Alpine Fellowship Visual Arts Prize ends 1 April 2025

Deadline: 1 April 2025. The Alpine Fellowship Visual Arts Prize 2025 seeks to inspire artists worldwide to explore the profound theme of “Fear” through their creative expressions. This annual prize, organized by the Alpine Fellowship Foundation, encourages participants to delve into the complexities of fear, offering a platform for innovative and thought-provoking visual art pieces. By fostering such artistic endeavors, the foundation aims to promote cultural discourse and a deeper understanding of this universal emotion.

Judges:

Sue Grayson Ford – MBE has enjoyed a 40 year career in arts administration since founding and directing the Serpentine Gallery as a platform for emerging artists. Later, she expanded the programme with exhibitions of international artists such as Giacometti, Saul Steinberg, De Kooning and Henry Moore. She has been Sculpture Director for the Liverpool International Garden Festival, Exhibitions Director at Manchester’s Cornerhouse, Director of Wakefield’s Centenary Festival and of London’s Photographers’ Gallery. Sue initiated the Campaign for Drawing, and ensured that it’s flagship, The Big Draw, grew into an international phenomenon with over 1000 events annually across the UK and 20 other countries.

Julian Spalding – was a director of art galleries for Sheffield, Manchester and Glasgow. He established the Ruskin Gallery, the St Mungo Museum of Religious Art and Life, the Gallery of Modern Art Glasgow and the Campaign for Drawing. His many books include The Poetic Museum, The Eclipse of Art, The Art of Wonder (winner of the Sir Banister Fletcher Prize 2006), Con Art, The Best Art You’ve Never Seen, Realisation and, with Raymond Tallis, Summers of Discontent.

Prizes:

The winner and runners-up will receive financial support in the following amounts:

First place: £3,000
Second place: £1,000
Third place: £1,000

Photo Contest Website: https://alpinefellowship.com/visual-art-prize