The SCAF Emerging Artist Award has been created to acknowledge up and coming artists of all ages who are living in the Yorkshire region. The intent of the award is to bring recognition and awareness to outstanding visual artists in the region who are at their early stages if their career or who have not yet established a reputations an artist amongst art curators, buyers and critics.
/ This years subject:
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As you are reading the words that make up this paragraph, you are generously donating some of your time to SCAF. Time has a value to us, it is limited, it passes, and we can never regain the time that we have spent. We measure the passing of time, keeping diaries, celebrating birthdays and anniversaries, marking the changes of the seasons and the phases of the moon. Many of us run our lives constantly watching the clock, filling our calendars with time critical appointments and events planned for the future, fearing being late or feeling within us that we never have enough time.
Everything in the earthly physical realm is subject to change with the passage of time including the planet we inhabit, which had a beginning and will eventually die over a time course that is vastly different from that of a human life or a snowflake. Art has the power to transcend time. Artists throughout history have captured fleeting moments in time, represented events, people, places, and the nature of time itself in a myriad of different media and representative forms. What does TIME mean to you as an artist? How would you choose to represent this subject in your own piece of art? The subject is yours to ponder and interpret in your own unique way.
/ Final Awards & Exhibition
There will be 10 awards overall with the winning artist receiving £1250, 2nd £500, 3rd £250 and 7 further awards of £100 each to the remaining shortlisted artists. The awards will be presented to the recipients at the opening of the SCAF Emerging Artist Award Exhibition to be held at SCAF, The Fire House, (Former North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue), Thurston Road, Northallerton, DL6 2NA.
/ Eligibility for Artists & Artworks
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There is no restriction on the artist regarding training or nationality.
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The artist must be aged 16 or over.
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You must be living within the Yorkshire region at the time of entry.
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All types of visual art, except for digital arts, performance, sound and video are accepted for this competition.
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The artist must not have exclusive representation, to enter this art competition.
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Artwork size must be less than 100cm x 100cm for artworks to be hung on the wall including frame, and less than 100cm cubed for sculptures. If you are unsure, please contact us on 01423 314 103.
/ Timetable
The award consists of two stages.
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Proposal for completed artwork and supporting images should be entered online using the link on this page. Deadline for entries is 11:59pm 12th January 2025. Shortlisted entries will be announced on 16th February 2025, following which the successful entrants will be invited to produce and submit their completed original artworks based upon their successful proposal by 28th June 2025.
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Judging will take place and the winners announced on 24th July 2025.
The ten final artworks will then be exhibited thereafter throughout the year.
/ Key Dates
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12th October 2024
Open of submissions
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12th January 2025 11.59pm
Close of submissions
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15th Jan - 15th Feb 2025
Judge of submissions
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16th February 2025
Finalists notified
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28th June 2025
Final artwork submissions delivered to SCAF
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24th July 2025
Final judging and presentation evening