The ISC Innovator Award recognizes individuals, organizations, or collectives for creative social innovation in the field of contemporary sculpture. Through the development of new ideas and work, recipients of this award improve and expand the ways that sculpture can effect change.

**Award Recipient Benefits:**

* $1,000 Cash prize
* One year Professional (individual) or Associate (organization) level
* ISC Membership
* Recognition on sculpture.org and in _Sculpture_ Magazine
* Virtual event to present work/project to the ISC Sculpture Community
* Residency opportunity (if available)

  

Innovator Award 2024

The $35 application fee (non-refundable) helps offset our administrative costs, enabling us to continue to support artists and the creation of their innovative work.

**SUMMER 2024 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce our newly increased award amounts of $1,800.00\.** 

  
Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (12) honorable mentions (6 in art and 6 in photo), will be featured on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. **Innovate Grant's commitment** extends beyond the grant cycle by promoting the work of selected winners and honorable mentions into the future. For more information and to apply visithttps://innovateartistgrants.org

  
**Innovate Grant** supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants. We've simplified the grant process, so that artists and photographers can focus on making their innovative work. The work should speak for itself and our application reflects that. 

  
**Innovate Grant** awards**:**

\+ 1 x **$1,800.00** Grant to a Visual Artist

\+ 1 x **$1,800.00** Grant to a Photographer

\+ 12 x Honorable Mentions

  
**Explore the work of ALL Past Innovate Grant recipients and read their interviews at** https://innovateartistgrants.org

  
**How to Apply:** Visual Artists and Photographers 18 years and older, from all around the world, are eligible to apply. All media and genres are accepted. All applicants retain the right to the work they submit. Apply today at https://innovateartistgrants.org

  
**Category**:Multiple disciplines and genres accepted

**Deadline**: Thursday, September 12, 2024 – Submit by 11:59PM Pacific Standard Time

**Region:** US & International

**Awards:** 2 x $1,800.00 USD Grants // 12 x Honorable Mentions

  
**Apply Online Today**

https://innovateartistgrants.org
  
  

**Innovate Grant** awards**:**

\+ 1 x **$1,800.00** Grant to a Visual Artist

\+ 1 x **$1,800.00** Grant to a Photographer

\+ 12 x Honorable Mentions

☀️ SUMMER * $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo

The Portia Geach Memorial Award is Australia’s most prestigious art prize for portraiture by women artists.

  
The Portia Geach Memorial Award is Australia’s most prestigious award for portraiture by women artists. The Award is recognised as one of the most important celebrations of the talents and creativity of Australian female portrait painters and has played a major role in developing the profile of the nation’s women artists.

  
The Award was established by the will of the late Florence Kate Geach in memory of her sister, Portia Geach. The non-acquisitive award of $30,000 is awarded by the Trustee for the entry which is of the highest artistic merit, ‘for the best portrait painted from life of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, or the Sciences by any female resident’ who was born in Australia or was British born, or has become an Australian citizen and has resided in Australia in the preceding twelve months.

Prize - $30,000\. 

  
Only finalists’ artworks, selected by the judges, will be exhibited at S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney from Friday 25 October – 15 December 2024 (dates may be subject to change). 

The Portia Geach Memorial Award

Exciting News from the Institute for Applied Creativity!

We are thrilled to announce the inaugural 360 Video Festival: Field of View!

  
We encourage all 360 video artists to submit their work and be part of this festival.

Share this with anyone who explores the realm of 360 video!

For inquiries, please contact us at artfestival@tamu.edu.

Join us in celebrating innovation and creativity in the world of 360 video!

  
Submission Categories:

\* Narrative

\* Documentary

\* Experimental

\* Research/Education

  
Awards:

\* Cash prizes for winners in each category 

\* Special award for best student work

  
No Entry Fees!

Submission Deadline: September 15, 2024

  

There will be six awards.

* Best in Narrative ($500)
* Best in Documentary ($500)
* Best in Experimental ($500)
* Best in Education and Research ($500)
* Best Student Work ($500)

  

Field of View: 360 Video Festival

A FREE to enter International Photography & Film Awards with a prize pool value of over USD 60,000 across multiple genres. Photographers of all ages, backgrounds, and experience are eligible to enter the Xposure International Awards. We have also included a category for filmmakers. The panel of judges are looking to award an Overall Winner from the photography categories and a winner and runner-up from each category, including moving images & short films.

