going to carry on as I normally do - sharing the call for entries. This post looks at:

• who can enter
• what sort of artwork you can enter
• why enter
• how to enter (registration / timeline / digital images etc)

This is the link to Jackson’s Painting Prize 2020. The deadline for entries is 4th March 2020.

Who can enter

Jackson’s Painting Prize is open to all artists of all abilities and at all ages.

UNLESS you or an immediate family member is an employee of Jackson’s Art Supplies

You can live anywhere.

What sort of artwork can you enter

Bear in mind this is a PAINTING PRIZE!

You can submit up to 5 paintings.

Artworks for the competition MUST be:

• submitted by the artist who created it (i.e. no entries by your gallery, your best friend or your mother who thinks your painting is wonderful!)
• your own intellectual property. i.e. do NOT submit any artwork that 
• either directly copies other people’s work (this does not include artistic interpretations) 
• or works that are made from a tutorial.

We take each submission and the information regarding it in good faith. We will not conduct any background checks unless we believe there are grounds for disqualification or we have been alerted by an additional party. Disclaimer

After that it's probably easier to say what CANNOT be entered

• Printmaking, pure photography, computer generated or manipulated artwork and 3D sculptural works are NOT eligible for selection. 
• Drawings or paintings of an inappropriate or offensive subject matter will be removed from the competition. 
• artwork that has previously won a major competition 
• artwork that has been extensively exhibited in any established galleries.
• artwork that has been sold i.e. you must have access to the original / it must be in your possession

Jackson’s Art Supplies may ask for artworks to be sent for further inspection and consideration before or outside of longlist / shortlist / prize winning selection. The winning work must be available for viewing, if requested, and must be like the digital photo submission.

They may also ask for a photograph of you standing next to your painting.

If you want to gauge whether or not your artwork is suitable for this painting competition......

Shortlisted works in previous years

You can view the artworks listed for prizes in previous years of this painting competition on the following pages - plus those which were shortlisted on the following links

• 2019 competition
• 2018 competition under construction
• 2017 competition under construction
• 2016 competition under construction

You can also see the 2019 shortlisted entries on their Instagram account for the competition https://www.instagram.com/jacksons_competitions/

Why enter?

Well.......

• apart from the prizes - which are much better than most open exhibitions by national art societies 
• Overall Winner £5,000
• People's Choice Award: £1,000
• Emerging Artist Award: £1,000
• Category Winners: £500 x 6
• IF YOU ARE SHORTLISTED (AND you live in the UK) you will have the chance of submitting your work to the Affordable Art Fair Hampstead (30 April - 3 May 2020). 
• The Affordable Art Fair team make the final selection.
• the maximum size of artwork that can be hung at the Art Fair is 1.2metres
• any artwork sent to be hung in the art fair must be ready to hang in an exhibition
• there's also the marketing that Jackson's does for its exhibition and the artists that get selected. 

I only associate my name with companies that I like and have time for and Jackson's Art Materials is one of those. It also has one of the very best art materials blogs going and a sound social media presence online.

How to enter

You need to pay attention to:

• registration (form filling)
• the timeline for submissions, announcements and the exhibition
• the various detailed requirements listed in 
• Guidelines and Criteria
• FAQs
• Publicity

Registration

You must register in order to submit an entry.

You can register to enter BEFORE the the exhibition opens for entries.

The user profile you need for the competition registration MUST be different to that you use for any account you may have with Jacksons.

Timeline

• Submission opens 2nd December 2019 (two weeks today)
• Submission closes 4th March 2020
• Longlist announced: 17th March 2020
• Voting for the People's Choice starts: 17th March 2020 (and closes on 15th April 2020)
• Shortlist announced: 7th April 2020
• Category prizewinners announced: 14th April 2020
• Emerging Artist and People's Choice prizewinners announced: 17th April 2020
• Winner announced: 21st April 2020
• Exhibition at Affordable Art Fair Hampstead - opens 29th April 2020

Digital images

Entry is via a digital entry - and there's a lot you need to consider before taking the photograph and submitting the image.

• The maximum jpeg file size is 3MB. 
• Images of artwork must be at least 1000px wide (with a resolution of at least 72px per inch). 
• Please ensure that your image is the correct way up before submitting. 
• Artwork with a copyright stamp or watermark on it will NOT be accepted. 
• The image of the artwork should be 
• a clear, high quality photograph 
• it must NOT show any unnecessary or irrelevant content, such as frames, mounts, walls, tables or any other kind of background. 
• The image should be 
• an accurate representation of the art work, 
• taken in bright natural light, 
• as well as being of a high resolution for reproduction online.

Affordable Art Fair

• all work submitted must be for sale
• the maximum price i £6,000

The Judges

Judges for the 2020 exhibition

You can read more about the judges by clicking their photos on the competition section of the competition page. Links to their websites are embedded in their names below

The Judges for the Jacksons Painting Prize 2020 are:

• Adebanji Alade - Artist, Author, Presenter & Educator
• Rosalind Davis - Artist, Curator, Teacher & Writer
• Elizabeth Dellert - Affordable Art Fair UK Fair Director
• Terry Greene - Artist & Writer
• Iain Nicholls - Artist & Winner of Jackson’s Open Painting Prize 2019

and moi!

• Katherine Tyrrell - Artist, Teacher & Writer (must do something about my disappearing eyebrows!)