The Brighton Fringe artrepublic Visual Arts Prize 2013 has officially kicked off! For the chance to win an artrepublic voucher worth £250, a cash prize of £250, and free registration to the 2014 Brighton Fringe (worth £228) read on…
The Brighton Fringe is the largest annual arts festival in England and this year it will take place from 4th May – 2nd June. Fringe activity has been running alongside Brighton Festival since its creation in 1967. One of the event’s main objectives is to promote local talent and the arts. As a result, participants vary from the complete beginners to the hardened professional show, and everything in between.
The highly anticipated 2013 programme has now been launched, featuring 685 shows across 178 venues. Julian Caddy, Brighton Fringe managing director said, “The key for me remains the quality of what’s on offer and there are some significant new shows in the programme for 2013 as well as 220 world premieres which is fantastic.”
artrepublic are delighted once again to be the proud sponsor of Visual Arts within the 2013 Brighton Fringe Festival. For the second year running, as part of our involvement, we are running the artrepublic Visual Arts Prize. The competition is now open for entries so read on to discover how to apply and get involved in this world class arts festival...
Eligibility:
We’re inviting all registrants from the Visual Arts section of Brighton Fringe 2013 and students from the Arts Faculty of the University of Brighton and City College Brighton & Hove to enter.
Criteria:
There’s no specific theme for the competition but applicants need to submit the following:
- A 2D piece of original artwork, created by the applicant
- The piece must not exceed 1 metre square in size
- Although an image of the piece is all that’s required for entry, the applicant must also be able to make the piece available, ready to hang at the Visual Arts Prize Exhibition.
- The award excludes photography and moving image art.
Entry:
To enter the competition a low resolution JPEG (under 100k) picture of the artwork needs to be sent to awards@brightonfringe.org with the title of the piece and your name. Entries must be received by Sunday 28th April.
Judging:
Once all submissions have been received, artrepublic and a panel of well-known local artists will decide on a shortlist. The shortlist will then be put to a public vote during the Brighton Fringe to determine the winner.
The shortlisted artworks will be displayed at an exhibition at the Visual Arts Fair which will form party of the Fringe City event at the Unitarian Church in New Road on Saturday 1st June. The winner of the artrepublic Visual Arts Prize will be announced at the exhibition.
Terms and Conditions:
- Closing date for entries: Sunday 28th April 2013
- One entry only per applicant
- Applicants must either have a registered visual arts event within the 2013 Brighton Fringe Festival or are a student within the Arts Faculty at University of Brighton or City College Brighton & Hove
- The judges decision on the shortlist is final and no correspondence will be entered into
- If an applicant is unable to supply their original piece of work or the work is discovered to not be their own original piece, it will not be considered a valid entry for the prize. If this happens during the public vote for the shortlist we reserve the right to substitute for another entry.
Prize:
- An artrepublic voucher worth £250
- A cash prize of £250,
- Free registration to the 2014 Brighton Fringe (worth £228)
- The chance to design the cover for Viva Brighton Magazine, a magazine distributed throughout Brighton and Hove. It's Viva Brighton's policy to ask local artists and designers to create the artwork for their covers and previous covers for the magazine have been produced by creatives including artrepublic artist Jane Sampson and commercial illustrator Brian Grimwood.
Good luck!
We’re excited at the prospect of viewing lots of fresh unique art works and awarding the enviable prize. Why not explore our site for inspiration and to consider how you might spend that £250 gift voucher?
