The Sec Derwent Fine Art Prize - Telephone Shout Out Upwardly For Entries

Heads upwards - the telephone vociferation upwards for entries for The sec Derwent Art Prize for industrial plant created inwards pencil has been published.

My common summary of the data contained inwards the Call for Entries is below nonetheless since this is a novel prize final twelvemonth I idea I'd supply a recap of what happened inwards terms of selection, prizes in addition to exhibition. I wrote iii posts most the Prize in addition to the Exhibition which you lot tin read here:

The Derwent Art Prize - a discussion (20 July 2013) - this get-go postal service is peculiarly relevant to those whose sense of pencil fine art is express to realistic in addition to hyper-realistic artwork
Chrys Allen wins initiative Derwent Art Prize for pencil art (19 September 2013) - This postal service also provides images in addition to to a greater extent than data most the artwork which won prizes final year
Derwent Art Prize 2013 - Selected Works & Artists (23 July 2013) This postal service includes a listing of the names of the selected artists in addition to links to their websites where these could endure identified.

Announcement of the Prizes
at The initiative Derwent Art prize Exhibition final September at the Mall Galleries

The Derwent Art Prize

Aim of the Competition

The aim of the Prize is to vantage excellence through showcasing the really best international industrial plant created inwards pencil.

Second Exhibition

It's expected that around fourscore industrial plant volition endure selected for the exhibition. These volition in addition to thus endure displayed inwards London, Cumbria in addition to online equally follows

The Exhibition for the Derwent Art Prize 2014 volition opened upwards at the Mall Galleries inwards London (15th - 20th September 2014)
A pick from the exhibition volition in addition to thus endure shown at The Pencil Museum, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 5NG from 1 Dec 2014 – ix Jan 2015.
All selected artists volition also endure featured inwards the gallery on the Derwent Art Prize website. This volition opened upwards on 21st July 2014.

You tin also facial expression that artwork volition endure published on The Derwent Art Prize Facebook Page

Prizes

The prize fund for 2014 has been significantly increased and, inwards addition, at that spot is a novel prize for a Young Artist nether the historic menstruation of 25.

Chrys Allen
Winner of the Inaugural Derwent Art Prize 2012
amongst Professor Stephen Farthing

The prizes volition endure awarded at the Private View at the Mall Galleries, London on xv September 2013 in addition to are equally follows:

First Prize £6,000
Second Prize £3,500
Third Prize £1,000
People's Choice Award – Exhibition £700
People's Choice Award – All entries £700
Young Artist Award – For artists nether 25 years £500 This is a novel prize awarded to an creative someone nether 25 years on ix June 2014.
UK Coloured Pencil Society Award for Excellence £250

Selectors

The contest rules province that all industrial plant volition endure judged anonymously amongst no segregation past times country, genre or way etc.

The selectors who volition endure judging the entries are listed below. I flora around interesting references to their past times lives in addition to related interests in addition to you lot mightiness similar to click a link or two.

Kate Macfarlane is Co-Founder in addition to Co-Director of The Drawing Room (http://www.facebook.com/drawingroom.org.uk), the exclusively public, non-profit gallery inwards the U.K. in addition to Europe dedicated to the investigation in addition to presentation of international contemporary drawing.
Josh Spero is the arts critic for Tatler who describes himself on his Twitter account
@joshspero as Editor @spearsmagazine; fine art critic @tatleruk; quondam Classics tutor; trustee @oxhse; unchic Dalstonian. Trying to bring a non-fic mass published. He also writes for The Times, The Independent, in addition to The Guardian (described equally an upstart arts writer). He is a regular invitee on CNBC, the BBC World Service in addition to other TV in addition to radio channels.
Professor Anita Taylor is a painter, Co-Founder in addition to Director of Jerwood Drawing Prize in addition to Dean of Bath School of Art in addition to Design (links to an 'artspeak' interview). Previously been Director of The Centre for Drawing at the University of the Arts, London in addition to Dean of Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts, London in addition to head of the National Art School, Sydney. She also paints and is also on Twitter @AnitaTaylor_

Call for Entries

As ever amongst Calls for Entry I supply you lot amongst my overview in addition to analysis of what they're hollo for you lot to do.

If intending to submit an entry exercise also brand certain you lot read

the Full Conditions of Entry carefully
the answers to the Frequently Asked Questions

The contest in addition to exhibition organisers are Parker Harris. Further enquiries most the contest should endure addressed to Parker Harris, on: derwent@parkerharris.co.uk or Tel. + 44 (0) 1372 462190 - simply exercise facial expression at the FAQs first!

Who tin enter?

Nationality: The Prize is opened upwards to all British in addition to international artists
Age: All entrants must endure over the historic menstruation of eighteen years one-time on ninth July 2014. You also bring to endure alive!
NEW (I recall in addition to I'm guessing this is equally a outcome of something that happened final year): Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 3rd political party agency (such equally a gallery) tin travel into operate simply must confirm must confirm they bring the total authorisation in addition to legal correct to submit work, that data most the creative someone in addition to artwork has been provided after consultation amongst the creative someone in addition to that the 3rd political party is also outflow past times the Competitions of Entry

Eligible artwork

Artwork eligible for this contest must comply amongst the next criteria:

