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An excellent way to progress in the industry and become a better artist is to enter into art competitions. There is also an excellent chance of being noticed. At Artistop we compile our Competitions Page from many sources to ensure you have excellent information.

January 2007 | Febuary 2007 | March 2007 | April 2007 |
May 2007 | June 2007 | July 2007 | August 2007
September 2007 | October 2007 | November 2007 | December 2007
More Art Opportunities

JANUARY

Pastel Society Exhibition
Details: Pastels, oil pastels, charcoal, pencil, conte, sanguine, any dry medium framed, under 8ft high
Handing-in dates: 19-20 January
Fee: £10 per work (max of six submitted, max of four accepted)
Exhibition: 28 February – 11 March
Venue: Mall Galleries, London
Contact: Send A4 SAE to Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5BD
Tel: 020 7930 6844
E: info@mallgalleries.com
W: www.mallgalleries.org.uk

FEBUARY

Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours Exhibition
Details: Watercolour or any water soluble colour, framed & glazed
Handing-in dates: 2-3 February
Fee: £10 per work (max of six)
Exhibition: 15 March – 8 April
Venue: Mall Galleries, London
Contact: Send A4 SAE to Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5BD
Tel: 020 7930 6844
E: info@mallgalleries.com
W: www.mallgalleries.org.uk

21st Century Watercolour
Details: Water-based mediums on paper
Handing-in dates: 10-11 February
Fee: £10 per item (max 3)
Exhibition: 16 February – 11 March
Venue: Bankside Gallery, London
Contact: Send SAE to 21st Century, Watercolour, Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London, SE1 9JH
Tel: 020 7928 7521
E: info@banksidegallery.com
W: www.banksidegallery.com

National Eisteddfod of Wales - Visual Arts Exhibition
Details: Open to artists born in Wales, of Welsh parentage, or living/working in Wales for three years, or able to speak/write Welsh; all mediums or craft
Handing-in date: 14 February
Fee: £15 (max of six slides or 6 jpegs)
Exhibition: 4-11 August
Venue: Mold, Flintshire
Contact: Send SAE to Robyn Tomos, Eistedfodd Office, 40 Parc Ty Glas, Llanishen, Cardiff, CF14 5DU
Tel: 029 2076 3777
E: info@eisteddfod.org.uk
W: www.eisteddfod.org.uk

MARCH

Society of Botanical Artists 21st Anniversary Exhibition
Details: Flowers and Gardens
Any medium including 3D
Handing-in date: 5 March
Fee: £5 per item (max 5)
Hanging fee from £14.50 per work
Exhibition: 20-29 April
Venue: The Lecture Room, Central Hall, Westminster, London, SW1H 9NH
Contact: Send SAE to SBA
1 Knapp Cottages, Wyke, Gillingham
Dorset, SP8 4NQ
Tel: 01747 825718
E: pam@soc-botanical-artists.org
W: www.soc-botanical-artists.org

Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition
Details: Oil, watercolour, acrylic, pastel, pencil, sanguine, conte and any dry medium
8ft high max
Handing-in dates: 2 – 3 March
Fee: £10 per work (max of three)
Exhibition: 26 April – 13 May
Venue: Mall Galleries, London
Contact: Send A4 SAE to Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5BD
Tel: 020 7930 6844
E: info@mallgalleries.com
W: www.mallgalleries.org.uk

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists - Open All Media
Details: Open to all mediums, except photography; max of three 2D works; six 3D.  Various prizes.
Handing-in date: 14 March
Fee: £10 1st item, £7 2nd, £5 3rd
Exhibition: 18 March – 14 April
Contact: Send SAE to Hon Secretary, RBSA, 4 Brook Street, St Pauls Square, Birmingham, B3 1SA
Tel: 0121 236 4353
E: secretary@rbsa.org.uk
W: www.rbsa.org.uk

