Wildlife Artist of the year 2012
Open to all amateur and professional artists aged 17 or over. Top prize £10,000 with a runners-up prize of £1000 and a personal art workshop with David Shepherd. Seven categories to suit all artistic styles and mediums. click
Deadline for entries is 29th February 2012 (new date).

The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize
The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize is a competition designed to encourage creative representational painting and promote the skill of draughtmanship. It is open to all UK artists over the age of 18.
Deadline for entries is 18 February 2012. Get an entry form online or send an SAE to:
LPS c/o Parker Harris, PO Box 279, Esher, Surrey, KT10 8YZ.
Tel: 01372 462 190. Email: de@parkerharris.co.uk

Royal Society of Portrait Painters Registration & digital submission closes
Thursday 23 February 2012, 12pm

Awards/Prizes
The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture: £10,000 plus the Society’s Gold Medal awarded for the most distinguished painting in the Society’s annual exhibition. The de Laszlo Foundation Prize: £3,000 plus a Silver Medal for the most outstanding portrait by an artist aged 35 years or under. The Prince of Wales’s Award for Portrait Drawing: £2,000 and framed certificate for a portrait in any recognised drawing medium. The Changing Faces Commission Prize: £2,000 commission to produce a portrait of a person with a disfigurement for the Changing Faces collection. The Arts Club Award: One year’s free membership to The Arts Club. Individual awards cannot be won by the same artist within three years.
Closing date for entries is 23 February 2012. click

Art Caffe London - Creative Logo Competition
Art Caffe London are looking for a great design to create a Logo for an Art Event in Pisa (Tuscany) in June 2012. The Logo has to be related to RECYCLED MATERIAL (especially its meaning in the society of today) and to ART. The best logo project will get a £250 contract to create a related catalogue, flyers and advertising for the event. The designer’s name and personal contacts will be in all official communication and advertising. This is a perfect challenge for a talented designer who wants to trigger his/her own fantasy and have an opportunity to receive international exposure.
Entries must be received by 5:00 pm (GMT) on 5 March 2012. click

ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER EXHIBITION

Collect a form by 9th Narch - click