International Art Competitions - art contest for artists

Deadline:
15.03.2017


The International Photography Contest on Engineering and Architecture, through which Is intended to bring the professional contribution of architects and engineers to social development.




The contest opens its participation to professionals and amateurs of any nationality who submit from December 1, 2016 until March 15, 2017, a photograph that reflects in a comprehensive, partial or detail, any element that makes visible the contribution of the Engineering and the Architecture to the improvement of the conditions of habitability, comfort and quality of life in our surroundings.

Therefore, photographs of infrastructure, transport elements (roads, railways, maritime transport, air, aerospace ...), building, water use and quality as a vital element, sustainability and environment, scientific and technological advances, communications, industrial installations (Factories, industries, energy ...), and cooperation projects in developing countries.

In this edition, PHOTOINGENIA will return to dedicate the specific prize to solidarity and cooperation, and again establishes a "Solidarity Prize" to photography showing the most committed and supportive version of engineering.


No entry fees.

Prizes
First prize: 3.000 €.
Two second prizes of 1.000 € each.
Details:
http://www.photoingenia.com/

Deadline:
15.01.2017

Established in 2012, Passion to Perform is a competition with a mandate to foster the important contributions art makes to vibrant communities. The objective, since the beginning, has been to support and encourage emerging artists from around the world and develop a world class collection of work representing these artists.

Passion to Perform celebrates the interconnection between performance and passion, and aims to award winning entrants with meaningful compensation that can positively impact each artist’s practice and encourage them to pursue their passion.

Artists are welcome to submit paintings, drawings, sculptures and photography as entries to Passion to Perform.
Works entered must be an original composition created by the entrant. 

Deadline:
12.01.2017 (early bird)
13.02.2017


The PHmuseum Grant is an annual international initiative organized to support photographers, promote their projects and further their careers. Within the four previous editions it has awarded the work of photographers like Max Pinckers, Diana Markosian, Tomas van Houtryve, Rasmus Degnbol and Clémentine Schneiderman among many others, and it has grown into a leading photography award.

Entrants must be at least 18 years old as of the date of entry. 

Deadline:
31.01.2017


The International Image Festival (FINI) is a multidisciplinary encounter to promote, spread and appreciate artistic creation and visual communication in a space of reflection and debate about esthetic, the meaning and value of image in its different genres, expressions and applications.

This Call for Entries is addressed to students and professionals of photography, graphic design, visual arts and documentary films.

Categories:

Photography (analog and digital)

Alternative techniques (digital art, photomontage or collage)

Documentary (short / feature-length film)

Poster (free technique)


Works from last 5 years are accepted

No entry fee

Prizes
PROFESSIONALS

Photography
1st prize: 4,500 USD
2nd prize: 2,500 USD
3rd prize: 1,500 USD

Alternative techniques
1st prize: 4,500 USD
2nd prize: 2,500 USD
3rd prize: 1,500 USD

Documentary
1st prize: 4,500 USD
2nd prize: 2,500 USD
3rd prize: 1,500 USD

Poster
1st prize: 4,500 USD

Deadline:
15.03.2017


Call for entries for Fiction, Animation, Documentary and Music Videos is open.

All short films of any nationality and language can participate.
-All themes are allowed.
-The maximum length will be 30 minutes (including credits).
-Only those films produced after January 1st of 2015 will be accepted.
-All formats will be accepted.
-There are no limits to the number of entries a filmmaker may enter, but these have to be submitted separately.


Entry fee:
€15 for short films and €5 for music videos.


Prizes:
Best Fiction Award (1000 euro+Trophy)
Best Documentary Award (1000 euro+Trophy)
Best Animation Award (1000 euro+Trophy)
Best Music Video (300 euro+Trophy)
Audience Award (Trophy)


Details:
http://www.laguarimba.com/

Deadline:
15.01.2017


The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize was founded in October 2014 to further build on the programme. Following its success in its 1st year, we launched it for its 2nd year with larger prizes, an additional Sculpture Prize and greater emphasis on reaching out to many more artists and helping them by promoting early entries and hosting informative talks.

There are no restrictions based on age, training or nationality.

