The closing date for submissions to the Sasol New Signatures art competition is fast approaching. Emerging artists across the country are invited to enter their masterpieces into the country’s longest running art competition.
The competition provides an opportunity for emerging artists to express their creative talent on a platform which rewards innovation. The submission dates are 15 and 16 July 2014, between 10:00 and 16:00 on both days. Artists can enter a maximum of two works at Oliewenhuis Art Museum, 16 Harry Smith Street, Bloemfontein, the collection point for the central region. Regional judges will select approximately 100 works nationally that will be exhibited at the official opening of the Sasol New Signatures exhibition and prize-giving ceremony.
The winner will receive R100 000 and a solo exhibition opportunity at the Pretoria Art Museum in 2015. The runner-up will receive R25 000 and the five merit winners will each be awarded R10 000.
The competition is open to artists aged 18 years and older who have not held a solo exhibition (a body of at least 20 works exhibited in a commercial gallery), except for academic purposes.
Artists can visit www.sasolnewsignatures.co.za or contact Nandi Hilliard at the Association of Arts Pretoria on 012-346-3100, 083-288-5117, or [email protected] for further information on the competition.
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