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Sky Arts Portrait Creative Mortal Of The Twelvemonth 2014 - Telephone Phone For Entries

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Entries for the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2014 closed on 1st May.

Last twelvemonth some 1,800 artists entered the contest as well as 84 artists were chosen to participate inwards the regional heats. Below yous tin discovery well-nigh the contest as well as how to enter.

Before reading on yous attain demand to intend well-nigh the implications of this existence a contest amongst a fourth dimension bound of 4 hours for the production of a portrait. This favours some media over others as well as the fast worker over those who are slower. It thus cannot live well-nigh finding the best portrait creative somebody so much equally the 1 who produces the best piece of employment inside defined fourth dimension limits.

About the competition

Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2014 volition aim to discovery as well as raise artists of all capabilities who desire to showcase their skills, whether amateur, professional person or hobbyist.
The contest invites artists shortlisted from the entries to 1 of vi regional heats over summertime 2014.

The heats volition possess got house in:
  • London on Tuesday 27th as well as Midweek 28th May
  • Dublin on Dominicus 15th June
  • Edinburgh on Tuesday eighth as well as Midweek ninth July
  • Cardiff on Dominicus 13th July
One alter this twelvemonth is that this twelvemonth at that spot are vi groups of 12 artists rather than 4 groups of 21 as well as so the artists volition larn to a greater extent than of a take away chances to larn to know each other.

The winners from the heats volition so possess got business office inwards to a greater extent than extraordinary portrait challenges with
  • the semi-final to live held inwards London and 
  • the grand terminal taking house at the National Portrait Gallery. 
The overall winner volition live chosen yesteryear the series’ judges together amongst Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery.

The contest is to live filmed over the summer. The innovation is so to broadcast the programmes well-nigh the heats as well as the terminal on Sky Arts inwards Oct (8 x lx infinitesimal series, 1 x xc infinitesimal final, starts Oct on Sky Arts 1 HD)

What the creative somebody needs to do.... 


.....is:
  • get selected for a regional oestrus based on the digital files of their artwork submitted amongst the entry form
  • produce a portrait at the regional oestrus of 1 of 3 famous sitters - while working inwards unfamiliar surround as well as less than ideal weather condition to a fourth dimension bound at the same fourth dimension equally they are filmed yesteryear TV cameras! 
The judges so take away only 1 creative somebody to croak through to the side yesteryear side circular of the contest afterward viewing the industrial plant at the terminate of each regional heat.

The publicist for the contest sent me this data when I asked them well-nigh this
there are breaks around the 4 hours as well as the artists tin piece of employment through their breaks as well as tiffin if they wishing as well as possess got tiffin at their easel so they tin larn to a greater extent than time. Also the artists possess got gone through based on their self-portrait as well as so the 24-hour interval is a procedure as well as the judges sympathize that everyone industrial plant differently as well as the artists volition live looking at the techniques, styles, interpretation of the scene as well as so it the portrait on the 24-hour interval volition live equally completed equally the creative somebody wants it to be.

It’s an enjoyable 24-hour interval (we had zip but wonderful feedback from the artists that took business office lastly year) as well as at that spot is describe per unit of measurement area but it’s to a greater extent than the describe per unit of measurement area that the artists’ seat on themselves. The judges are at that spot inwards a supportive piece of employment throughout the 24-hour interval as well as already dearest the artists because they possess got seat them through based on their self-portrait already.

What are the prizes?


  • The winner volition live awarded a £10,000 major committee for the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. The prize committee volition live exhibited at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery as well as volition larn business office of its permanent fine art collection.
  • The serial finalists volition reckon their piece of employment exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery for a month.
  • The winner volition also have a year’s provide of fine art materials courtesy of leading fine fine art supplier Cass Art.
In improver I'm told that H5N1 lot of artists truly did larn commissions as well as publicity as well as positive feedback to aid their career only yesteryear taking business office inwards the competition

Who tin enter?

  • Anyone aged sixteen as well as over is invited to apply. If yous are aged nether 18, parental consent is required.
  • You demand to possess got been resident inwards the Great Britain for the 2 years prior to 27 March 2014
  • Winners of the Regional Heats inwards the 2013 Sky Arts Portrait of the Year, including the overall Competition Winner, are non eligible to larn into again.

What to submit?

You demand to submit
  • a digital photograph of 1 self portrait (complete piece of employment - non only the chip yous like!) that yous possess got completed inwards the lastly v years (digital photograph - depression resolution jpeg alone maximum size 1MB i.e. suitable for viewing on a screen). 
    • The self-portrait tin live inwards whatever art media other than photography, video, sculpture or whatever shape of digital media. 
    • If selected, yous can't larn into 1 time again amongst the same self-portrait yous used lastly year.
    • Note that if yous are selected the master self-portrait must live provided for the heats event (i.e. it's pointless trying to brand your ikon await meliorate inwards the photograph than it truly is equally they'll doubtless compare your submission to the artwork)
  • a passport sized photograph of yourself (no to a greater extent than than 500 kb) (please ship no to a greater extent than than 1 paradigm of each piece of employment - images should non move yesteryear 1MB). These should also live jpegs.
  • a photograph of upwards to 2 farther industrial plant of fine art which demand non live portraits (which struck me equally pretty giddy given this is a portrait competition!)
The size of the artwork entered amongst the application must non move yesteryear 48”x36” (1220 x 914mm).

How to enter

The data well-nigh how to larn into tin live institute on Apply For Portrait Artist 2014 - the truly detailed data is on the FAQs page (see below)

Entry is digital inwards price of both artwork as well as entry form.

Given that this is alternative yesteryear digital photograph, potential entrants demand to retrieve that rattling often it's the character of the photographs that decides who gets selected - yesteryear which I hateful pathetic photographs of proficient paintings don't tend to larn chosen. Also...
...The image(s) of the Portrait Entry as well as the Additional Work(s) of Art must non live manipulated inwards whatever agency as well as must live of the piece of employment of fine art entered.
You demand to:
Deadline for entries: closes at 12pm (midday) on 1st May 2014.

I'd dearest somebody to explicate to me how the next got into the amount of the price as well as conditions!!!  See if yous tin spot it.....
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Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2014

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