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Thank you for your interest in submitting for The 6th John Ruskin Prize. Please see the full rules and conditions of entry to The 6th John Ruskin Prize below.

By selecting to submit your work for The 6th John Ruskin Prize, you confirm your agreement with and commitment to these terms and conditions as outlined below.

1.eligibilty

1a. The 6th John Ruskin Prize is open to artists, designers and makers of all nationalities, aged 18 and over.

1b. Entry to The International Prize, a new addition, is eligible for all artists, designers and makers working outside of the UK. You can work in any medium. Submissions must be digital in format as work will be viewed and judged digitally. If selected for exhibition, work will be exhibited digitally and international submissions will not need to be shipped. 

1c. Work in a range of media is accepted, inclusive of but not limited to the following:

Animation

Ceramics 

Collage, in all materials including photography

Combined work using both traditional media and digital elements

Digital artworks

Drawings, in all formats

Glasswork in all forms, such as stained glass or engraved glass

Film/Video

Installation work with film/ animation elements

Metalwork, including gold and silversmithing and heavy metalwork

All work submitted must be an interpretation and artistic expression of the theme, Seeing the Unseen, Hearing the Unspoken.

1d. Work can be made recently or entrants can submit work made no more than 3 years ago. The main criteria is that the work engages with the theme.

1e. Installation pieces comprising of multiple smaller works, or diptychs, triptychs etc will be considered as a single artwork when completing the submission form.

1f. Both individual artists and/or designers and collectives are eligible to apply.

1g. In the current landscape, as part of the submission process there is a tick box which requires you to confirm that the work is created by a human.

Entrants with any questions regarding this should contact The John Ruskin Prize organisers, The Big Draw, before submitting.

2. entry & fees

2a. Submission for The John Ruskin Prize is made via the completion of an online application portal and should follow all the directions included.

• Up to three digital images of each artwork can be submitted. Images need to be under 5MB and recommended file types are JPEG, PNG, and TIFF.

• Make sure you have the dimensions for each submission ready to add into the portal. You will be asked to share the height, width and depth, and the weight as needed.

• Framed 2D work should not exceed 2.4m in any dimension

• Textile installations such as wall hangings may use the height of the room (4.5 metres) The maximum width for textiles is 4 metres, however this can be discussed if the size is larger.

• Maximum height for 3D work is 8 foot (2.4 metres)

• Film/Video should not exceed 10 mins at submission stage (MP4 and .MOV files) Film/Video can be longer at the exhibition but please let us know in your submission.

• Completed forms must be accompanied by entry fee payment made online within the form.

• An email notifying entrants of receipt of entry will be sent when your form has been successfully submitted.  

2b. All entries must be submitted by the deadline: Thursday 5 October 2023 by 5pm.

2c.  Entry Fees: 

Pricing is tiered according to how many artworks you may wish to submit. Please see pricing below:

Standard entry: 1 artwork: £25; 2 artworks: £40; 3 artworks: £50

Under 26 entry: 1 artwork: £20; 2 artworks: £25; 3 artworks: £38

International digital entry: 1 artwork; £15: 2 artworks: £20; 3 artworks: £30

2e. Upon entry, your submission(s) will be automatically entered into all relevant categories.

2f. Once an entry has been submitted, no refunds of entry fees, part or whole, will be offered.

2g. If successful, entrants submitting in the Under 26 category will be required to provide a valid ID that displays their date of birth.

3. SHORTLISTING EXHIBITION

3a. The 6th John Ruskin Prize Exhibition will launch at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London on 1 February 2024. 

3b. All work submitted must be available for inclusion up to two weeks before and during the shortlisted exhibition from 1-17 February 2024. This means work needs to be available from 18 January 2024 until 17 February 2024.

3c. Entrants with work selected for the shortlisted exhibition will be invited to The John Ruskin Prize Awards Ceremony at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London on 31 January 2024.

Launch of The 6th John Ruskin Prize

Wednesday 31 January 2024, 6pm – 9pm

Trinity Buoy Wharf, 64 Orchard Place, London E14 0JY

trinitybuoywharf.com

Exhibition open to the public

Thursday 1 February – Saturday 17 February 2024

The Buoy Store, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London E14 0JY

3d. Shortlisted artists living in the UK will be responsible for:

• securely packing their selected works for transportation to the exhibition venue.

• framing and inclusion of hanging fixings / installation instructions (where applicable)

• securely collecting their selected works from the exhibition venue.

Guidance on these details will be provided once the selection is confirmed. 

3e. The Prize Organisers will supply artwork collection points at key venues at Trinity Buoy Wharf. Guidance will be provided once the selection is confirmed.

4. shortlisting & prizes

4a. The selection panel will shortlist up to 40+ artists for the Prize and select work by them for inclusion in a shortlist exhibition 'Seeing the Unseen, Hearing the Unspoken’ due to take place at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London from 1-17 February 2024.

4b. Five winners will be selected by the panel from the shortlist and announced at the private view of the exhibition and awarded their prize by cheque.

The Prizes:

1st Prize, £3000 (Made possible by support from John Ruskin’s charity, the Guild of St George)

2nd Prize, £2000 (Made possible by support from John Ruskin’s charity, the Guild of St George)

The Alan Davidson Under 26 Prize, £1000

International Prize, £1000

The 2024 Kate Mason Prize for Innovation, £1000

4b. The selection panels’ shortlist decision will be announced by email to all entrants, and subsequently announced by press release, published on ruskinprize.co.uk and shared on social media.

4c. The selection panels’ decisions are final and binding; no correspondence can be entered into.

4d. Those Under 26 at the time of submission are eligible for the Alan Davidson Under 26 Prize. Entries from countries outside of the UK mainland are eligible for The International Prize. All other entries are eligible for all other prizes. 

5. PHOTOGRAPHY AND copyright

5a. Each artist, by entering The John Ruskin Prize, confirms they hold all intellectual property rights of the work. If using any third party copyright material within submitted work, then they must obtain prior written approval for use.

5b. By entering The John Ruskin Prize, artists confirm they allow their work to be photographed and reproduced by The John Ruskin Prize and Prize organisers, The Big Draw, for the purposes of promoting the exhibition including; catalogue, press, publicity, social media and websites in all territories.

5c. Copyright of all works remains the property of the artist. Any enquiries for copyright will be referred to the artist.

5d. The John Ruskin Prize organisers, The Big Draw, will retain entrants’ personal data for use solely in conjunction with The John Ruskin Prize and will not be made available to any other organisations. If work is shortlisted, artists' details will be shared with Exhibition hosts solely for exhibition contracts and promotional purposes during the course of the exhibition.

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6. DATA PROTECTION

6a. In accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 (and all other relevant Data Protection legislation), The John Ruskin Prize organisers, The Big Draw, will hold the personal data of artists supplied on the Entry Form securely. The data will only be used in the process of administering The John Ruskin Prize and will not be transferred to any third party not directly involved in this Exhibition.

6b. If work is shortlisted, artists' details will be shared with the Exhibition hosts solely for exhibition contracts and promotional purposes during the course of the exhibition.

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