THE GOLDSMITHS’ CRAFTSMANSHIP & DESIGN AWARDS

Goldsmiths' Craft and Design Council

Deadlines: 18 & 29 Jan

These awards form part of the Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council’s programme to promote excellence in silversmithing, goldsmithing, jewellery and the allied crafts. Entries are invited from designers and makers who are engaged in designing or working with precious metals, gemstones and other allied materials.

Prizes, bursaries and scholarships are available.  Deadlines: 2D flatwork designs: 18 January; 3D pieces: 29 January

For full application details, click here >>

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THE CRAFT SKILLS AWARDS

Deadline: 15 Feb

The Craft Skills Awards acknowledge excellence in teaching, maintaining and developing the craft skills of the craftsperson as well as those of others. Individuals, groups and organisations involved in teaching, maintaining and developing craft skills can apply. Passing on and developing craft skills are vital for creating and maintaining crafts for the future and to ensure that crafts survive and flourish as a vibrant part of our economy.

Winners will awarded £2,500 for training, craft equipment, skills development, business support, travel or a visit to extend their knowledge and understanding of craft.

For more info, click here >>

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PORTRAIT PRIZE

Mall Galleries

Deadline: 21 Feb

The new £20,000 portrait painting + drawing prize from the Royal Society of Portrait Painters pushes the boundaries of self-representation in painting + drawing. Online Pre-selection is open for an exhibition at London’s Mall Galleries. Submissions of adventurous, fresh self-portraits are invited in oil, watercolour, acrylic, pastel, pencil, sanguine, conté, any dry medium + original prints. 

Up to 6 works can be submitted, none exceeding 2.4m in any direction. 

Submission fee £12 per work (£6 for artists under 35 years of age) 

Hand-in point available in Manchester.

For more information, click here >>

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INTERNATIONAL FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS COMPETITION

Deadline: 1 Apr

Open call to photographers world-wide for an opportunity to exhibit your work for one month at ViewPoint Gallery, a contemporary photography gallery located in the heart of one of Canada’s most vibrant arts communities, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Awards Twelve winning images will receive one month of exhibition in ViewPoint Gallery. The works will be professionally printed, framed, promoted and offered for sale in the Gallery.

Entry Fee: for every 3 images submitted.

For submission guidelines and details, click here >>

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INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

Best Shots

Deadline: 30 April 

Winners share £10,000 in cash prizes plus some photographic equipment.  Best Shots is open to all photographers with 10 submission categories. A prestigious professional judging panel will critique every entry. 100 Best Shots to be exhibited and sold across England, Scotland and Wales. 

For more info and to apply, click here >>

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NEW LIGHTS ARTS PRIZE

Deadline: 31 May

Entries now open for the second £10,000 New Lights Art Prize. 

This award aims to provide a springboard for emerging artists who were born, are living, or have trained in the North of England.

All shortlisted entries will be included in a biennial, high profile exhibition held in one of the region’s most stunning spaces, The Mercer Art Gallery in Harrogate, which will run from 21 September until 17 November 2013.

For more info and to apply, click here >>

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