  
The Jury seeks unique, exceptional, and high-quality photos with captions.

  
* Architectural Photography
* Mobile Photography
* Nature & Landscape
* Night Photography
* Portraiture
* Photo-manipulation and AI
* Sports Photography
* Street Photography
* Junior\* (Special Rules & Conditions Apply)

  
In each of the above categories, there will be:

  
* 1 Winner
* 1 Runner-up
* 5 Additional Nominated Entries (Nominees)

  
In addition to the category winners, an overall winner will be determined from the highest single image score achieved, regardless of the category entered.

Overall Winner – $6,000 (USD) / Flights and accommodation to the Awards Ceremony in Sharjah UAE / Included in the Xposure festival exhibition

  
Category Winners – $3,000 (USD) / Flights and accommodation to the Awards Ceremony in Sharjah UAE / Included in the Xposure festival exhibition

  
Category Runner-up – $1,500 (USD) / Included in the Xposure festival exhibition / Flights and accommodation to the Awards Ceremony in Sharjah UAE

  
Nominees – Online Exhibition/image displayed during the Xposure Festival

  
Junior Category for under 18 – UAE Residents includes two sub-categories, 7-13 group and 14-18 group

This is a restricted “Junior” category for residents of the United Arab Emirates under 18\. non-cash prizes and included in the Xposure festival exhibition. \* Junior Category under 18 ‘Winner & Runner-up’ non-cash prizes of digital camera equipment and included in the Xposure festival exhibition.

  
#SeeSharjah – includes four sub-categories – Cultural Heritage, Nature & Scenic Beauty, People & Daily Life, and Urban Landscapes . Cash prizes are given to the top two highest-ranked entries across all sub-categories, whilst the winner and runner-up from sub-categories receive trophies and are included in the awards ceremony.

International Photography & Film Awards

The Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Award is an exciting opportunity providing recent graduates (between 2021-2024) with free studio space and production support. It is a studio and mentorship award for recent graduates from university and alternative art education programs, please see eligibility at the end for further details. It is free to apply and the award lasts one year, it provides a first floor 200ft studio based within the artist-led cooperative and community of Lewisham Arthouse and a mentorship program with local professional networks and mentors selected by the awardee. At the end of the year, the awardee is invited to share the outcomes of their time in Lewisham Arthouse through a public event; such as an exhibition, a workshop, performance, symposium or gig.

  
We regret that at this time our graduate studio is on the first floor of the Lewisham Arthouse studios, a grade 2 listed building, and currently has no lift access. For more details about the accessibility of the award please go to our accessibility section.

  
Supported using public funding by Arts Council England and SEAL, as well as the volunteer work of Lewisham Arthouse Members.

  
ABOUT LEWISHAM ARTHOUSE

  
Lewisham Arthouse is an artist-run cooperative based in South East London. It houses an eclectic group of cultural practitioners whose work spans sculpture, painting, experimental sound, set design, textile, social practice, printmaking, photography and beyond. We provide affordable studios, exhibition and workshops for the selected graduate, encouraging them to draw on the lively and intergenerational membership of the Arthouse to support them throughout their time there. We host a programme of events and exhibitions as well as regularly contributing to local initiatives.

The studio is offered free of charge for 12 months and includes mentorship and production support for those 12 months. We provide a £500 studio stipend, £1000 for mentors, and £1000 for your final project.

  
The awardee is offered the free use of our gallery or workshop space to present new work on one occasion in early 2026\. Further events at the mid-point of the award can also be discussed, dependent on the external bookings to the workshop spaces. There will be a production budget for this outcome.

Lewisham Arthouse Graduate Award 2025

The Tenth Edition of the International Awards for Art Criticism (IAAC 10) 2024, is open to candidates from anywhere in the world writing in Chinese or English about any contemporary art exhibition held anywhere in world or on-line between 1st September 2023 and 31st August 2024\. Candidates are invited to write a review of 1,500 English words or 2,500 Chinese characters on any exhibition of contemporary art.

