Royal Watercolour Society OPEN 2022 - deadline for entries is Monday!
The Royal Watercolor Society (RWS) is back to hold its annual Open 2021 competition after a hiatus, because you know what!
However , the deadline for registration is Monday 10 January 2022 !
You will be invited to a vernissage at the beginning of the fair where you will meet other exhibitors and prices will be announced.
However , the deadline for registration is Monday 10 January 2022 !
Formerly known as the Contemporary Watercolor Competition (among many other names in the more than 50-year history of the show), the RWS Open is the world's largest outdoor fair for marine media, attracting thousands of attendees from home and from the abroad every year.
Frankly, I think RWS should be very careful with such claims because if they don't know how many questions they are attracting, they will outperform those who submit their work at the annual RI Open Show, otherwise they may have trouble advertising popular standards.
I guess they might say it's the only contest open to non-members only - but the way they explain it doesn't say it - and I know how many entries the annual RI Fair gets!
I guess they might say it's the only contest open to non-members only - but the way they explain it doesn't say it - and I know how many entries the annual RI Fair gets!
Open functionality of RWS
The primary use of this contest is as a platform to apply for membership in the Royal Watercolor Society . In fact, I'd say don't even think about applying unless you've entered this contest and been selected and hanged!
Other advantages are:
Other advantages are:
- His art collection is on display in Bankside Gallery's RWS Open Gallery, located near the Tate Modern on Thames Road
- Your chosen work will appear on the Royal Watercolor Society website during and after the exhibition
- You can be part of a network of current and past artists in galleries
- When you come to London, you can meet RWS members to network and make potential membership tips. (I don't know if they offer an online forum of successful artists.)
- You are eligible to win awards on this year's list of awards, including the RWS Young Artist Award - see below
Royal Watercolor Society Award
- David Guck Commemorative Award | Cash prize of £ 1,000
- RWS Awards | Cash prize of £ 250
- RWS New Graduate Award * | Cash prize of £ 250
- RWS Award for Young Artists ** | Two-year RWS guest membership for artists under 35, allowing the winner to exhibit in all Bankside Gallery community exhibitions during this period
- RWS advertising awards | Your favorite work on promotional material RWS Social Media Prize *** | Works on Instagram @royalwatercolorsociety
Funded awards
- Cass Solo Award for the Performing Arts | An opportunity for a personal exhibition of your work in one of Cass Art's art rooms
- Artist Award | Article published in Artist, Painter and Entertainment magazine
- Cotswolds Mountain Awards | £ 125 cash
- Daler Rooney Artistic Material Award | 2 packs of watercolors worth £ 800
- Red dry press price | Ability to post your art on greeting cards
- Heatherley Open Studio Awards | Five days of study at the Heatherley School of Fine Arts
- Insights School Awards | £ 250 cash
- Schmenk Prize | Three series of super granular Schmincke Horadam watercolors
- Seawhite Art Material Gift | white sea art material
- St Cuthbert Mill Paper Gifts | £ 150 banknote
- Newton Prize Winners | art materials
Invitation to enter
This is the RWS Open 2022 website
These are the RWS Open 2022 Guidelines . The main points are listed below.
Who can enter?
- For 2022, RWS wishes to invite artists from all walks of life and at all stages of their careers
What can you include?
- Work on paper with any watercolor medium, including (but not limited to) watercolor, acrylic, ink, gouache, and mixed media containing non-water-based textures, as long as the medium watercolor is included.
- All the work has to be done on paper, me. h. Paper, cardboard, etc. (without fabric, wood, plastic or other surfaces)
- It is not allowed to print, copy, duplicate or photograph
Are there any rules for the watercolor technique? Do I only have to submit works that conform to traditional notions of watercolor?
Judges are looking for ideas, expertise and integrity - as long as the material meets the specifications of the submission guidelines, they will be interested in how it is used and will be amazed by the innovation and experience of traditional methods that use dictated media. 'water .
- No style or subject restrictions
- The table must have been completed within the last 4 years (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, i.e. not as suggested in the instructions someone forgot to update!)
- works of art for sale. (Note: galleries charge a 40% + VAT commission on the sale of images).
- Painted with frame no more than 200cm x 200cm
- Well Presented Artwork - Improperly presented paintings or artwork that differ significantly from submitted photographs will not be accepted.
In order for your business to be covered by Bankside Gallery Insurance, your painting must be framed, glazed and completed with mirror panels. Other viewing options are welcome, but use them at your own risk.
Choose
How to choose the painting to send?
Remember that judges see a lot of work in a short time. They are more likely to be drawn into the company by something special and from a personal point of view. They are looking for artists with a clear style and identity in all of the works presented, rather than many different painting styles.
- Works for the exhibition will be selected from the digital photos uploaded as part of the online application form.
- The voters are:
- Britt Pruiksma | Independent director and founder of Mothflower
- David Rimphrey RA RWS | Artists
- Jill Lyman PRWS | Artist and President of the Royal Watercolor Society
- Wendy Jacob RWS | Artists
- Chloé Fremantle ARWS | Artist of the Royal Watercolor Society Bri
Send and receive
- If your work is selected for exhibition, framed paintings must be sent to the Bankside Gallery by Monday, February 28, 11am - 5pm.
- Only professional artistic couriers can be used. Artworks sent by unsecured non-technical couriers (eg Royal Mail, .FedEx) are not accepted.
We recommend that you send your work (by post in your country) to Picture Post ( info@picturepostcompany.co.uk/01302 711011 or 07833450788) or Art Moves of Chelsea ( artmoveschelsea@aol.com/020 7352 7492) when appropriate to your name and then confirm the collection of all packages.
- The collection of unsold paintings was collected at the Bankside Gallery on Monday 21 March from 11:00 to 17:00. If you or your representative don't pick it up today, storage charges will apply.
Exposure
An exhibition of selected paintings will be held at the Bankside Gallery from Friday 4 March to Sunday 20 March 2022.You will be invited to a vernissage at the beginning of the fair where you will meet other exhibitors and prices will be announced.
In the event of a UK lockdown or other Covid-related restrictions, RWS reserves the right to organize the RWS Open as an online-only event.
