FACK! West London Art Prize, FACK! Forum for Visual Artists in Chelsea and Kensington

Contact: Silvina Soria info@fackartists.org.uk

Description

Deadline 29th April

FACK! is pleased to present the first West London Art Prize. The Prize offers a 6 week studio residency in a purpose built artist’s studio at the head office for Winsor & Newton, Liquitex and Conté à Paris, near Latimer Road, in Jan & Feb 2014, an exhibition at the end of the residency with a catalogue, £250 worth of artists’ materials and £1000 for the commission of new work.

A shortlist of 10 artists will be shown at The Griffin Gallery in The Studio Building in June 2013. One prize-winner will be selected from that group by the panel.

The intention of The FACK West London Art Prize is to showcase artistic talent in the West London area. The Prize will be open to artists who live, work or belong to an Art Organization in a ‘W’ borough. Eg SW10/ W4/ NW5 etc.

All media accepted. The prize is being partially sponsored by Winsor & Newton, Liquitex and Conté à Paris, so the accepted artworks must reference or contain colour.

DATES:

29th April: Deadline for Submissions

15th May. Announcement of shortlist. Applicants will be notified after this date.

Monday 3rd June. 4 to 8pm and Tue 4th June 10am-2pm: Delivery of works

4th -6th June. Selection of winner.

Thu 6th June Private view & Announcement of the winner

11th June Artists’ seminar.

25th June FACK! Panel discussion on ‘the proliferation of the Art prize’.

11th July. Last day of exhibition

11th July (5pm till 8pm) & 12th July (10am-1pm) Collection of works.

2014

13th Jan- 24th Feb. Artist Residency

20th Feb. Private View Open Studio

Studio remains opened to public till 7th March.

To apply please visit http://fackartists.org.uk/talks/fack_west_london_art_prize

THE SELECTION PANEL:

 Claire Shea Director, curatorial and exhibitions, Cass Sculpture Foundation

 Christopher Pensa Director, Love Art London & consultant arts adviser

 Phillip Allen Artist

 Becca Pelly-Fry Director, Griffin Gallery & Global Artist Outreach Programme Manager for ColArt

3) The £30,000 Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries

The Threadneedle Prize promotes excellence in representational and figurative art. Experienced and emerging artists are encouraged to submit paintings and sculpture that are strong, topical observations on the world.
www.threadneedleprize.com

Acceptable media
Painting, drawing, original prints, sculpture and installations.

Prizes
The Threadneedle Prize: £30,000
The Visitors’ Choice Award: £10,000
Plus runners-up prizes

Online Pre-selection
ALL artists must submit online for
pre-selection at
www.registrationmallgalleries.org.uk

Opens: Thursday 4 Apr at 12 noon
Closes: Thursday 4 July at 12 noon

Notification of pre-selection posted on www.registrationmallgalleries.org.ukon Thursday 11 July (If pre-selected, please deliver your work on the specified Receiving Days).

Registration fee
£12 per work. FBA members and
full-time students: £10 per work.

Selectors
Paul Benney, Painter
Laura Gascoigne, Art Critic
Tim Shaw, Sculptor
Dr. Barnaby Wright, Curator,
The Courtauld Institute of Art

Conditions
A maximum of three works may be submitted, completed after 1 Jan 2012.
Works must not have been exhibited
in any other prize or competition.
Work should not exceed 2.4m in its greatest dimension.

4)

The Woolwich Grand Theatre seeks submissions for short plays from 10 to 30 minutes long.  We are staging a short play festival over a weekend, 31st May – 1st June. We seek new writers looking to stage their own work of original material. All genres of play are accepted. The prize for the winning entry is 150 pounds.

For more info please go to our website – http://www.thewoolwichgrandtheatre.com/Latest_News.html

13 minute task of the day

*Set Timer

*Get online and research any prizes, galleries or spaces seeking submissions that suit your work/art whether its dance, play, sculptor or an online Youtube video competition

*Put all your research in one place so you can find it easily

*Check the closing dates of the most promising

*When timer goes off promise to spend 13 minutes tomorrow starting the submission process

*Decide to make a new piece if required that fits the brief

If you do this please leave me comments on what you have found and what you are planning to do about it.!