mercredi 31 janvier 2018

How To Find A Painting Contest

By William Lee


There are loads of painting competitions on offer every year and the hosts range from schools and colleges to community and arts centers to art galleries and museums. Locating the best painting contest to suit your style and genre can be a little tricky however. The following guide is geared towards providing you with the best help possible to meet your needs.

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.

Unfortunately there are some irresponsible organizations around which may aim to take advantage of entrants by charging excessively high fees. Guarding against these is essential. The good news is that you can find a range of guide books on this topic. For example many libraries and book sellers carry consumer guides aimed at providing career advice for artists. This is a chance to get to know more about the full range of possibilities for entering competitions.

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.

One other option is a website that is designed to be a hub for artists. It takes a notice board format and provides extensive listings for contests and projects throughout the year. As a matter of fact there are lots of well known sites which are geared towards being a hub of information for painters across the country.

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.




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