Awards and Bursaries: Visual Art - Art
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Below is a list of organisations which offer awards or bursaries in art. Click on the title for more details.
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USA
Betty Bowen Memorial Award
Deadline: August
Award: $11,000
Further Information: Visual Artists who live in Washington, Oregon, or Idaho. Sorry, no performing arts.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art
Deadline: unspecified
Award: $2000-5000
Further Information: Artists from the US and from abroad are invited to apply.
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grants
Deadline: unspecified
Award: $1000 - 10000
Further Information: Prizes are offered for depictions of actors and performers during their rehearsals and performances.
Graham Foundation
Deadline: January and July
Award: $500 - 10000
Further Information: The Foundation offers grants to sculptors producing artwork intrinsically involved with architecture.
Kress Conservation Fellowship
Deadline: March
Award: 10 x $30,000 fellowships
Further Information: Fellowships for those interested in museum-based internships in fine arts conservation.
National Juried Art of the Northeast USA Exhibition
Deadline: March
Award: $4000 - 8000
Further Information: See website
National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA)
Deadline: 31st December
Award: 25,000 + four prizes of 2,500
Further Information: Women artists only. The Library Fellowship Programme encourages and promotes the art of the book.
Pollack-Krasner Foundation Inc (USA)
Deadline: Rolling
Award: see website
Further Information: Aims to aid those who have worked as artists over a significant period of time
Alexander Rutsch Award and Solo Exhibition for Painting
Deadline: February
Award: Solo Exhibition May 11 - June 23, 2007 and $5,000 cash award.
Further Information: U.S. based artists 19 years of age and older. All work submitted must be available for exhibit.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Deadline: rolling
Award: see website
Further Information: Primarily for US artists
UK
Art Plus
Deadline: May
Award: £50,000 (organisations), £10,000 (individual) (maximum)
Further Information: Individual applicants must live in south-east England. There are individual and organisational awards
Art In A Religous Context Award
Deadline: see website
Award: £3 000
More info: The ACE Awards are designed to celebrate the successes and diversity of
architectural and artistic projects in religious buildings throughout
Britain. ACE gives three biennial Awards including its international
Book Award. Each Award is worth £3,000.
Arts in Architecture Award - Saltire Society
Deadline: see website
Award: unspecified
Further Information: The Saltire Society exists to promote the art and culture of Scotland. Awards are made for works of art and craft designed to enhance and enrich buildings.
Artworks: Young Artist of the Year Award
Deadline: n/a
Award: n/a
Further Information: The form of the programme and awards are being re-assessed, with the intention of awards being available in 2007.
Beck's Futures Exhibition and Award
Deadline: May
Award: £65,000 (total)
Further Information: Professional exhibition curators, museum directors, critics and artists suggest three artists each.
BP Portrait and Travel Award
Deadline: March
Award: £25,000 (+ smaller prizes)
Further Information: Two awards for portraits and travel.
British Council: Grants to Artists Scheme
Deadline: February, August, November.
Award: various
Further Information: The scheme is intended to help promote British art, by assisting professional British artists to exhibit overseas in public or commercial spaces.
Caerleon International Sculpture Symposium
Deadline: unspecified.
Award: free accomodation and materials, travel expenses
Further Information: The Symposium is open to artists who work in wood.
Cheltenham Illustration Awards
Deadline: July
Award: £1500
Further information: The winning entries along with a selection of runners up will have their work exhibited and also published as a full colour annual.
The George Campbell Memorial Travel Grant
Deadline: unspecified.
Award: unspecified
Further Information: The award was instituted to celebrate the strong cultural contacts which the Irish artist George Campbell developed in Spain.
Commonwealth Arts and Crafts Award
Deadline: unspecified.
Award: £6000
Further Information: Open to anyone aged 22-35 who is a citizen of a Commonwealth country.
