Call For Entries: Ing Discerning Midpoint 2012

ING Discerning Eye 2012 - Call for Entries

The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition is created from small-scale artworks selected past times 2 fine art critics, 2 artists too 2 collectors from an opened upward submission too those who induce got been invited to contribute work. Last yr over 600 pieces were displayed inwards half dozen small-scale exhibitions at the Mall Galleries.

The Call for Entries for submissions to the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2012 has been published.

The deadline for entries is 7/8th September inwards London.
Prior to this fine art tin live taken to regional pick-up points to a greater extent than or less the UK

Below y'all tin find:

a commentary on the pct of function which gets selected from the opened upward submission - too how good this does inwards damage of sales
an overview of the procedure for entry
tips for submitting work

What's your chances of getting accepted?

The bottom line is that the opened upward submission provided less than one-half of the plant on display inwards the exhibition - but accounted for nearly 2 thirds (61%) of the sales.

I'm really much of the sentiment that the opened upward entry should provide a much high pct of the plant selected for the exhibition. Apart from anything else it looks similar it brand practiced trouble organization sense.

Of the plant on display inwards the exhibition, the pct of plant from OPEN submission artists inwards the lastly iii years are every bit follows

In 2008 279 (49%) of the 572 plant on display
In 2009 226 (43%) of the 522 plant on show
In 2010 233 (51%) of the 453 plant inwards the show
in 2011 264 (43%) of the 611 plant inwards the show

In relation to sales

In 2009, 162 plant sold (31% of the plant exhibited) of which 92 works (40% of the opened upward submission) related to plant past times opened upward submission artists.
In 2010 113 plant sold (25% of the plant exhibited) of which 76 plant (33% of the opened upward submission) were past times opened upward submission artists
In 2011 175 plant sold (29% of the works exhibited) of which 107 (40% of the opened upward submission) came from the opened upward submission process

Information well-nigh how to enter

This is the website of the Discerning Eye Competition too Exhibition.

This fine art contest is administered past times Parker Harris. The ING Discerning Eye Call for Entries Leaflet - provides detailed guidance On their website y'all tin reveal more details well-nigh the exhibition too download the following:

ING How to Enter portal
Call for Entry Leaflet (print this off - it's got all the minutiae that y'all bespeak to observe)
Entry Schedule - this shape must accompany all submissions
Work Labels - required too must live fixed to the dorsum of all function submitted

Who tin enter?

You are eligible to come inwards if y'all are an creative individual born inwards or resident inwards the UK.

Your function tin live selected for display inwards the exhibition:

either through submitting function via the opened upward submission (see below for a summary).
or past times existence invited past times present function past times 1 of the selectors. Selectors inwards the past times induce got varied every bit to how they induce got used this privilege. Read on to reveal out what y'all induce got to do

There is a membership organization for artists (costing £45 pa) which includes costless submission for upward to 6 works. There's no guarantee of alternative but the membership fee compares really favourably amongst the fees charged for submitting half dozen plant which volition live £60.

For farther details too to download entry forms delight visit www.parkerharris.co.uk

Works eligible for entry

If y'all desire to encounter what variety of function gets chosen y'all tin see all the 612 plant past times 282 artists that were shown inwards the 2011 exhibition inwards our The ING Discerning Eye Online Gallery.

The basics inwards relation to eligible artwork are every bit follows:

all plant must live for sale (40% commission is charged on all sales)
you tin come inwards upward to half dozen works
all plant must live handmade too inside the maximum size boundary (20" x 20" including frame or plinth/stand)
all plant must live handmade and an master copy creation past times the artist

drawings, paintings too sculptures are admissable

How to enter

all function must live submitted unpacked (ie no back upward for unpacking/packing) PLUS

signed entry schedule must accompany all works
submission fees (£10 per work)
on the dates inwards the schedule for dissimilar locations

final deadline for receipt of entries inwards London: eighth September 2012.
Works tin also live submitted via receiving venues inwards xv towns too cities throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland too London.
A listing of those artists selected for exhibition volition live on the Parker Harris website from Th xiii September 2012
all plant volition live included inwards the online catalogue - too artists induce got to render a suitable digital icon if selected. Work non sold inwards the exhibition volition rest on display inwards the online exhibition until 31 Dec 2012
detailed guidance on requirements for frames is available on the website
unselected plant to live collected 9-10th September
unsold plant to live collected 30th November

