http://www.painters-online.co.uk April 2021 63OPPORTUNITIES & COMPETITIONS
Check out the latest competitions to enter and make a note of important deadlines
Sending-in days
Bath Society of Artists
Details: 116th annual open
exhibition of works in all media,
except photography. Two works
may be submitted. Selected
works will go on show at the
Victoria Art Gallery in Bath in
June/July; dates to be confirmed.
Closing date: Submission dates
still awaiting confirmation. Please
check the website for details.
Contact: http://www.bsaorg.ukBroadway Arts Festival
Open Art Competition 2021
Details: Open to all artists in all
media, including photography,
sculpture, ceramics and design
makers. Up to three entries per
artist, with fees of £15 for the first
piece entered and £10 for the
subsequent three. A top prize of
£1,000 is offered plus many more
prizes. The exhibition runs from
June 4 to 21.
Closing date: Registration now
open; closes on April 23.
Contact:
For details and to download
entry forms go to http://www.
broadwayartsfestival.
com/artcompetition/
or email competition@
broadwayartsfestival.comChelsea Art Society
Details: Artists of all levels of
experience and any age are
eligible to submit work in all
media including painting,
sculpture, drawing and prints,
for the exhibition at Chelsea Old
Town Hall, from June 14 to 21.
Closing date: Submission forms
available from March/April.
Contact:
http://www.chelseaartsociety.org.ukHolly Bush Emerging
Woman Painter Prize
Details: The prize is aimed at
supporting, encouraging and
mentoring emerging women
painters. Each year 21 artists
are chosen from a competition
to exhibit at Burgh House,
Hampstead in July, with a first
prize awarded to a painter who
has demonstrated exceptional
potential to become an
established professional artist.
Closing date: Opens for entries
March 1 to June 1.
Contact: http://www.
ecclestoneartagency.comThe John Ruskin Prize
Details: A multi-disciplinary art
prize with the values of John
Ruskin at its core. Sign up to the
website to receive up-to-date
news.
Closing date: Submissions
open in February. Awaiting
confirmation - check website for
details.
Contact:
http://www.ruskinprize.co.ukNew English Art Club
(NEAC)
Details: The NEAC seeks
work that demonstrates
excellence in both concept
and draughtsmanship. Artists
over the age of 18 may submit
paintings, drawings, pastels
and original framed prints, not
photography or sculpture. All
work to be submitted online.
The exhibition will take place at
the Mall Galleries, London from
June 17 to 26.
Closing date: Submissions open
on Monday February 22 and
close on Friday April 23, 12 noon.
Contact:
https://mallgalleries.oess1.ukPostcards from the
Trafalgar Way 2021
Details: The competition invites
you to take a photograph or
sketch, paint or design a postcard
scene along the Trafalgar Way
from Falmouth to London. Open
to all ages.
Closing date: April 16.
Contact:
http://www.thetrafalgarway.orgRoyal Academy Summer
Exhibition 2021
Details: The Royal Academy of
Art’s Summer Exhibition is the
world’s longest running and
largest open-submission show.
The initial round of selection will
be from digital images. Please
see website for full details. The
exhibition of selected work
will go on show at the Royal
Academy of Arts, Piccadilly,
London W1, from June 15 to
August 17.
Closing date: Open for entries
from mid-January; deadline for
registration and submission of
work digitally is 23.59 on Monday
February 22.
Contact: Full details available at
https://summer.royalacademy.
org.uk/Royal Institute of Painters
in Water Colours (RI)
Details: Annual open watercolour
exhibition. Acceptable media
include watercolour or water-
soluble media – including
watercolour, acrylic, ink or
gouache (excluding water-
soluble oils) painted on paper or
paper-based support. This year is
the RI’s 209th exhibition, which
takes place at the Mall Galleries,
London, from May 20 to 29.
Closing date: Closing date
extended to Friday March 5.
Contact: Enter online at
https://mallgalleries.oess1.ukSt Barbe Museum & Art
Gallery Open Exhibition
Details: Now in its 21st year,
anyone can enter up to two
works of art, including sculpture
and textiles on any theme. An
exhibition of selected work will
go on show at St. Barbe Museum
& Art Gallery, Lymington,
Hampshire, May 17 to June 6.
Closing date: Submissions open
on March 5 and Close on April 2.
Contact:
Enter online at https://www.
stbarbe-museum.org.ukSketch for Survival
Introducing
Details: Sketch for Survival
Introducing is a charitable
initiative organised by Explorers
Against Extinction to help
raise awareness about species
extinction and habitat loss
while also raising vital funds for
nominated frontline conservation
projects through the sale of
artworks. The exhibition is free
to enter. One hundred selected
artworks join the Sketch for
Survival exhibition alongside
invited artists and celebrities and
are included in the end of year
auction.
When: Now open for submissions
until June 30.
Contact: Enter online at http://www.
explorersagainstextinction.co.uk/Sky Arts Landscape Artist
of the Year Series 7
Details: Open to amateur and
professional artists, Landscape
Artist of the Year is a televised art
competition from Sky Arts, which
celebrates artistic talent. Artists
are selected on the basis of a
landscape submission artwork.
Contestants take part in one of
six heats at various locationsacross the UK and Ireland, where
they have four hours to complete
their artwork. Prizes include a
£10,000 commission.
Closing date: April 30,
12 noon.
Contact: To apply visit
http://www.skyartsartistoftheyear.tvSociety of Equestrian
Artists Open Exhibition
Details: Annual The Horse
in Art open exhibition, held
at Sally Mitchell’s Gallery,
Nottinghamshire in September,
invites entries. Check the
society’s website for up-to-date
information.
Closing date: July, tbc.
Contact:
http://www.equestrianartists.co.ukTALPOpen2021
Details: Organised by The Artist
and Leisure Painter in partnership
with Patchings Art Centre, the
TALPOpen is looking for the
best two-dimensional works in
any media including drawing,
painting, printmaking and digital
artwork – from amateur painters
in the Leisure Painter category
and from more experienced and
professional artists in The Artist
category. Up to 140 selected
works, 70 from each category,
will be exhibited at Patchings Art
Centre, in two separate galleries,
Covid rules permitting, from
August 21 until September 26.
Prize awards worth over £13,500,
include The Artist Purchase Prize
of up to £3,000.
Closing date: extended to June 3.
Contact: Full details on pages 14
and 15. Submit entries online via
http://www.talp.co.ukUK Coloured Pencil
Society
Details: Annual international
exhibition open to all artists.
Each work must comprise at least
50-per-cent dry coloured pencil.
Closing date: Online entry dates
open March to June, tbc.
Contact:
http://www.ukcps.org.ukWells Art Contemporary
Details: Wells Art Contemporary
is an open competition for visual
art based in Wells, Somerset.
Closing date: Spring 2021 – dates
awaiting confirmation.
Contact:
https://wac.artopps.co.uk/