Media: artwork must endure created inwards PENCIL (including water-soluble, pastel, graphite, charcoal or colouring pencils). That's my emphasis on the pencils. I promise the selectors exercise likewise. I personally idea around of the entrants whose operate was selected were pushing their luck on this final year. Hopefully this twelvemonth the selectors volition endure a chip to a greater extent than rigorous inwards differentiating betwixt charcoal in addition to charcoal pencils! I'm wondering whether nosotros volition encounter whatever videos accompanying entries of artwork inwards pencil and/or whether they would endure allowed.
Format: opened upwards to both 2 dimensional in addition to 3 dimensional works.
Size: maximum size: 182cms whatever dimension. There is no minimum size limit.
Date completed: All entered operate must bring been completed inside the final 3 years.
Availability: All artwork selected for exhibition must endure available from 1st September 2014 to Jan 2015
For Sale / Price of artwork: Works selected for exhibition MAY endure offered for sale. Pricing the artwork needs to constituent inwards a accuse of 40% committee plus VAT @20% levied on the sale cost of all industrial plant sold during the exhibitions or later on straight equally a outcome of the Derwent Art Prize both at the exhibitions in addition to on the website.

Inadmissable industrial plant

NEW THIS YEAR: Nothing was said final twelvemonth most industrial plant which were inadmissible. I'm guessing around naughty people bring prompted both Derwent in addition to the organisers to endure really much clearer at the Call for Entries phase this twelvemonth equally to what type of operate is non eligible for exhibition or prize.

So inadmissible industrial plant include

Work that does non check inside the Conditions of Entry volition non endure admissible in addition to volition non endure considered for exhibition.
The next are also inadmissible:

Copies of works i.e. I'd translate this equally pregnant no copying other people's photographs or artwork. It could endure clearer.
Works that are inwards breach of copyright Last twelvemonth entries used an icon currently nether copyright without written permission?
Works that bring been previously exhibited This is significant. It agency all operate which is entered must endure novel operate in addition to non previously seen inwards an exhibition. I'm all inwards favour of this. I discovery it really tardily going to prestigious fine art competitions exclusively to encounter a slice of operate I've seen earlier inwards around other similar exhibition.
Work that contain noxious or toxic substances, are flammable below 50°C or contain unsafe electrical equipment ie must adjust to all wellness in addition to security standards in addition to regulations. (Pretty much a criterion type of requirement although it makes me wonder if somebody lathered on the solvent final year)

The contest is non opened upwards to employees of the Cumberland Pencil Co, ACCO (UK) Ltd, their families in addition to its agencies

What to submit - online

Entry is digital in addition to artists demand to register for an concern human relationship earlier they tin submit their entry

The confusing instructions from final twelvemonth look to bring been smoothed out although the departure betwixt pixels equally a size in addition to dpi equally a resolution has silent to sink in. Just become for the maximum dpi you lot tin attain amongst those pixel limits (between K in addition to 300 pixels either dimension, in addition to the file size.)

Fees for entry bring risen along amongst the prize money.

Artists are required to submit the following:

Entry form - completed online
Images: up to half dozen recent works, inwards digital format

image size: images must endure betwixt K x 3000 pixels resolution; min K x K in addition to max. 3000 x 3000 pixels.
file format: jpg,
maximum size: max. 4MB file size (no min)

Fee: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 non-refundable £15 application fee for the get-go operate in addition to £5 per additional works (price in addition to currency volition vary depending on country).

Timeline

The operate selected for exhibition must endure available from 1st September to 31 Jan 2015.

Date(s)	Action
12 pm GMT ninth June 2014	Deadline for entry
11th July 2014	All artists notified of results of the get-go phase of the pick process
w/c 1st September 2014	Deliver operate to the Mall Galleries
150-20th September 2014	Inaugural Exhibition at the Mall Galleries
15th September 2014	Private View in addition to Prize Winners announced
October 2014 - Jan 2015	UK Exhibition Tour (work selected must endure available for this menstruation equally good equally the Mall Galleries exhibition)

Delivery of work

The entry atmospheric condition are really explicit most the way inwards which operate should endure submitted - for both U.K. in addition to International Artists. There are no regional collection points in addition to it is expected that artists non living inwards London volition demand to purpose courier services equally industrial plant must endure delivered unwrapped.

Insurance

Derwent are exclusively liable for whatever negligence on their part. Artists may wishing to ensure they bring appropriate comprehend for all other risks e.g. harm inwards transit.

Copyright / Withdrawal of work

Each creative someone past times entering the Derwent Art Prize confirms that they concord all intellectual belongings rights inwards the operate in addition to that they bring obtained prior written blessing for the purpose of whatever 3rd political party copyrighted fabric contained inwards the submitted work.

In other words this needs to endure an master operate of fine art in addition to no other icon tin endure copied without the written blessing of the copyright possessor of that image. (If you lot are unclear most copyright encounter Copyright for Artists)

The exhibition organisers also dot that they volition deny entry or take a operate from exhibition if at that spot is anything to propose that exhibiting the operate exposes Derwent to legal proceedings.

Sale of work

I'm bemused past times these 2 statements which The Cumberland Pencil Company mightiness desire to banking concern check amongst their taxation advisers ie you lot cannot levy VAT unless you lot bring around form of status to exercise thus inwards terms of human relationship amongst the seller!

The Cumberland Pencil Company does non human activeness equally the artist’s agent or partner, in addition to has no authorisation to negotiate or conclude the sale of a work.

and

The Cumberland Pencil Company volition levy 40% plus VAT committee on all industrial plant sold during the exhibitions or later on straight equally a outcome of the Derwent Art Prize both at the exhibitions in addition to on the website.