New! The Derwent Fine Art Prize - For Pencil Art

Derwent Pencils today announced The Derwent Art Prize - a build novel fine art prize for artists working inward pencil.  The winner volition have £5,000 so I aspect this novel fine art contest may good generate around considerable involvement with pencil artists working with coloured pencils, water-soluble pencils, pastel pencils, graphite or charcoal.

I intend it's a vivid thought as well as recommend all those who depict to direct maintain a unopen aspect at the details.


The Derwent Art Prize

Aim of the Competition
The aim of the Prize is to vantage excellence through showcasing the really best international plant created inward pencil.
Inaugural Exhibition

It's expected that around eighty plant volition move selected for the exhibition - which volition thence move displayed in three unlike ways

Prizes

The prizes volition move awarded at the Private View at Mall Galleries, London on eighteen September 2013 as well as are every bit follows:
  • First prize - £5,000
  • Second Prize - £2,500
  • Third Prize - £500
  • People's Choice Award - £500
  • UKCPS Award for Excellence - £250 (The UKCPS Award for Excellence likewise includes a year's membership to the society)
Judges

Entries are move judged past times a distinguished panel of selectors - with 2 of them having a especial involvement inward Drawing every bit an fine art form
The contest rules province that all plant volition move judged anonymously with no segregation past times country, genre or manner etc.

Call for Entries

So - every bit ever with a Call for Entries - here's my overview as well as analysis of what they're scream for you lot to do.  Those interested should likewise build sure they read
The contest as well as exhibition organisers are Parker Harris - as well as I aspect you lot volition likewise honour details of this contest on their website inward due course.  Further enquiries near the contest should move addressed to Parker Harris, on: derwent@parkerharris.co.uk or Tel. + 44 (0) 1372 462190 - but produce aspect at the FAQs first!

Who tin enter?
  • Nationality: The Prize is opened upward to all British as well as international artists 
  • Age: All entrants must move over the historic menstruum of eighteen years one-time on 1st July 2013.  You likewise direct maintain to move alive!
Eligible artwork

Artwork eligible for this contest must comply with the next criteria:
  • Media: artwork must move created inward pencil (including water-soluble, pastel, graphite, charcoal or colouring pencils). 
  • Format: open to both 2 dimensional as well as 3 dimensional works.
  • Size: maximum size: 182cms whatever dimension. There is no minimum size limit. 
  • Date completed: All entered move must direct maintain been completed inside the concluding 3 years. 
  • Availability: All artwork selected for exhibition must move available from ix September to 31 Dec 2013.
  • For Sale / Price of artwork: Works selected for exhibition MAY move offered for sale. Pricing the artwork needs to component inward a accuse of 40% committee plus VAT which volition move applied to the sale toll of all plant sold during the exhibitions or afterwards straight every bit a effect of the Derwent Art Prize both at the exhibitions as well as on the website.
What to submit - online

Entry is digital as well as artists demand to register for an trouble organization human relationship earlier they tin submit their entry

Artists are required to submit the following:
  • Entry form - completed online
  • Images: up to half dozen recent works, inward digital format 
    • file format: jpg, tiff or png (a slight confusion hither - the FAQs province jpeg solely whereas the entry weather condition state jpg, tiff or png - when confused, I ever teach with the weather condition of entry!)
    • maximum size: 4MB file size as well as "3000 x 3000 pixels resolution" (Note: 1 time to a greater extent than nosotros appear to direct maintain a confusion betwixt dimensions as well as dpi - FAQs province 300 dpi)
  • Fee: H5N1 non-refundable £10 application fee for the get-go move as well as £2 per additional plant (price as well as currency volition vary depending on country).
Timeline

Here's the overview of key dates for this competition


Date(s)
Action
1 July 2013
Deadline for entry
15 July 2013
All artists notified of results of the get-go phase of the pick process
w/c ix September 2013
Deliver move to the Mall Galleries
16-21 September 2013
Inaugural Exhibition at the Mall Galleries
18 September 2013
Private View as well as Prize Winners announced
1 Oct - 31 Dec 2013
UK Exhibition Tour (work selected must move available for this menstruum every bit good every bit the Mall Galleries exhibition)

Delivery of work

The entry weather condition are really explicit near the agency inward which move should move submitted - for both U.K. as well as International Artists. There are no regional collection points as well as it is expected that artists non living inward London volition demand to purpose courier services every bit plant must move delivered unwrapped.

Insurance

Derwent are solely liable for any negligence on their part. Artists may want to ensure they direct maintain appropriate encompass for all other risks eg impairment inward transit.


Copyright / Withdrawal of work
Each creative someone past times entering the Derwent Art Prize confirms that they check all intellectual belongings rights inward the move as well as that they direct maintain obtained prior written approving for the purpose of whatever tertiary political party copyrighted cloth contained inward the submitted work.
In other words this needs to move an master move of fine art as well as no other picture tin move copied without the written approving of the copyright possessor of that image.  (If you lot are unclear near copyright encounter Copyright for Artists)

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

Conclusion as well as Comments

I'm really pleased that pencil fine art is to teach its ain prize as well as exhibition.  Also that the prizes on offering are probable to generate around really serious entries from professional person artists.

It's for sure the get-go fourth dimension I tin scream upward such a generous prize for pencil art.  I'm minded to tip off a few artists of my acquaintance near the demand to read this post as well as direct maintain a unopen aspect at the weather condition for entry!

So - what produce you lot intend of this novel idea?

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