  
The Organising Committee of the International Awards for Art Criticism aims to support independent critical coverage of contemporary art, away from the immediate pressures of the market, media and private patronage. The Awards are to stimulate good writing, critical thinking and dialogue and research in China, the UK and wider afield. 

  
The objectivity of the selection process is underpinned, both by the recognised professionalism of the Chinese and English-speaking jury members and by the strict anonymity of the judging process.

The First Prize will consist of a cash award of 10,000 Euros (pre-tax) or the RMB equivalent of this amount (currently, around 80,000 RMB). Each of the three Second Prizes will be awarded a cash prize of 3,500 Euros(pre-tax) or the RMB equivalent of this amount (currently, around 30,000 RMB). The level of the Awards is pegged to a fixed amount in Euro, but international Award winners may choose to be paid either in Euro or in RMB at the official exchange rate on the day that the payment is effected.

International Awards for Art Criticism (IAAC 10) 2024

The Boghossian Foundation finances social, educational and artistic projects in Belgium, Lebanon and Armenia. It encourages and stimulates artistic creation with the awarding of several prizes and the hosting of artists in the Villa Empain residence, which is conducive to creation and intercultural encounters.

  
There is no age limit for the Prize.

  
The jury will be chaired by Jean and Albert Boghossian and will gather some of the leading figures of the international art scene: Marie-Claude Beaud (exhibition curator), Daniel Blanga Gubbay (Director of the Kunstenfestivaldesarts), Bernard Coulie (professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters and a member of the UCLouvain Institute for the Study of Civilisations, Arts and Letters), Chris Dercon (managing director of the Fondation Cartier), Julia Garimorth (chief curator at the Musée d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris), Diane Hennebert (founder and director of Out of the box), Jean-Noël Jeanneney (historian), Pascale Mussard (founder of Petit h), Alfred Pacquement (art historian and museum curator), Louma Salamé (director of the Boghossian Foundation – Villa Empain).

The annual prize of € 36,000 shall be split between three winners. Each winner will receive € 12,000 euros for their work.

  
The Prize also extends to a one-month stay at the Villa Empain Artists’ Residence and an exhibition of their work at the Boghossian Foundation.

International Art Prize

Having successfully run Three Editions of the TAF Awards- South Asia 2022, 2023 and 2024, we announce the Fourth Edition of the TAF Artist Award 2025\. This is an Open Call to all South Asian artists and the diaspora (South Asian lineage located across the globe) to apply for the TAF Awards 2025.

  
Our aim is to support talented emerging artists from these regions and assist them in building their careers by providing them with exposure and guidance in the international art market. APPLY NOW! 

The following cash prizes will be awarded:

1st Prize- £1500 | 2nd Prize- £1000 | 3rd Prize- £500 | Young Artist- £250

A Residency for a month at the prestigious BSJW (The Borlase Smart John Wells) Trust, offering studio space for artist to work in Cornwall, England. The Porthmeor and Anchor studios are probably the oldest working artists’ studios in the country, and are best known for the internationally significant artists who have been based there. The artist will be selected from the TAF shortlist after interviews in January/February 2025.

Some shortlisted candidates will receive the opportunity for career mentorship delivered by one of the post-graduate students of the Master's Degree programme taught by faculty of Sotheby's Institute of Art, London. We will personally match each chosen artist with a Sotheby's Art Business current student or recent graduate in collaboration with the faculty head of the MA Art Business in London. TAF will be co-ordinating the mentorship in close collaboration with Sotheby's Institute.

TAF promotes the shortlisted candidates throughout the year on its website and social media platforms and other publishing channels.

Emerging Artist Award South Asia 2025

Traditional - for first submission (commercially produced and distributed)

Independent – for first submission (published and distributed independently)

The Lucie Foundation is dedicated to celebrating all forms of photography, in print and online and is pleased to introduce the Lucie Photo Book Prize. This program is a juried competition open to a diversity of book submissions- from traditionally published to prototypes, hand-made books to zines. The awards are presented to photographers, editors, curators or publishers.

  

**TRADITIONAL** 

$3,000

**INDEPENDENT** 

$2,000 

  

Lucie Photo Book Prize

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