Royal Society of British Artists
Details: All mediums, including sculpture and original prints
Handing-in dates: 23 – 24 March
Fee: £10 per work (max of six works, three of which can be original framed prints)
Exhibition: 17 – 27 May
Venue: Mall Galleries, London
Contact: Send A4 SAE to Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5BD
Tel: 020 7930 6844
E: www.mallgalleries.org.uk
W: www.mallgalleries.org.uk

APRIL

Society of Women Artists - 146th Annual Open
Details: Work by women in any medium, 2D or 3D, no photography
Handing-in dates: 12 – 13 April
Fee: £10 per work (max of six)
Exhibition: 30 May – 10 June
Venue: Mall Galleries, London
Contact: Send SAE to SWA2 (Schedules), 1 Knapp Cottages, Wyke, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4NQ
Tel: 01747 825718
E: pamhenderson@dsl.pipex.com
W: www.society-women-artists.org.uk

Royal Miniature Society
Details: Max framed size 15 x 11cm; max sculpture size 20cm
Handing-in date: 26 August
Fee: £3 per work (max of five) plus hanging fee of £15 per work
Exhibition: 13 – 28 October
Venue: Mall Galleries, London
Contact: Send SAE to RMS, 1 Knapp Cottages, Wyke, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4NQ
Tel: 01747 825718
E: pamhenderson@dsl.pipex.com
W: www.royal-miniature-society.org.uk

MAY

EAC Art Over 60s Arts Awards
Details: Artists must by over 60
Closing date: 30 and 31 May
Fee: £6 per work (max 10)
Exhibition: July
Venue: Mall Galleries, London
Contact: Send large SAE to EAC Over 60, Parker Harris Partnership, 15 Church Street, Esher, Surrey, KT10 8QS
Tel: 01372 462190
E: info@parkerharris.co.uk
W: www.parkerharris.co.uk

Guild of Aviation Artists Aviation Paintings of the Year Exhibition
Details: All mediums; £1,000 award
Handing-in date: 6 May
Fee: Please contact the secretary for current submission and hanging fees
Exhibition: 23-29 July
Venue: Mall Galleries, London
Contact: Send SAE to The Secretary, GavA, Trenchard House, 85 Farnborough Road, Farnborough, Hants, GU14 6TF
(Non members must enclose £5 for details)
Tel: 01252 513123
E: admin@gavaorg.uk
W: www.gavaorg.uk

JUNE

Chelsea Art Society Exhibition with Chelsea Festival
Details: Paintings, print, sculpture and drawing
Handing-in date: 17 June
Closing date: 24 June
Fee: £8 per work (max of three)
Exhibition: 20-24 June
Venue: Chelsea Old Town Hall, London
Contact: SAE to Heather Wills-Sandford, 50 Bowerdean Street, London, SW6 3TW
Tel: 020 7731 3121

JULY

The Jerwood Drawing Prize
Details: Open to entry from artists resident or domiciled within the UK
Submission date: July (dates TBC)
Exhibition: From September
Venue: The Jerwood Space, London
Contact: AFSAE to the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007, Wimbledon College of Art, London, SW19 3QA; or check website for downloadable Application Form
Tel: 020 7514 9709
Tax 020 7514 9642
E: jerwood@wimbledon.art.co.uk
W: www.wimbledon.ac.uk/jerwood

Tabernacle Art Competition
Details: Work in 2D mediums, including low-relief collage; works must be for sale; in a country churchyard theme
Handing-in dates: 16-20 July
Fee: £5 adults, £1 children (max one entry)
33 per cent commission
Exhibition: 30 July – 8 September
Venue: MOMA Wales
Contact: Send SAE to Raymond Jones, Administrator, MOMA Wales, Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, W20 8AJ
Tel: 01654 703355
W: www.momawales.org.uk

AUGUST

Society of Wildlife Artists
Details: Any work depicting wildlife subjects
All mediums
Handing-in dates: 17 and 18 August
Fee: £10 per work
Exhibition: 26 Septe-7 Oct
Venue: The Mall Galleries, London
Contact: A4 SAE to Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5BD
Tel: 020 7930 6844
E: info@mallgalleries.com
W: www.mallgalleries.org.uk