Prizes

There are a issue of prizes. in 2012, these are:

ING Purchase Prize £5000
Discerning Eye Founder’s Purchase Prize (In observe of Michael Reynolds) £2500
ING Staff Purchase Prize £1000
Discerning Eye Chairman’s Purchase Prize £1000
Meynell Fenton Prize £1000
Benton Purchase Prize £1000
Artspan Purchase Prize £1000
Hicks Purchase Prize £1000
Humphreys Purchase Prize £750
Lincoln Seligman Purchase Prize £500
Regional Entry Prizes - There volition live upward to 8 prizes of £250 each awarded to an outstanding entry inwards the national regions.

Panel of Selectors

The selectors are entirely responsible for their ain selection; alternative is non past times committee. The simply restrictions are limitation of size (only small-scale plant are permitted) too to select at to the lowest degree 25% of their department from the opened upward submission.ING Discerning Eye website

I'm surprised the pct from the opened upward submission is every bit depression every bit 25%. It raises questions such every bit "Does the opened upward entry subsidise plant exhibited past times invited artists?"

It's ever good worthwhile taking a unopen expect at who the selectors are before submitting work to a contest - it tin give y'all a clue every bit to whether your type of artwork is probable to live good received. The selectors inwards 2012 are every bit follows

Artists

Albert Irvin RA - a painter
Chantal Joffe - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 painter who, inwards 2006, received the prestigious Charles Wollaston Award from the Royal Academy. She ofttimes paints large paintings.

Collectors

Doris Lockhart - an arts too pattern journalist who was also the start married adult woman of Charles Saatchi. See Doris Lockhart Saatchi’s apartment and Pieces from a Confessional - well-nigh her preferences inwards paintings
Gerald Walker CEO, ING Commercial Banking UK, Republic of Ireland & Middle East (ING Commercial Banking inwards the United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland sponsors the exhibition)

Critics

Charles Darwent Writer too Art Critic, The Independent on Sunday
Skye Sherwin, Writer too Art Critic, The Guardian

The Exhibition

The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition is to live held at The Mall Galleries inwards London between 15 Nov - 25 Nov 2012. Admission Free.

Around 600 plant volition live on present inwards the exhibition.
All selected artists volition live invited to a Private View on xv Nov 2012.

Tips for Artists

Here are my tips for artists every bit published lastly yr (see MAKING Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 MARK: Review: ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2011)

Here are some thoughts for y'all to consider if you're thinking of perchance submitting to this fine art competition.

It's worth taking a expect at who the judges are too what their interests are. If you're a practiced jibe it's definitely worth submitting work.

Little is beautiful! Those selectors having to a greater extent than plant inwards their display tended to induce got chosen to a greater extent than smaller works. It's non evident that smaller plant are to a greater extent than probable to live selected but logic suggests that larger plant mightiness live less probable to live selected unless they are past times a "name" or past times an invited creative individual (ie don't assume the large plant inwards the present are mainly from the opened upward entry!).

Think well-nigh how your function suits the constraints on dimensions - scale is important. Not everybody who unremarkably plant large necessarily suits working small.

It sometimes pays to intend well-nigh how to alter your dependent area affair thus that y'all tin function small-scale inwards a means which suits y'all best.

A lot of function is hung inwards this exhibition too there's non a lot of infinite in-between artwork. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 astute sentence needs to live made well-nigh much matt and/or frame needs to live allowed to create a infinite to allow the function to live seen. This too then needs to live weighed upward without the constraints that spacewise 1 larger function = 2 smaller plant too there's no means of knowing which means selectors volition lean on size.

This is an fantabulous exhibition for printmakers to submit to. Selectors tin direct to a greater extent than than 1 function too prints apparently lend themselves good to multiple sales - every bit could live encounter at the individual view.

Links to previous posts on this weblog well-nigh the ING Discerning Eye exhibition inwards previous years

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

MAKING Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 MARK: ING Discerning Eye at the Mall Galleries

Call For Entries: Ing Discerning Midpoint 2012

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