Artists Call for Submissions: Scottish Identity (Post Brexit)

 

Scottish Identity

Peter J Scott, No Man’s Land, 2015, (Poppy series), mixed media drawing over print collageMarch 31 – April 20, 2017

23 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh, EH3 8HQ

“Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland,” Sir Walter Scott asked in the 18th Century. Yet, what does it mean to be Scottish in 2017? Does one have to be born in Scotland to feel Scottish? In a particularly tense period following Brexit, the possibility of another independence referendum, and aftershocks from the United States election, Scottish Identity asks artists to examine their own views of Scotland and her people. We welcome artists of any background to explore their own associations in the aim of presenting a body of work that exposes the nuanced dimensions of this unique country. Works may directly engage with social issues, but they can also address themes such as the natural landscape, historic traditions, personal experience, notions of ancestry, patriotism and politics.

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Deadline approaching | The Imago Mundi Project

imago-mundi-projectCalling all open-minded artists, emerging or established to participate in non-profit, international project. www.imagomundiart.com

Don’t forget you can pick up a canvas or board from either the main office or the Arts Community office on the third floor of St Margaret’s House!

Deadline: February 4th 2017

Scotland’s representative and co-curator for the Imago Mundi project, is in search of passionate artists to contribute a piece of work in any medium only 10cmx12cm in scale. A board or stretched canvas can be supplied. Please visit the Imago Mundi website to see the wealth of artworks already curated and presented at such prestigious locations as the Venice biennale, the Dakar biennale and the Pratt institute New York. 

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OPPORTUNITY | £5000/£2000 Scottish Portrait Award

2017, marks the launch of the SCOTTISH PORTRAIT AWARDS (SPA).
Open to fine artists and photographers born, living or studying in Scotland. The Awards seek to bring together the very best in contemporary Scottish Portraiture.
I write to announce that submissions will be welcomed from January 2017.
 
The SCOTTISH PORTRAIT AWARD for 2D/3D FINE ART, offers a FIRST PRIZE of £5000. Entrants may submit works in any medium.
2D submissions for the SPA, Fine Art Awards, should be no smaller than 30cm x 30cm and no larger than 150cm x 150cm when framed
3D works should be self-supporting, minimum size 30cm x 30cm x30cm and maximum size 100cm (height) x 50cm x 50cm
ALL FINE ART FINALISTS also have the opportunity to receive a PORTRAIT COMMISSION worth £3000, awarded by The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).
 
The SCOTTISH PORTRAIT AWARD for PHOTOGRAPHY, presented in the name of esteemed photographer RICHARD COWARD, offers a FIRST PRIZE of £2000.

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Call for Submissions | ROBERT BURNS EXHIBITION

Portrait of Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet and composer, Engraving

TOAST TO THE LASSIES: ROBERT BURNS & THE ROLE OF WOMEN
(Model as Body // Muse as Object)

January 20 – February 10

Gallery 23
23 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh, EH3 8HQ
Tel. (0131) 229 1528

‘Toast to the Lassies’ invites artists to examine the relationship between artist and muse, and submit works that engage a gendered response for our exhibition celebrating Scotland’s most famous poet. Burns has a complex and sometimes contentious relationship with women, seeing them both as figures of inspiration and as objects of desire. Avidly promiscuous in his relationships, it was not purely a physical pleasure for him. Moreover, Burns’ poetry reveals a man who genuinely adored women and wrote some of the most famous declarations of love ever immortalised in the English language. Addressing notions of femininity, masculinity, and the power struggle between artist, viewer, and subject, this exhibition will be coupled with a catalogue. Additionally, select works will be on view at a Burns Night evening programme at The Royal Scots Club.

We welcome submissions in any medium, and are accepting both emerging and established artists.

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Opportunity | Submit to Wishes & Fears

submissionWishes & Fears
November 25 – December 13, 2016

Gallery 23
23 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh, EH3 8HQ
Tel. (0131) 229 1528

Gallery 23 is hosting a winter exhibition

Wishes // Fears, invites artists to submit holiday cards, postcard sized art, ornaments and/or larger scale works. Subject matter is not limited to holiday themes, rather we hope to incorporate a breadth of ideas within the format of a card or larger work.

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Opportunity | THE IMAGO MUNDI PROJECT

imago-mundi-projectCalling all open-minded artists, emerging or established to participate in non-profit, international project. www.imagomundiart.com

Deadline: February 4th 2017

Scotland’s representative and co-curator for the Imago Mundi project, is in search of passionate artists to contribute a piece of work in any medium only 10cmx12cm in scale. A board or stretched canvas can be supplied. Please visit the Imago Mundi website to see the wealth of artworks already curated and presented at such prestigious locations as the Venice biennale, the Dakar biennale and the Pratt institute New York. 

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Opportunity | Radisson RED – Emerging Artist Competition

The Radisson RED Emerging Artist Competition is looking for new and unknown artists to submit a piece of work inspired by Radisson RED and we welcome any form of art that can be digitally reproduced.  Entries will be judged on Originality, Boldness, Emotionality, and Vibrancy.

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Opportunity | Awards Objects Artist

ab-awards-web-awards-page-croppedArts & Business Scotland is offering the opportunity for an artist to create and fabricate the Awards Objects, Sponsored by Atlantic Quay, for the Arts & Business Scotland 30th Annual Awards. This opportunity would suit an artist specialising in one of a number of different materials, including but not limited to wood, metal, ceramics, glass or fabric.

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