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The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Call for Entries
Submitted on Wed, 12/01/2021 - 15:37
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Artists are invited to submit work for exhibition alongside members of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours at the RI 210th Exhibition 2022.
The RI welcomes water-soluble mediums including watercolour, acrylic, ink or gouache (excluding water-soluble oils) painted on paper or paper-based support. The exhibition offers the opportunity to win prizes and awards, worth over £7,500, and have your work seen by thousands of visitors including buyers and collectors.
Eligibility:
- Any artist over 18 may submit.
- Acceptable media: Water-soluble mediums including watercolour, acrylic, ink or gouache (excluding water-soluble oils) painted on paper or paper based support.
- Works must have been completed within the last two years and should not have been previously shown in London.
- Submission fee: £20 per work (or £14 per work for artists aged 35 or under). Maximum of six works submitted. Maximum of four works selected.
- All paintings must be well presented, glazed and suitably framed (no metal or clips frames are permitted).
- Works must not be larger than 2.4m high and 1.5m wide including the frame.
- All work must be for sale. Minimum price: £350. The price of works must include 45%+VAT commission.
Prize summary:
The exhibition offers several prizes and awards, worth over £7,500, including cash, product and publication prizes.
Prizes Details:
There are many prizes and awards available to win, (subject to final confirmation) including:
- The Winsor & Newton Award: £3,000
- The Winsor & Newton Product Prize: £1,000 worth of Winsor & Newton art materials
- The Leathersellers' Prize: £1,000 awarded by The Worshipful Company of Leathersellers to an artist aged between 18 and 30 years old
- The President’s Choice Award: An award of £750 for the most deserving work in the exhibition, donated by a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) and judged by the President of the RI, Rosa Sepple
- The Baohong Artists' Watercolour Paper Prizes: Two prizes of £250 each, awarded to a member and non-member for excellence
- The Cass Art Prize: A prize of £200 of art supplies from Cass Art, awarded to a work demonstrating the most innovative use of colour
- The Dry Red Press Award: The winning work will be published as a greeting card in the Dry Red Press 'Prize Winners' range, with royalties from the sale of the cards going to the artist
- The Escoda Barcelona Award: A set of Escoda's finest brushes for an outstanding landscape painting
- The Frank Herring Easel Award: An easel presented for an outstanding work in the exhibition by Frank Herring & Sons
- The James Fletcher-Watson RI Memorial Award: £500 for the best use of watercolour in the exhibition
- The Richard Plincke RI Prize for Colour: An award of £250 for creative use of colour
- The Schmincke Prize: A Horadam Aquarell Artists’ Watercolours set to an outstanding exhibitor.
Deadline:
28/January/2022
Entry Fee:
- Yes
Fee Detail:
£20 per work (or £14 per work for artists aged 35 or under).
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