Call For Entries: How, When & Why to Submit Work For our Annual Exhibition

Artists are invited to submit work for exhibition alongside members of the New English Art Club at the NEAC Annual Exhibition 2025.

At the heart of the NEAC is the search and propagation of meaningful, resonant art. It is committed to authenticity through the observation of life, as well as the task of articulating and communicating ideas with the beauty of skilful language.

 

The NEAC Annual Exhibition is a showcase not only for its members but also for aspiring artists: with a history going back more than a hundred years, it is an opportunity for work to be seen alongside some of the best artists today.

 

The exhibition offers over ten prizes and awards, including the NEAC Climate Emergency Prize.

 

Submissions are open between 9 December 2024 and 14 March 2025 via the Mall Galleries website.

 

We recommend that artists submit early to allow for assistance with their application if required

 

Prizes & Awards

There are many prizes and awards to win, including:

  • NEW The NEAC Climate Emergency Prize: An award of £2,000 for an artwork that addresses the climate crisis and a prize of £500 for a runner up. For more information about the prize, see the official announcement.
  • The Doreen McIntosh Prize: For an artist whose work fulfils the New English Art Club’s ideals of rigour, immediate engagement with the visual and a searching attitude. Value £3,000
  • The Hermione Hammond Drawing Award: £2,000 for a drawing by an emerging artist aged 35 or under
  • The Ken and Dora Howard Prize: £1,000 for a painting that best captures a sense of light
  • The Val Harris Prize: Two week residency in The Atelier in Hay-on-Wye followed by a one week exhibition at The Chair, the art gallery owned by Val Harris, for a non-member
  • The Bowyer Drawing Prize: Selected by the Bowyer family, £500
  • The Michael Harding Award: £500 worth of art materials
  • The Milner Prize for an Emerging Artist: £500
  • The Winsor & Newton Award: Art materials to the value of £500
  • The NEAC Critics' Prize: £250
  • Mall Galleries / FBA Award: Ten free submissions to exhibitions by the Federation of British Artists at Mall Galleries (worth up to £200) for a first time exhibitor with the New English Art Club
  • The Anthony J. Lester Art Critic Award: A certificate and cheque for £100
  • The Dry Red Press Award: The winning work will be published as a greetings card in the Dry Red Press 'Prize Winners' range, with royalties from the sale of the cards going to the artist

Subject to final confirmation

 

Find out more on the Mall Galleries website

 

- You may also be interested in the NEAC Scholarships opportunity.