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Call for Entries: John Ruskin Prize
Visual literacy charity The Big Draw, organisers of The John Ruskin Prize, together with the Prize founders and core sponsors the Guild of St George, announce the nationwide call for entries for The John Ruskin Prize 2019.
The prize returns following the critically acclaimed prize exhibition ‘Master of All Trades’ held in Sheffield in 2017 attracting an audience of over 44,000 visitors.
This year’s prize coincides with the bicentenary of Ruskin’s birth. Open to a broad range of interpretations, the prize organisers are inviting entries from a range of creative practitioners in response to the theme: ‘Agent of Change’.
John Ruskin, an impassioned and influential critic of art, society and life, believed that art has the power to expose universal truths. Ruskin was a writer, artist, social critic, polymath and aesthete who fiercely opposed the social, political and environmental injustices of his day. These injustices – the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots, social and economic uncertainty, rapid environmental change and a complex ever shifting political landscape remain issues that are as pertinent today as they were in Ruskin’s day. The Prize also embraces Ruskin’s polymathic sensibilities, focusing on the strengths of multidisciplinary practice and inviting submissions from creatives whose work defies easy categorisation. In this bicentenary year, the Prize organisers are encouraging submissions that address change through observation, innovation, protest and that force us to see old problems in a new light.
“...the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something…To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion – all in one”.
John Ruskin, Modern Painters, vol. 3.
Eligibility
The prize organisers welcome entries from artists, designers, architects and makers, at all stages of their careers, currently resident in the UK.
Prizes
There are three prizes are available:
1st Prize: £3000
2nd Prize £1000
and a Student Prize of £1000
The nationwide call for entries will close on 12 May 2019 followed by shortlist selection, an exhibition exploring the theme Agent of Change at The Holden Gallery at Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University featuring 25 artists and designers selected from the entries. The preview and prizegiving announcing the 3 winners will take place at The Holden Gallery on 11 July 2019, the exhibition continues until 24 August 2019
Application Deadline
Sunday 12 May 2019.
Contact
Rachel Price, John Ruskin Prize Manager
