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Indepth Arts News:
"Call for Artists : RWS - Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2009"
2009-06-22 until 2009-06-29
Royal Watercolour Society - Sunday Times
London, ,
UK United Kingdom
The RWS/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition invites artists to submit works to the 2009 competition. The competition, now in its 22ndst year, is the largest watercolour competition in the UK and is one of the only remaining prizes to celebrate the diversity and beauty of the frequently undervalued medium of watercolour. The RWS/ Sunday Times Watercolour Competition is a celebration of the water-soluble medium, whether it is an abstract, figurative or landscape piece, all works produced in water based mediums, watercolour, acrylic and gouache on a paper support are eligible.
The RWS/Sun day Times Watercolour Competition offers the highest valued prizes in the United Kingdom by awarding a total of £22,500 to artists who demonstrate a high level of skill and creativity.
Artists can submit up to three works at regional venues throughout the UK in June. The deadline for entries is in London on 28th and 29th June 2009. Entry is £15 per work. An exhibition of approximately 120 works will be held at the Bankside Gallery, London SE1 from 9 – 20 September 2009.
Among the judges for this year’s competition will be:
• Brian Allen, Director of Studies at Paul Mellon Institute
• Mark Glazebrook, critic
• Penny Johnson, Director, Government Art Collection
• David Paskett, President, RWS
• Frank Whitford, Art Critic for the Sunday Times
For application forms artists should send a SAE to: ‘The Watercolour Competition’, Parker Harris Partnership, PO Box 279, Esher, Surrey, KT10 8YZ. Forms and information are also downloadable from www.parkerharris.co.uk. For further information please call 01372 462190 or email RWS@parkerharris.co.uk
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