Artwork size must be less than 275cm x 275cm x 50cm for artworks to be hung on the wall, and less than 275cm x 275cm x 200cm for sculptures.

You can submit up to 5 different artworks, of any medium from paintings, photography, mixed media, sculpture, etc.

Paintings, drawings, original prints, photography, sculptures, digitally produced artworks and mixed media constructions are accepted.

Video art, sound art and the moving image are not accepted in this competition.


Entry fee:
£20 for first artwork, then £10 per additional artwork.

Prizes:

4 artists to be awarded:
£7,000 of prizes
London exhibitions
in Jul-Sep 2017

A new prize is available to win for East London artists or themed artworks:
£500 cash prize
Solo exhibition in Rich Mix's Mezzanine Gallery, in summer 2017

Details:
http://www.artprize.co.uk/about.html

Deadline:
3.04.2017

The contest is open to videocreators of all nationalities with no age restrictions, individually or in group. Each competitor can submit from 1 to 5 works with the main characteristic that each work presented must last a maximum of 1 minute (60 seconds) including credits. Works already presented in former editions of the contest as well as those lasting more than one minute will be discarded. Works must have been never awarded a prize in other competitions.
The subject of the works is free, and both fiction and animation works can be submitted.

No entry fee

Prizes:
- 1st Prize VIDEOMINUTO 2016-2017: 1.000€
- 2nd Prize VIDEOMINUTO 2016-2017: 700€
- 3rd Prize VIDEOMINUTO 2016-2017: 400€
Details:
https://cultura.unizar.es/regulations-videominute-international-contest

Deadline:
24.03.2017

Design a package you would like to play with. Create an interactive package box and prove that even protective packaging can be fun.

The topic of the Young Package 2017 is: Open & Play

The competition jury will mainly assess: innovativeness and creativity; package ergonomics; functionality; easy manipulation (packages should be easily open by elder people or children as well) environmental aspects; shape, and originality of the idea; constructional imaginativeness; quality presentation. Participants will submit their entries in the form of a full-scale functional model. This means that it must be a functional mock-up; if it is designed to open, it must open. The model must be of high quality, with regard to potential representational and exhibition purposes.

Competition entries will be accepted in two groups:
1) University students and young designers of up to 30 years of age
2) High-school students


No entry fee

Prizes:
The winners will receive 2 800 EUR altogether and one of the winners will also be chosen for a three-week remunerated internship at the Model Obaly Innovation Centre.

Deadline:
26.01.2017

The BP Portrait Award is the most prestigious portrait painting competition in the world and represents the very best in contemporary portrait painting. With a first prize of £30,000, and a total prize fund of £61,000, the Award is aimed at encouraging artists to focus upon and develop portraiture in their work.

The competition is open to everyone aged 18 and over.

The BP Portrait Award 2017 exhibition will run at the National Portrait Gallery from 22 June to 24 September 2017. It is in its thirty-eighth year at the National Portrait Gallery and twenty-eighth year of sponsorship by BP and continues to be an unmissable highlight of the annual art calendar.

Paintings size:
Minimum size: 25cm x 20cm unframed.
Maximum size: 244cm x 244cm framed.
To be eligible for the BP Young Artist Award, artists must be 30 years of age or under as of 1 January 2017.
The competition is limited to one entry per artist. The work must have been completed after 1 January 2016.

Entry fee:
£40.00

Prizes:
From the exhibited artists, a number of cash prizes including the overall winner of the first prize of £30,000 will be awarded.
At the judges’ discretion, a commission worth £5,000, to be agreed between the National Portrait Gallery and the first prize artist will be awarded.
All selected artists aged between 18 and 30 will automatically be considered for both the BP Young Artist Award and the BP Portrait Award, but an individual cannot win both. If there are no exhibitors aged 30 or under then no Young Artist Award will be given and the funds so available shall be used to offer a Fourth Prize.
All exhibited artists, apart from those shortlisted for the First Prize, are eligible to submit a proposal for the BP Travel Award. The aim of the Award is to provide the opportunity for an artist to experience working in a different environment, in Britain or abroad, on a project related to portraiture which will then be shown as part of the BP Portrait Award 2018 exhibition and tour. The winner of this prize will receive £6,000.