Online Competition for Artists with Valuable Prizes from Visual Art Open 2023
Applications for this opportunity are closed
The deadline passed on 23 March 2022. The details below are kept for reference.
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Applicant criteria
- NationalityUnited Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Comoros, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
- Age13 - 50
- GenderBoth
Opportunity criteria
- LocationRemotely
- Needed documentsSample of your work, Application form
- Deadline2022-03-23
Opportunity description
The Visual Art Open competition is now available for artists who want to participate from any place in the world. This competition is a not-for-profit event open to both amateur and professional artists. The aim is to give artists the ultimate platform to develop their passion and career in the arts sector. Finalists will benefit from exhibiting, selling and showcasing their work to art critics and buyers alike.
Categories:-
There are five key categories for entrants to apply to:
- Painting & Mixed Media & Printmaking.
- Illustration & Drawing.
- Sculpture.
- Photography / Digital Art.
- Young Artist (16 - 24 years old).
Benefits
- Overall Winner Receives:
- Cash prize.
- Certificate.
- Solo Show at Deepbridge Chester Arts Fair.
- Annual Mentorship Programme.
- International Online Global Art Exhibition of Finalists.
- Free Career Development Talks.
- 20% Discount with Cass Art.
- All Category Winners Receives:
- £250 cash prize.
- Certificate.
- Finalists will be exhibited at Deepbridge Chester Arts Fair.
- All submissions will receive promotion on social media and email coverage to 50,000, plus an invitation to the annual show.
Eligibility criteria
Artists are only permitted to enter 5 artworks into the competition at a cost of £20 for 1st submission and £10 per additional artwork, totalling a maximum of £60. Young Artists under the age of 24 pay £15 for 1st submission and £10 per additional artwork, totalling a maximum of £55 for 5 artworks entered.
About VAO:-
The Visual Art Open (VAO) is a platform open to both amateur and professional artists, working in one or more of the following media: drawing, printing, painting, photography, digital art and sculpture. VAO aims to give UK and International visual artists the ultimate platform to develop their passion and career in the arts sector. The awards permit artists to build sustained and strategic partnerships with art galleries and creative practitioners. Finalists at VAO competitions will benefit from exhibiting, selling and showcasing their work to art critics and art buyers alike.
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Online Competition for Artists with Valuable Prizes from Visual Art Open 2023