TALP Open Competitions
Welcome to the TALP Open Art Competitions
Call for entries to our TALP Open 2022 is now closed.
If you entered this year's TALP Open, please login and check the competitions area of your account for news of your results!
Our 2022 TALP Open exhibitions run at Patchings Art Centre from July 14 to August 14, where prize-winners will be announced, and continue online from August 15, 2022.
The Artist Purchase Prize winner 2021, Paul Talbot-Greaves, encourages you to enter.
'Entering painting competitions can be quite an anxious proposition. Putting yourself forward can feel like exposing part of your soul to be judged by others, but if you let that get to you then you’re taking it too personally.
'There’s also those thoughts running around your head – what if my work isn’t good enough? What if my work gets rejected? Well there is never any progression without risk and risk is essentially what creativity is all about.
'So for me, winning The Artist Purchase Prize Award was an amazing achievement. It came in the middle of a particularly difficult period in my life, which made winning the award even more special to me.'
Farm in the Valley Bottom, watercolour, (38x56cm) by Paul Talbot-Greaves, winner of The Artist Purchase Prize Award 2021
'Taking the risk to put my work forward even when the chips were down was exactly the right thing to do. Winning the prize was a huge boost to my morale and to my painting confidence, plus it’s my first painting to be part of a permanent collection at Patchings Art Centre and I’m really excited to know that so many people will be able to view it over the years to come'.
2022 PRIZE AWARDS
The following awards will be presented at our 2022 TALP Open Art exhibitions.
The Artist Purchase Prize Award worth up to £3,000
One prize to purchase a work up to the value of £3,000
The Artist
The Artist has been providing committed painters, from experienced amateurs to professionals, with inspiration and practical painting and drawing demonstrations designed to improve painting techniques since 1931.
Batsford Awards worth £600
Four prizes of Batsford art books to the value of £150 each
Batsford
Founded in 1843, Batsford is an imprint with an illustrious heritage and an enviable reputation in the areas of design, embroidery and textiles, chess, heritage, art and architecture.
BritishContemporary.art Award worth £1,800
One year’s representation by BritishContemporary.art, the online gallery featuring the best of British artists
BritishContemporary.art
Run by Mark David Hatwood, BritishContemporary.art is an exciting new online platform for the sale of work from some of the best contemporary artists alive and working today.
Caran d’Ache/Jakar Awards worth £500
Two prizes of £250 worth of art materials
Caran d'Ache/Jakar
Caran d'Ache, established in 1915, produces a wide range of products including coloured pencils, graphite pencils, pastels and more.
Clairefontaine Awards worth £500
Two prizes of £250 worth of art products from the Graphic & Fine Art range
Clairefontaine
Clairefontaine has been producing high-quality fine art papers and more in the valley of Meurthe for more than 150 years.
Daler-Rowney Awards worth £500
Three prizes of sets of materials to the total value of £500
Daler-Rowney
Daler-Rowney have been inspiring creativity since 1783, striving to be accessible, inclusive and innovative.
Parker Harris Online Mentoring Award worth £500
Two online mentoring sessions for one artist to help with professional development and marketing. Emma Parker and Penny Harris created Parker Harris in 1990. The partnership is now one of the leading visual arts consultancies in the UK. They are a small dynamic team who pride themselves in expert creation and project management of visual arts projects spanning all disciplines and all scales. Their clients range from trusts and foundations, SMEs and multinationals to charities, arts organisations and individual artists.
Leisure Painter Award worth £2,600
One prize of a showcase feature on a selected artist in Leisure Painter magazine
Leisure Painter Highly Commended Award
A subscription to Leisure Painter worth £100
Leisure Painter
Leisure Painter is the number one learn-to-paint magazine featuring practical painting and drawing tutorials from top art tutors.
The Artist Exhibition Awards worth £1,700
Up to 10 selected artists from the 2022 The Artist category will be awarded a mixed exhibition at Patchings Art Centre in 2022, worth £1,700
Patchings Award worth £350
A gift voucher worth £350 to be used at Patchings Art Centre in Nottinghamshire
Patchings Art Centre
Patchings Art Centre is a repurposed farm in Nottinghamshire, housing an arts centre with exhibition programme, annual art festival, art classes, shop and cafe.
ProArte The Artist Highly Commended Award
One prize of brushes to the value of £150
ProArte
The ProArte artists' brush range offers synthetic or natural hair filaments in shapes to suit all art and craft purposes.
St Cuthberts Mill Awards worth £600
Three prizes of £200 worth of watercolour paper
St Cuthberts Mill
St Cuthberts Mill has been making paper since the 1700s, taking advantage of the pure waters of the River Axe.
Search Press Awards worth £350
Two prizes of £175 worth of art books
Search Press
Search Press is the leading supplier of arts and crafts books in the UK, publishing beautiful and practical books
Winston Oh Award worth £400
A painting course worth up to £400 of your choice, provided by Winston Oh
Winston Oh
Winston Oh paints in watercolours and teaches the medium at Dedham Hall in Dedham, on the Essex/Suffolk border, in what is known as 'Constable Country'.
