Brand New!! The Quaternary Derwent Fine Art Prize 2018 - Telephone Band For Entries

This is well-nigh the Call for Entries from international artists for The quaternary Derwent Art Prize. 

The Prize aims to vantage excellence past times showcasing the real best 2D & 3D artworks created inwards created alongside whatever pencil or coloured pencil every bit good every bit H2O soluble, pastel, graphite too charcoal past times British too International artists.

The prizes total £12,500 too the deadline for entry is 8th May 2018 (5pm GMT)

This is a digest of

• who tin enter, 
• what you lot tin travel inwards and 
• how the procedure works 
• with an overview of the timeline of dates. 

The Exhibition

Approximately lxxx drawings volition last selected for exhibition at the Mall Galleries.

• The exhibition volition last held betwixt from 18th – 23rd September 2018. 
• All artists selected for exhibition volition last invited to the Private View too Prize Giving on the eve of Tuesday 18th September 2018.
• The exhibition volition therefore tour to a number of venues throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland - which way that all function submitted to the contest for exhibition must last available until 31st Jan 2019.

View of business office of the Third Derwent Art Prize Exhibition

The Prizes

The Prize Fund is divided every bit follows:

• First Prize £6,000
• Second Prize £3,000
• Third Prize £1,500
• People’s Choice Award – Exhibition £750
• Young Artist Award – For artists nether 25 years £750
• Coloured Pencil Award for Excellence – £500

The Selectors

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 gallery curator, a leading creative mortal too an fine art critic comprise the independent selection panel who decided which function gets selected for exhibition too which function gets prizes.

They are:

• Gill Saunders, Head Prints inside the Word too Image Department at the V&A. I know her from ii of her books which I've got Picturing Plants:An Analytical History of Botanical Illustrations (1995) too Recording Britain (2011)
• Clare Woods - a painter who trained every bit a sculptor too is essentially concerned alongside sculpting an icon inwards paint, too expressing the strangeness of an object.  (This seems similar a real odd pick for a contest involving dry out media. Is it also much to inquire that this contest is judged past times a well-regarded practitioner who specialises inwards drawing! There are later all quite a few of them!!!)
• Chris Sharratt - a freelance arts author based inwards Glasgow who is currently the Editor of the A-N website only has also written for a number of publications

I real much promise that this twelvemonth the organisers truly banking company check that the judges bring both read too empathise the weather condition of entry! (i.e. no making upwardly their ain version of entry requirements too price too conditions!) I don't relish highlighting Judges who real clearly breach the rules of the competition. See Derwent Art Prize 2014 - ineligible drawing wins rootage prize?

How to Enter

The official websites / pages of information

This is the website https://www.derwent-artprize.com/ (which has directly addressed the major omission which I identified finally fourth dimension I wrote this weblog shipping service inwards 2016)
This is the Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/DerwentArtPrize - which is never real active.
This is the Twitter account @DerwentPencils which is quite active.
You tin see the Derwent Art Range on the sponsor's website.

You can download catalogues from previous competitions to run across the variety of function that gets selected

If intending to submit an entry do brand certain you lot read carefully

• the Rules too Guidelines
• the Terms too Conditions
• the answers to the Frequently Asked Questions

This is the Online Entry Form

The contest too exhibition organisers are Parker Harris. Further enquiries well-nigh the contest should last addressed to Parker Harris, on: derwent@parkerharris.co.uk or Tel. + 44 (0) 1372 462190 - only practise expect at the FAQs first!

Who tin enter?

The Prize is opened upwardly to all British too international artists (as defined past times the rules)

• Nationality:  The eligible geographical regions / countries are: 
• Europe, 
• North America,
• South America, 
• Africa, 
• Asia (participating countries: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan too Thailand), 
• The Middle East (participating countries: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan) and 
• Oceania (Australia, New Zealand). 
• Who else tin enter: 
• Previous prizewinners tin enter
• A tertiary political party agency (such every bit a gallery) tin travel inwards function only at that topographic point are pregnant weather condition that must last met (i.e. the tertiary political party must confirm the weather condition stated indicate vii of the Terms & Conditions.)
• Age: 
• All entrants must last over the historic menstruation of xviii years erstwhile on 1st June 2018. 
• You also bring to last alive!

Eligible artwork

Eligible media


The function entered must last created inwards pencil (including water-soluble, pastel, graphite, charcoal or coloured pencils).

• Any element business office of the pencil tin also last used inwards the creation of artworks. 
• FAQ: Is whatever pencil type admissible? Yes, you lot tin purpose whatever pencil including water-soluble, pastel, graphite, charcoal or coloured pencils on whatever 2 or three dimensional support.

My personal stance is that it was self evident that some industrial plant inwards previous exhibitions had real clearly been completed using pastel or charcoal STICKS non pencils. I holler back the weather condition could last clearer on this indicate - or query the creative mortal when it seems extremely unlikely that they used pencils. The wording IMO is ambiguous e.g. does it truly hateful "The function entered must last created inwards pastel, graphite, charcoal or pencil (including water-soluble or coloured pencils)"? IMO that is real manifestly the way some artists are interpreting it. The improver of 'any element part' does not  adequately address the sticks versus core issue.

Eligible artwork

• Number:  artists tin submit upwardly to vi of their industrial plant - 
• Size: must non happen 182cms inwards its greatest dimension. There is no minimum size limit. 
• Format:  The Prize is opened upwardly to both 2 dimensional too three dimensional works. The First Prize winner was a scroll!
• Image format: jpg digital file - max. 1MB file size
• Date completed: All entered function must bring been completed inside the finally three years. 
• Availability: The function selected for exhibition MUST last available from 1st September 2018 – 31st Jan 2019 .
• For Sale: Works tin last offered for sale only it's NOT a status that they must last for sale. (Prizes should include the 40% committee that volition last deducted if sold)

For the non-metrically inclined 182cm = 71 inches

In addition....

Each creative mortal past times entering the Derwent Art Prize confirms that they concord all intellectual holding rights inwards the function too that they bring obtained prior written approving for the purpose of whatever tertiary political party copyrighted cloth contained inwards the submitted work.

Inadmissable artwork

Interestingly I run across that the inadmissible artwork definitions are directly much to a greater extent than precise

Also the Cumberland Pencil Company (who ain Derwent) directly gets to bring the concluding decision of what is inadmissable. I'm non at all surprised given the way their cite was tarnished past times the ineligible drawing which won rootage prize inwards 2014 (See Derwent Art Prize 2014 - ineligible drawing wins rootage prize?). I holler back this is an extremely sensible move.  

Sponsors sponsor competitions therefore get upwardly the status of their cite too production - too everybody concerned (including Selectors) involve to last real clear well-nigh this.

This is an extract from Condition 8 which defines ineligible artwork.

The Company shall retain total too sole discretion over every query every bit to the admissibility or otherwise of whatever given work. The next are examples (without limitation) of inadmissible works:

• Copies of master copy works;
• Works that are inwards breach of copyright (or reasonably considered past times the Company to create a take away a opportunity of infringing upon a copyright;
• Works that bring been previously exhibited;
• The function is incomplete;
• Work, that inwards the reasonable stance of the Company, contain noxious or toxic substances, are flammable below 50°C or contain unsafe electrical equipment or are otherwise considered inconsistent alongside security exhibition, treatment or storage;
• Work, that inwards the reasonable stance of the Company, is probable to breach the Racial too Religious Hatred Act, 2006/

How practise you lot enter?

• This twelvemonth ALL entries must last submitted online. 
• An entry comprises:
• The completed online entry form
• Images of upwardly to 6 recent works, inwards digital format (jpg, max. 1MB file size)
• A non-refundable application fee ( £15 for the rootage function too £5 for additional works.)
• This is the Online Entry Form - too start of the procedure which includes up;oading digital images too paying the entry fees

Note - you lot solely instruct ONE CHANCE TO ENTER therefore brand certain you lot bring all relevant images too details to manus when you lot start the online entry process. You can't come upwardly dorsum too add together to a greater extent than inwards or modify the entry

Competition Timeline

The fundamental dates are every bit follows

• Deadline for entry: 8th May 2018 (5pm GMT)
• Artists Notified re. Selection:  4th June 2018

Delivery of function UNWRAPPED: Entries shall last sent:

• By shipping service or courier: to instruct inwards betwixt the 28th August to 13th September 2018 to Art Moves of Chelsea, Chelsea Self Storage, Blantyre Street, London, SW10 0EQ
• In person: to instruct inwards on the 13th September 2018, betwixt 10am too 5pm to Art Moves of Chelsea, Chelsea Self Storage, Blantyre Street, London, SW10 0EQ

Exhibition / Tour

• 18th - 23rd September 2018: Exhibition opens to public
• 18th September 2018: Private View too Prize Winners announced
• October – Dec 2018: Exhibition tour

Derwent Art Prize: other weblog posts

Derwent Art Prize 2016

• Derwent Art Prize 2016 - Prizewinners 
• The 3rd Derwent Art Prize - Call for Entries

Derwent Art Prize 2014

• Selected Artists - 79 industrial plant inwards pencil past times 61 artists were inwards the exhibition
• Two People's Choice Awards - ii opportunities for the populace to vote for the People's Choice Award inwards relation to the artwork selected for exhibition
• Derwent Art Prize 2014 - ineligible drawing wins rootage prize? - this shipping service reflects my perspective i.e. I bring no fourth dimension for people who re-create other people's photographs inwards submitting function for competitions - plus my correspondence alongside the organisers
• Derwent Prize Exhibition 2014 - Other prizewinners - are detailed below inwards this shipping service plus photographs of the winners where I bring them too my comments.
• Review: Derwent Art Prize 2014 Exhibition - includes my video of my walk circular the Derwent Art Prize 2014 exhibition

Derwent Art Prize 2013

• NEW! The Derwent Art Prize - for pencil art - proclamation of the prize
• The Derwent Art Prize - a discussion (20 July 2013) - this rootage shipping service is specially relevant to those whose sense of pencil fine art is limited to realistic too hyper-realistic artwork
• Derwent Art Prize 2013 - Selected Works & Artists (23 July 2013) This shipping service includes a listing of the names of the selected artists too links to their websites where these could last identified.
• Chrys Allen wins initiative Derwent Art Prize for pencil art (19 September 2013) - This shipping service also provides images too to a greater extent than information well-nigh the artwork which won prizes finally year

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