Dundee Visual Artists Awards Scheme
Deadline: May and November
Award: £7000 (in total)
Further Information: The scheme supports the work of outstanding Dundee-based artists.
EAC Art Awards
Deadline: see website
Award: £250
More info: The Art Awards were created in 1995 to celebrate and promote the
artistic talents of older people. This national, annual competition
for amateur artists has since gone from strength to strength,
attracting thousands of entries from across the UK, and culminating
each year in an exhibition of finalists in London. Art Awards is open
to all older people, and EAC works closely with providers of retirement
housing, care homes and day centres to encourage the widest possible
participation.
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Deadline: various
Award: various
Further Information: The foundation has a arts and heritage programme which gives grants.
Federation of British Artists
Deadline: various
Award: various
Further Information: The federation incorporates nine member arts societies: The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours; The Royal Institute of Oil Painters, The Pastel Society, Royal Society of Marine Artists, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters; Society of Wildlife Artists; Royal Society of British Artists ; New English Art Club; The National Print Exhibition.
J D Fergusson Arts Awards
Deadline: October
Award: various
Further Information: The award is intended to encourage promising Scottish artists.
HI - Arts Artists Award Scheme
Deadline: rolling
Award: £500 (maximum)
Further Information: Grants available to support initiatives to assist individuals develop and extend their own practice.
The Helen Keller International Award
Deadline: August
Award: £1000
Further Information: Open to any artist. Work must be on the subject of deafblindness
RSA John Kinross Scholarship to Florence
Deadline: Application forms available from February
Award: £1400
More info: Intended to assist students in Scotland.
Rootstein Hopkins Foundation Grants
Deadline: January
Award: various
More info: Offers financial support to artists, art students, lecturers and designers in the form of travel grants, support grants and awards.
The Royal Scottish Academy - Friends Bursary
Deadline: June
Award: £2,000
More info: Artists must be resident in Scotland.
Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
Deadline: see website
Award: various
More info: The RSW offers various awards.
Royal Society of British Sculptors
Deadline: see website
Award: various
More info: The RSW offers various busaries and awards.
Royal West of England Academy - Student Bursaries
Deadline: March
Award: 2 x £1000
More info:: Offers bursaries for postgraduate research.
Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship
Deadline: January
Award: see website
More info:: Open to young painters who have made the transition from college to a working environment in Scotland
The Mark Tanner Award
Deadline: June
Award: £4000
More ifo: For artists making sculptural objects within a fine art tradition who can show a mature body of work.
V & A Illustration Awards
Deadline: July (April for Student Illustrator)
Award: £2500 (maximum)
More info: Premier awards for book and editorial illustration in the UK.
EU
Arts Grant Committee (Sweden)
Deadline: four deadlines annualy
Award: £3500 - £20000
More info: Grants available for Swedish artists, offering an opportunity for Swedish artists to invite foreign artists whom they wish to work with.
Pilar Juncosa and Soethby's Awards (Spain)
Deadline: 31st July
Award: various
More info: Four types of grant are available.
Targetti Light Art Award (Italy)
Deadline: see website
Award: see website
More info:THE
TARGETTI LIGHT ART AWARD. In order to maintain the collection’s continuity and
to promote light as an expressive tool, Targetti Sankey, in cooperation with
ArteFiera (the most important modern and contemporary art fair in Italy), has
established the Targetti Light Art Award, an international competition open to
young artists (under 35). They are asked to present a project and create an
artwork using artificial light as the instrument and primary medium.
Ireland
Bass Ireland Arts Award (Ireland)
Deadline: August
Award: £5000 (maximum)
More info: The award exists to encourage and enrich the cultural scene in Northern Ireland.
Pacific
City of Perth Art Award (Australia)
Deadline: April
Award: $20 000 - 5 000
More info: The City of Perth Art Award is an exhibition of selected Australian artists showcasing artworks in any media that can be wall mounted. Professional and emerging practitioners are invited to enter artwork of the highest standard in this prestigious award
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