Call for Artists - Tawnies, Trees & Terra: A Sculpture Walk on the Wild Side

This year VSA is offering as a unique venue, Easter Anguston Farm to both host and inspire installation art within the varied landscape of the Farm. Easter Anguston Farm has a long history of responsible farming – whether restoring hedgerows, forest management, assisting in the re-introduction of Red Kites to the area, supporting pollination with meadows and wild flowers or just our recycling/composting activity....

visit http://www.vsa.org.uk/page-20090427-143031.html for more information about how to get involved and to download an application form.

NEOS 2009: September 12th - 21st. Visit www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk for more information

NEOS Proofing period closes

The 8 day period to proof read all NEOS entries has passed.
All NEOS entries are now locked and closed for changes by participants.

NEOS are now chasing up the final few entries that are incomplete.

Once the final participant list has been approved - all 2009 entries will be live and searchable on the NEOS website – NEOS will send out an email when this has happened.

Thank you to everyone who has joined this year it looks like we have record numbers again this year! Thank You!

RSA MORTON AWARD FOR LENS BASED WORK 2009

DEADLINE - 28 MAY 2009

About the Award
The Morton Award is for artists working in lens-based media and is administered by the Royal Scottish Academy and funded by the Morton Charitable Trust. It consists of a monetary award of £4,300 to develop and produce a new work in a lens based medium around a theme selected by the Royal Scottish Academy, and an exhibition of the completed new work at the RSA Annual Exhibition in 2009.

The Royal Scottish Academy is delighted to have secured a grant from the Morton Charitable Trust for new commissions by artists who were born in or are currently living and working in Scotland. The Morton Award will support artists in developing new works in photography or film loosely based on a theme concerning cultural, socio-economic, environmental or political developments in Scotland. Each year, the works by the Morton Award winner will be showcased at the RSA Annual Exhibition.

A short list of artists will be invited to present their project to the Panel of Adjudicators at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Adjudicators for this year are Arthur Watson RSA, Calum Colvin RSA, Marion Smith RSA and Colin R Greenslade, Programme Director, RSA

click the title for more information...

NEOS 2009 applications now closed

Applications for the 2009 North East Open Studios is now closed.
if you have registered for 2009, you now have until the 18th of April to PROOF READ, send a print quality image and payment to reach us - we will endeavour to contact you if any element of your entry is missing - but we will not accept any data AFTER the 18th April.

Incomplete entries will be DELETED after the 18th of April.

If you have any questions or concerns, please send an email to :
info@northeastopenstudios.co.uk

NEOS 2009: September 12th - 21st. Visit www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk for more information

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.

Friends Scheme

Just a reminder for everyone to be aware of the Friends of NEOS scheme.

To join the friends of NEOS, send a cheque for £12 to 107 Selbie Drive, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, AB51 3YB (made payable to North East Opens Studios).

Benefits include invites to private functions and showcases, first to get the catalogue and more...

Do you know anyone that would like to be a firend of NEOS? please let them know about this opportunity!

NEOS'09 Applications now online!

The online application form is now open so please visit www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk/createaccount.asp and first, create an account (email and password) - you can then log in using these details to create your NEOS'09 entry & contact details.

We have changed how the entry form works this year - there are two simple pages to collate your details - the Directory listing (your venue) & the information NEOS needs to contact you (private - non visible information).

The NEOS'09 entry fee is £97 (£107 for paper application (send an SAE to the address below)) - NEOS are also running a "youth scheme" - if you are aged 24 or younger (born before 22nd September 1987), the entry fee for NEOS'09 is £50

The deadline this year for entries is Friday the 10th of April. This deadline is absolute.

This year, we are printing 25,000 directories, which will be distributed Scotland wide.