2021 WOMEN UNITED ART PRIZE
Women United ART PRIZE is a contemporary art prize aimed at celebrating female artists who work in 2D format across the globe. The art prize is organized by a global inclusive platform Art Mums United, a collective that creates various art opportunities and coaching programs for artist mothers and women creatives in general.
PRIZES
winner
CASH PRIZE EUR 600
AWARD CERTIFICATE
ONLINE SOLO EXHIBIT
(Art Mums United website & virtual tour)
PODCAST INTERVIEW
LIVE INTERVIEW
(Women United ART PRIZE IG)
EXTENSIVE WRITTEN INTERVIEW AND WEBSITE HIGHLIGHT
(Art Mums United)
VISIONARY ART COLLECTIVE INTERVIEW
(website)
ARTS TO HEARTS PROJECT
STUDIO VISIT
(IG LIVE)
SOCIAL MEDIA FEATURES
(Create! Magazine, The Curator’s Salon, Visionary Art Collective,
Art Mums United, Women
United ART PRIZE, Arts To Hearts Project)
6-MONTH MEMBERSHIP IN THE ART QUEENS
2nd place
CASH PRIZE EUR 400
AWARD CERTIFICATE
ONLINE GROUP EXHIBIT
(Art Mums United website & virtual tour)
LIVE INTERVIEW
(Women United ART PRIZE IG)
EXTENSIVE WRITTEN INTERVIEW AND WEBSITE HIGHLIGHT
(Art Mums United)
THE CURATOR’S SALON
Q&A
(website interview)
ART SEEN
(magazine feature)
VISIONARY ART COLLECTIVE INTERVIEW
(website)
SOCIAL MEDIA FEATURES
(Create! Magazine, The Curator’s Salon, Visionary Art Collective,
Art Mums United, Women
United ART PRIZE)
1:1 60 MIN COACHING SESSION
(with artist coach Gita Joshi)
3rd place
CASH PRIZE EUR 200
AWARD CERTIFICATE
ONLINE GROUP EXHIBIT
(Art Mums United website & virtual tour)
LIVE INTERVIEW
(Women United ART PRIZE IG)
EXTENSIVE WRITTEN INTERVIEW AND WEBSITE HIGHLIGHT
(Art Mums United)
THE CURATOR’S SALON
Q&A
(website interview)
ART SEEN
(magazine feature)
VISIONARY ART COLLECTIVE INTERVIEW
(website)
SOCIAL MEDIA FEATURES
(Create! Magazine, The Curator’s Salon, