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salon art prize 2011
– Call for applications
Deadline for entries
17.00 (GMT), Saturday 13th August, 2011
Matt Roberts
Arts is currently seeking applications for the fifth annual
salon art prize (www.salonartprize.com) exhibition which will take place from 6th
- 30th October, 2011.
The salon art prize
welcomes applications from practitioners working with
painting, sculpture and installation, and 2-D practices
(collage, drawing, printmaking etc.). We expect to exhibit up
to 100 artists within our 1000sq ft gallery on Vyner
Street, in East London. To mark the fifth anniversary of the
prize we will be offering three separate prizes of £1000 (one
for each category), supported by John Jones.
SELECTORS
2-Dimensional
Practices - Patricia Bickers (Editor, Art
Monthly)
Painting - Pippa
Hale (Director, Project Space Leeds and The Northern Art
Prize)
Sculpture and
Installation - Robert Leckie (Exhibitions Curator,
Gasworks)
Salon Art
Prize 2010 installation shot featuring the work
of:
Elisabetta Alazraki, Ben Deakin, Dave Hanger, Bartosz
Kolata, Zack Thorne
The competition is
open to university graduates, current students, and untrained
professionals. International applications are welcomed and
there is no limit on the age of work submitted.
All Salon Art Prize
applicants must be registered as an Associate Members of Matt
Roberts Arts. Annual membership £10 (GBP), as we are
not-for-profit all membership contributions support our
ongoing professional development services.
Alternatively you can
send a cheque, postal order or bankers draft (made out to Matt
Roberts Arts) to the gallery address: Matt Roberts Arts, Unit
1, 25 Vyner Street, London, E2 9DG
The deadline for
applications and associate membership payments is
17.00 (GMT), Saturday
13th August, 2011.
About Matt
Roberts Arts
Matt Roberts Arts
is a dynamic not-for-profit organisation founded in 2006 to
create opportunities for artists in new locations and
contexts. Our team offers support to creative practitioners by
providing a range of professional development programmes and
national and international touring exhibitions.
About John Jones
John Jones has a long history of supporting
emerging artists and contemporary art. Our passion is to build
lifelong relationships with our clients, to support the next
generation of creative talent and encourage the aspirations of
emerging galleries across London. Having supported the Salon
Art Prize for 4 years, we are delighted to be involved in the
2011 project, offering £500 to the winner, along with £500
worth of John Jones artist surfaces.
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