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| Art
Competitions |
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South
West Arts Awards
Closing date Wednesday 7th November A
major NEW Arts Award to recognise individuals who have made
a significant contribution to the development, maintenance,
provision or quality of arts activities held in the S.W.A.G
area.
Nominations
on official form by Wednesday 7th November:
SWAG. University of Chichester, College Lane, Chichester PO19
6PE
Or: e.mail info@swagltd.com
Award:
to an artist, dancer, sculptor, mime artist, musican, performer,
potter, singer, writer - working professionally or voluntary
basis.
Award:
to an individual for outstanding achievement in an unpaid,
voluntary capacity in the encouragement of the Arts in the
S>W>A>W> area.
Award:
to an individual for outstanding achievement in a paid/professional
capacity in the encouragement or maintenance of the Arts in
the S>W>A>G area.
Awards
Ceremony on Thursday 29th November at 8pm at the Shoreline
Hotel, Bognor Regis.
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Stride
Open Art Competition 2007
OXMARKET GALLERIES
Closing date 27th October
Open to all Artists livening within a 30 mile
radius of the Gallery defined by postcodes: All PO and Isle
of Wight: BN 11 to 18; RH 14 + RH20; GU27 to 32.
All members or associates of the Oxmarket Centre of Arts can
submit regardless of postcode.
Prizes: 1st Prize: £200.00 plus ‘The
Stride Cup’ and Exhibition Space 2008
2nd Prize £125.00 plus Exhibition Space in 2008
Ten art related prizes for exhibits of merit.
For details: www.oxmarket.com
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Land
Art - Splash Point, Worthing seafront
WSCC and Public Service Board ‘Art Strategy’
Closing date ‘expressions of interest’
by 1st December 2007
The
one-off project is part of Worthing’s master plan regeneration
and is the first of the ‘Public Art Strategy’
funded through the West Sussex County Council and the Public
Service Board.
To be
commissioned for the ‘Splash Point’ area the Worthing
Borough Council are looking for a “fabulous piece of
art that the public can really enjoy and interact with”.
£70,000 is allocated and expressions of interests from
local artists are invited by 1st December 2007
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details:
www.worthingregeneration.com
www.stevegeliot.com |
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Historic
Royal Palaces
Closing date January 2008
The ‘Historic Royal Palaces’ have
launched a Nationwide Art Competition to have an artist’s
drawing enlarged to 100ft and displayed on the East Face of
White Tower at the Tower of London from March 2008.
Entries are open to artists of all ages.
“We are looking for just one drawing
which captures the drame, intrigue and significance of the
stories and history of the White Tower, which started by William
the Conqueror in 1078 has played a central role in British
history ever since..”
More information after 19th October 2008 on
www.hrp.org.uk
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| Dance Competitions |
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The
Place Dance Prize 2008
The Place Robin Howard Dance Theatre, London
Closing date 17.00hrs on Thursday 31st
January, 2008
Held biennially, ‘The Place
Prize’ is Europe’s largest choreography
competition, awarding over £140,000 in commissioning
and prize money.
Created by The Place’s Theatre Director
John Ashford in 2004: sponsored by ‘Bloomberg’
The competition is open to all professional
choreographers working in the UK. Entrants submit a three-minute
video outlining an original idea for a new work, of which
20 are chosen in April to receive a commission award of £5,000
to create their 15 minute piece. In addition to their commission
fees, the choreographers will be given studio time and technical
support to create their new works during the Summer months.
The dance works will be premiered at ‘The Place’
in London in September 2008.
Five will then be chosen to compete for £10,000
of audience-voted prizes. The performances will be held in
‘The Place’s Robin Howard Dance Theatre’
on Saturday 27th September.
Following the final performance, a panel
of judges will award the grand prize of £25,000 to the
winner.
Further information
contact Farah Lyner on farah.lyner@theplace.org.uk
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| Photographic
Competitions |
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Jerwood
Moving Image Awards
entries by 08.00hrs 3rd December 2007
Designed to support artists in the early
stages of their careers - were announced in September by the
Jerwood Charitable Foundation, and three awards of £10,000
will be made in March 2008.
Thirty artists will be selected for the shortlist,
and these names will be announced on 18th January 2008 when
the work will be posted online. Eight finalists
will be selected in February with their work exhibited in
Jerwood Space from 20th February - 20th March 2008.
The winners will be announced on the 4th
March 2008
Entries and information: www.jerwoodmovingimage.org
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Garden
Photographer of the Year - 2008
Closing date 31st January 2008 |
The competition
is open to amateurs and professionals. There are
no restrictions on the type of camera you use, or the techniques
you use to produce your final image.
The judges will select >100finalists whose
photographs will be printed to exhibition standard and shown
at Kew Gardens in the Summer of 2008.
All finalists will receive an invitation to a Private View.
There will be a range of cash and other prizes
for winners and runners-up.
Each category will have a winner and two runner-up prizes.
An additional prize will be awarded for the best portfolio
and there will be two portfolio runner-up prizes.
Another 50 highly commended photographers
will receive a prize. All finalists and commended
photographers will have their images shown on the Garden Photographer
of the Year website during 2008/2009.
Competition rules and entry:
www.gpoty.org |
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Garden
Photographer Portfolio of the Year - 2008
Closing date 31st January 2008 |
Competition rules
and entry:
www.gpoty.org
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Young
Garden Photographer of the Year 2008 - under 16
Closing date 31st January 2008 |
Competition rules
and entry:
www.gpoty.org
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| Bursaries,
Grants and Scholarships |
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The
Fenton Arts Trust
Patron: Dame Maggie Smith |
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The
Fenton Arts Trust Bursaries and Scholarships are
awarded to final year and postgraduate students at art, music,
dance and drama schools at the discretion of the institution
Applications may come from any such institutions,
but not from students.
for application information: www.fentonartstrust.org.uk
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The
Fenton Arts Trust Grants are available
to support particular works, activities, performances or prizes.
Groups, companies, institutions or individual
artists may apply.
for application information: www.fentonartstrust.org.uk
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2007-2008 support
includes: Cambridge Shakespeare Festival: Central School of
Balet; Erin Arts Centre; Federation of Scottish Theatre; Florence
Trust; Islington Arts Factory; LAMDA; London Symphony Orchestra;
Memorial Print Awards; Northants Composers; Opera East Productions;
Paines Plough; Royal Academy of Art Schools; Royal Academy
of Music;Royal Northern College of Music; St. George’sBristol;
Tamasha Theatre Company; Theatre Writing Partnership; The
London Organ Forum; Ulster Orchestra; University College Falmouth;
Watts Gallery, etc..
The Fenton Trust aims to help art, theatre
and music schools in London and the regions with grants, awards
and scholarships in keeping with the late Shu-Yao Fenton’s
wishes. The Trust welcomes any donations in pursuit
of this. www.fentonartstrust.org.uk
registered charity no: 294629 |
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| Playwrights:
one-act plays |
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Drip
Action Theatre: Arundel Festival
Joy Goun Award
2008
Closing date 31st December 2007
Drip Action Theatre is looking for eight
new one-act plays to be performed as part of next year’s
Arundel Festival.
The theme can be any genre - comedy, tragedy,
suspense - with setting with minimum scenery and props,
daytime performance in mind. Performance time 30 to
40 minutes.
Plays will be selected for performance by
a panel of three judges; one overall winner receiving the
2008 Joy Goun Award of £100 cash prize.
Information from Bill Brennan on 01903-885250
dripactioninfo@btinternet.com
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