A competition to celebrate the talents of young creatives has been launched by The Northern School of Art.

The Foundation Art Prize is inviting entries in all types of media from 16-18-year-old creatives working in any discipline living in the North East and Yorkshire and Humber regions.

Overseen by the UAL Foundation Diploma in Art & Design course based at the School’s Middlesbrough campus, the prize is offering a cash prize of £250 for the winner with two runners up prizes of £50 vouchers for creative materials.

The winner and shortlisted candidates may also be invited to exhibit their work at the School’s prestigious Summer Show at its campus in Newport Road, Middlesbrough.

The competition runs until midnight on Wednesday 1 May 2024. Submissions are open to North East and Yorkshire and Humber-based creatives aged 16 to 18 years old and submissions from a wide range of artistic and creative areas are welcome.

To enter: send an email with an attachment of an image of artwork to artprize@northernart.ac.uk by midnight on Wednesday 1 May 2024 and include the following details:

• Name
• Address
• Email address
• Contact phone number
• Social media handles (if appropriate)
• Confirmation that you are aged between 16 and 18 years of age on 1 March 2024
• Title and short description of the work and the inspiration behind it
• Don’t forget to attach an image of your artwork!

Before you submit your entry please carefully read the full terms and conditions which are included below.

Submitted work must be the entrant’s own and be unique. (Work will not be considered if it is not the entrant’s own.) If your work is shortlisted we will ask you to provide parent/guardian details.

To reflect the individualism of the Foundation course, the programme’s staff are looking for a wide diversity of work to be submitted for The Foundation Art Prize: from the wild and wonderful, to the intricate and the beautiful – we are looking forward to seeing it!

The Foundation Diploma at The Northern School of Art’s Middlesbrough campus offers an exciting and confidence building, year-long course that is free of charge for under 19s. Designed to help creative students discover their arts discipline, it equips students with the skills and standard to apply and thrive at degree level.

Foundation students initially spend 6 – 8 weeks trying out all the different art and design areas, working with a multi-disciplinary approach to extend their creative practice in experimental and innovative ways. The course is carefully designed to immerse students in a range of exploratory activities which develop skills, introduce new techniques, approaches and, most importantly, new ways of seeing the world.

Students are supported to develop high levels of critical thinking and creative interpretation and gain an understanding of how to work with creatives across all disciplines. The intensive programme of drawing includes life drawing and students also have the opportunity to explore a wide range of specialist techniques including ceramics, painting, photography, screen printing, animation and illustration.

The UAL Foundation Diploma in Art & Design course is one of a number of college-level creative courses offered by The Northern School of Art. Further details are available at www.northernart.ac.uk or visit one of the School’s college level open days at its Middlesbrough campus in Newport Road. Further details and dates are available HERE

The Foundation Art Prize Terms and Conditions

The aim of the competition is raise awareness of the UAL Foundation Diploma at The Northern School of Art and to celebrate the creativity of young people aged 16 to 18 years old in the North East, Yorkshire and Humber area.

Terms & Conditions

Timing

The competition will launch at 12noon on Wednesday 10th April and run until midnight on Wednesday 1st May 2024.

All shortlisted entries will be notified within 30 days of the closing date by Friday 31st May by email and post.

The final winner and runner up will be notified by midnight Tuesday 11th June 2024.

How to participate

Please submit a picture of an image of original artwork to artprize@northernart.ac.uk

The competition is open to 16 to 18 year-olds on Wednesday 1st May and whose main residence is located in the North East and Yorkshire and Humber region.

You are asked to provide your name, address, social media handle (if appropriate) and short description of the work and the inspiration behind it.

You may be required to provide proof of address and age if you are shortlisted.

How to submit work

All work must be original and can be a digital image, photograph, scan or video of artwork in any or multi-media format. Please do not send original artwork at this stage although we may ask for original artwork for the exhibition if shortlisted (if costs and timings are reasonable).

Please note we cannot guarantee the return or care of original artwork at initial submission so please do not send any works to the address provided – only an image to the email account provided.

Please do not submit work already allocated for assessment in GCSEs, A levels or any other academic courses. You can submit similar work but not specific artworks already or likely to be submitted for academic assessment.

Entry is free and there is not a requirement to make a purchase.

Prizes

There will be a single prize of £250 cash awarded for an artwork which fulfils entry criteria and which is deemed the most excellent in terms of either originality, execution or concept.

There will be a maximum of two prizes worth up to £50 each provided in vouchers for an appropriate 3rd party supplier for the purchase of art or related supplies – vouchers are non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash.

Judging Panel

The judging panel will consist of three members of the UAL Foundation Team, the Vice-Principal Further Education and an independent person not employed by the School.

Other conditions

Artwork will not be accepted if it violates the common moral or legal framework within the United Kingdom. The School will not actively promote images that endorse smoking, vaping or alcoholic products, extremism, drug-use, violence, criminal activity or contains any aspect of activity that is unsuitable or irresponsible.

The School retains the right to refuse to endorse or consider an image if it violates reasonable behaviour or any aspect of criminality, moral or legal infringements.

Any image or brands are not endorsed by the School.

Permissions & Copyright

The copyright of the original work remains with the originator/author.

By submitting the image of the artwork, The Northern School of Art retains the right to reproduce this image and related interpretations of the artwork in any marketing material in all printed or online formats as part of its marketing and public relations activities.

By submitting to the competition, the entrant is agreeing to publicity to announce the winners including use of images of the artwork.

Any details or portrait/photography or film of the individual winners will only be published on agreement with the entrant.

Privacy

The Northern School of Art will keep all entrant details securely in line with current GDPR guidelines as implemented at the School.

Appeals

Any appeals will be considered firstly by the Vice-Principal Further Education, if not satisfactory, the appeal will be referred to the Principalship Team for final consideration.

This competition is managed by The Northern School of Art, Newport Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 1LA.

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