http://www.painters-online.co.uk February 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.ukChelsea 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.comJackson’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.
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When: Submissions open in
February.
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.
Contact: Full details available at
https://summer.royalacademy.
org.uk/Royal Cambrian Academy
Details: The invitation to enter
the 2021 Royal Cambrian
Academy Open Art Exhibition will
be available on the website soon.
Check for up-to-dates at
http://www.rcaconwy.org
Closing date: February. Check
website for details.
Contact: Please check http://www.
rcaconwy.org and social media
to see up-to-date information for
this year’s event.Royal Institute of Painters
in Water Colours
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 orpaper-based support. This year
will be the 209th exhibition, held
at the Mall Galleries, London,
from April 1 to 15.
Closing date: February 5,
12 noon.
Contact: Enter online at
https://mallgalleries.oess1.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 March to May.
Closing date: February. Check
website for details.
Contact:
http://www.royalscottishacademy.orgThe Royal Society of
British Artists
Details: The Royal Society of
British Artists invites entries
displaying the highest standards
of skill, expression and concept
of draughtsmanship for its
annual open exhibition, which
takes place at the Mall Galleries,
London from March 4 to 20.
Closing date: January 8,
12 noon.
Contact: Enter online at
https://mallgalleries.oess1.ukRoyal Society of Portrait
Painters
Details: The society invites artists
from all over the world to submit
portraits for its annual exhibition
at the Mall Galleries, London in
May. Acceptable media include
paintings, drawings and original
prints.
Closing date: January 15,
12 noon.
Contact: Enter online at
https://therp.artopps.co.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. Full guidelines will be
available from January 1. Onehundred 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.tvTALPOpen2021
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.ukWells Art Contemporary
Details: Established in 2012
by artists for artists, 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/