Poster Competition

Would you like free entry for the 2009 North East Open Studios with a high profile venue to showcase your work?

NEOS are looking for designs / artwork for promotional posters for NEOS’09.
The winner will receive free entry into the year round directory (worth £97) and be provided with exhibition space in the "Red Bus Art" - a traveling art gallery during NEOS’09 which will tour Aberdeen City and Shire.

Images can be produced using any medium and should reflect the year of Homecoming Scotland. The design should also incorporate the NEOS’09 branding (working files will be available on entry.)

The closing date for the competition is Friday the 3rd of April 2009
Please send low resolution images of your poster to info@northeastopenstudios.co.uk
for more information on NEOS please visit www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk

Aesthetica : The Annual Creative Works Competition

Three winners £500 each
With three categories, Artwork, Poetry and Fiction, the Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is looking to discover the best upcoming artists and writers. Winners of each category will each be awarded £500 and all winners and finalists will be published in the Aesthetica Annual, sold through Borders stores nationwide.

Deadline for submissions is 31 August 2009. All winners will be notified by 31 October 2009 and the Aesthetica Annual will be published 1 December 2009.

2008's Aesthetica Annual is available from Borders stores nationwide and directly from our shop, and showcases the best creative works from 2008. Why not check it out to see the great entries to Aesthetica's inaugural competition?
What are you waiting for? Send us your creative works today!

NEOS & Homecoming

The Homecoming event, spanning Jan 2009 - Jan 2010 are helping NEOS spread the word!

we're now featured on the homecoming website (http://www.homecomingscotland2009.com/whats-on/events/north-east-open-studios-4963.html ) - if you would like to share this link, please do! and please let NEOS know if you are organising any interesting, homecoming related events - and we'll try to help and promote as best we can.

Milton Art Sale: studio clearance

The Milton Art Gallery are having a Studio Clearance sale from Saturday 4th April to Monday 20th April. They are looking for work that can be sold at a reduced price (work that might take up space in your studio?) If you are interested in selling it at a reduced price this sale is for you! Paintings - for every hanging piece you submit you will be allowed 5 unframed. The Milton are also happy to have 3D work and Jewellery. Send the Milton an email if you are interested: info@miltonart.com

(The commission is the same as normal -33%)
Work should be brought in a couple of days before 4th April.