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OPPORTUNITIES & 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.uk
Chelsea Art Society
Details: Artists of all levels of
experience and any age are
eligible to submit work for
the exhibition at Chelsea Old
Town Hall, from June 14 to
- Admissible media include
painting, sculpture, drawing and
prints.
Closing date: Submission forms
available from March/April.
Contact:
http://www.chelseaartsociety.org.uk
David Shepherd Wildlife
Foundation’s Wildlife
Artist of the Year 2021
Details: This internationally
renowned competition and
exhibition is open to both
professional and amateur artists
aged 17 or over, using a variety
of techniques, media and styles.
Work must be entered into one
of seven categories: Animal
Behaviour, Earth’s Wild Beauty,
Facing Extinction, Human Impact
(open to young artists between
17 and 22), Into the Blue, Urban
Wildlife, and Wings.
Closing date: February 15.
Contact: To enter go to https://
davidshepherd.org/events/
wildlife-artist-of-the-year-
exhibition/
Derwent Art Prize
Details: The Derwent Art Prize
aims to reward excellence by
showcasing the very best 2D and
3D artworks created in pencil
or coloured pencil as well as
water-soluble, pastel, graphite
and charcoal by British and
International artists.
Closing date: February.
Check website for up-to-date
information.
Contact:
http://www.derwent-artprize.com
Jackson’s Painting Prize
2021
Details: Open to all artists of
all abilities and ages. Two-
dimensional fine art entries
are invited in any painting and
drawing medium.
Closing date: March 2.
Contact: Enter online at
https://www.jacksonsart.com/
paintingprize/The John Ruskin Prize
Details: The John Ruskin Prize is a
multi-discipline art prize with the
values of John Ruskin at its core,
with a reputation for supporting
and promoting artists whose
work defies easy categorisation.
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When: Submissions open in
February, tbc.
Contact: http://www.ruskinprize.co.ukRoyal 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 exhibition
featuring the best in modern
and traditional contemporary
watercolour painting. 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 April 1 to 15.
Closing date: February 5,
12 noon.
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 from 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.ukRoyal Scottish Academy
Annual Open Exhibition
Details: Open for works of any
scale and in any fine art medium.
Contact the gallery for full details.
An exhibition of selected work
will go on show at the Royal
Scottish Academy, Edinburgh,
from April 4 to May 9.
Closing date: February 3, 5pm.
Contact:
http://www.royalscottishacademy.orgSketch 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. Full guidelines will be
available from January 1. 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: Open for submissions
from January 1 to June 30.
Contact: Enter online at http://www.
explorersagainstextinction.co.uk/Sky Arts Portrait Artist of
the Year Series 8
Details: Open to amateur and
professional artists, Portrait
Artist of the Year is a televised art
competition, which celebrates
artistic talent. Artists are selected
on the basis of a self-portrait
submission artwork. Contestants
take part in one of eight heats,
where they have four hours to
complete a portrait of a mystery
celebrity sitter. Prizes include a
£10,000 commission.Closing date: January 29,
12 noon.
Contact: To apply visit
http://www.skyartsartistoftheyear.tvSociety of Equestrian
Artists Open Exhibition
Details: Annual The Horse in Art
open exhibition invites entries.
Check the society’s website
for up-to-date information. An
exhibition of selected work will
go on show at Sally Mitchell’s
Gallery in Nottinghamshire in
September.
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.
Prize awards worth over £13,500,
include The Artist Purchase Prize
of up to £3,000. The exhibition
of selected work will take place
at Patchings Art Centre in
Nottinghamshire, from July 8
to August 8.
Closing date: April 15.
Contact: Full details appear on
pages 14 and 15. Entries should
be submitted 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/