Sefton Open
Details: Any 2D medium;
Prize money £2225 shared between four artists
Closing date: TBC
Fee: None
Exhibition: September 15 – 4 November
Venue: Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport
Contact: SAE to Netherton Arts Centre, Glovers Lane, Netherton, L30 3TL
Tel: 0151 525 0417
E: philipwroe@wwmail.co.uk
W: www.seftonarts.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

SEPTEMBER

Royal Society of Marine Artists
Details: Marine paintings, any medium
Handing-in dates: 14 and 15 September
Fee: £10 per work (max of six submitted, max of our accepted)
Exhibition: 17-28 October
Venue: Mall Galleries, London
Contact: Send A4 SAE to Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5BD
Tel: 020 7930 6844
E: info@mallgalleries.com
W: www.mallgalleries.org.uk

Royal West of England Academy 155th Autumn Exhibition
Details: Any medium including architectural drawing and 3D
Handing-in dates: 13,14, 15 September
Fee: £10 per work (max of three)
Exhibition: 21 October – 12 December
Venue: RWA Bristol, BS8 1PX (forms available from July)
Tel: 0117 973 5129
E: info@rwa.org.co.uk
W: www.rwa.org.uk

Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Details: Oils (or acrylics framed as oils) max 8ft high
Handing-in dates: 28 and 29 September
Fee: £10 per work (max of six submitted, max of  four accepted)
Exhibition: 31 Oct – 11 November
Venue: Mall Galleries, London
Contact: A4SAE to Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5BD
Tel: 020 7930 6844
E: info@mallgalleries.com
W: www.mallgalleries.org.uk

OCTOBER

New English Art Club
Details: Paintings, drawings, pastels, original framed prints (not sculpture)
Handing-in dates: 19 and 20 October
Fee: £10 per work (max of six)
Exhibition: 30 November – 12 December
Venue: Mall Galleries, London
Contact: A4 SAE to Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5BD
Tel: 020 7930 6844
E: info@mallgalleries.com
W: www.mallgalleries.org.uk

NOVEMBER

Lynn Painter Stainers Prize
Details: New Prize for representational painting £15,000 and gold medal
Handing in date: TBC
Venue: Painters Hall, Trinity Lane, London
Contact: Large SAE to Lynn Painters Stainers Prize, Parker Harris Partnership, 15 Church Street, Esher, Surrey, KT10 8QS
Tel: 01372 462190
E: info@parkerharris.co.uk
W: www.parkerharis.co.k

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists - Open All Media
Details: All mediums (except photography)
Handing-in date: TBC
Fee: £10 1st item, £7 2nd, 3rd (max 3)
Exhibition: TBC
Contact: SAE Hon Secretary, RBSA, 4 Brook Street, Birmingham, B3 1SA
Tel: 0121 236 4353
E: secretary@rbsa.org.uk
W: www.rbsa.org.uk

DECEMBER

Originals 06
Details: All original printmaking metholds
Handing-in dates: 8 and 9 December 2007
Fee: 310 per work (max of six submitted, max of three accepted)
Exhibition: 14-24 February
Venue: Mall Galleries, London
Contact: A4 SAE to Mall Galleries, 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5BD
E: info@mallgalleries.com
W: www.mallgalleries.org.uk

Jerwood Sculpture Prize
Details: £25,000 commissioning prize for outdoor work.  Open to sculptors who are within fifteen years of graduation from a recognised school of art and who are either British citizens, citizens of the Irish Republic, or sculptors who have lived in the UK for at least the last three years.  Commissioned work must be of a size that will be in scale with, and suitable for a large outdoor park landscape. 
Fee: £15 per sculpture
Closing Date: 15 December
Exhibition: 18 April-23 May
Venue: Jerwood Space, London
Contact: Application Form from website or send A5 SAE to Parker Harris, PO Box 279, Esher, Surrey, KT10 8YZ
Tel: 020 7930 6844
E: jsp@parkerharris.co.uk
W: www.parkerharris.co.uk

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