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Mother Art Prize call for entries

Type: Awards, Grants, Fellowships [View all]
Posted by: Procreate Project
Deadline: Mon, November 26th, 2018

Procreate Project is excited to announce the second edition of the Mother Art Prize: an international open call for self-identifying women, non-binary visual artists with caring responsibilities. The prize is aimed at artists working in one or more of the following media: painting, drawing, mixed-media, photography, digital art, sculpture, ceramics, installation, textile, sound and video.[We welcome all kind of proposals, without any theme restrictions].

Procreate Project is a pioneering arts organisation supporting the development of contemporary artists who are also mothers, working across art-forms.

Working towards equal representation and opportunities for women and mothers, today Procreate Project offers online and offline platforms and opportunities for the display, screen and staging of works, connections with peers and organisations that can support artists at different stages of their career.

20 shortlisted artists will be exhibited publicly in an art gallery in London as part of a group show and will be given the opportunity to sell their artworks on the Procreate Project online shop. Information about the venue for the show will be announced soon.

Enter by 26 November 2018, 5.00pm GMT/London Time.

The Award Winner will receive:

1 Month residency at The White House in Dagenham with the support of Create London (this covers an Art Studio and accommodation for the artist and her family £500 cash prize 2 mentoring session (1to1 or Skype) with Sylvie Gormezano, Director at Picture this productions and Chair of the Association of Women Art Dealers (AWAD) 1 free ticket to Oxytocin 2019 (date TBC)

To be considered by the judges for the prize and group exhibition in London, you will need to pay the entry fee of £15 for up to 3 artworks via Paypal [ please include MAP 2018 as subject] and submit the below form. If you prefer to pay by bank transfer please email us. You can pay in British Pounds, US Dollars and Euros too (if you wish to pay in any other currency, please contact us).

The judging panel is composed by:  

– Beth Colocci, trustee of the UK Friends of the National Museum for Women in the Arts

– Sylvie Gormezano– Director at Picture this productions and Chair of the Association of Women Art Dealers (AWAD)

– Marcelle Joseph, Director and Curator at Marcelle Joseph Project

– Sigrid Kirk, Co-founder of ARTimbarc and AWITA ( Association of Women in the Arts)

–Elizabeth Neilson, Director at the Zabludowicz Collection

– Laura Smith, Curator at the Whitechapel Gallery

To submit your works visit the website 

For any enquiry please email artprize@procreateproject.com 

Posted on Mon, November 19th, 2018
Expires on Mon, November 26th, 2018

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