Tuesday 23 January 2018

Tips On Finding A Painting Contest

By William Lee


There are numerous painting competitions held each year and the organizers range from community centers, to schools and colleges to galleries. Finding the right painting contest for you is a matter of careful research. This guide is geared towards helping you to learn more about the choices available for art and painting competitions.

The thing that should be your key concern is safety and this means you have to be very vigilante as a consumer and a researcher. This requires you to vet all sources and competitions very carefully. Making sure that sponsors and contests as well as sources of information are totally legitimate, safe and reputable is a key concern.

On this note it is important to avoid any contests or listings that are not high quality or charge excessive fees to artists who enter. Unfortunately there are some groups that use contests as a vehicle to take advantage of entrants with excessive application charges. To assist you with this thankfully there are a number of guide books around to give help and advice.

Read on to learn more about some of the ways that you can enter competitions based on art and painting. One of the popular sources of information is an art magazine. There are many which are dedicated to the topic of competitions and opportunities for artists. They often include listings for a wide range of events and contests.

Keep in mind that typically the magazine or publication that includes listings of opportunities and contests is not responsible for the content. It is up to you to check out each opportunity thoroughly to be sure it is legitimate. Being a smart consumer is always important and most especially if you plan to invest time and effort into the contest.

One other means of getting listings for art contests across the country and abroad is offered by the range of sources online. For instance you can find some art blogs that focus on providing a wide range of tools and content especially for full time artists. These are intended to provide guidance on competitions and opportunities and may include a range of relevant listings for art contests.

Another possibility is a website that is dedicated to providing resources for artists including classifieds, open commission opportunities and much more. This type of site is organized like a notice board and includes a great variety of listings. In fact there are some very well known artist sites that are intended to be a hub of information for artists around the world. These have become a go to source for those looking for contests.

Regardless of the resources you select, being a thorough researcher is key. It can also help to ask among your arts community via friends and family who are also painters. They might have some suggestions to offer about contests that focus on this medium. For anyone who is seeking an exciting opportunity to gain exposure a painting competition could be the solution. For further tips on this topic, you can find some reference books in book stores that are geared towards providing annual lists of contests for artists.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment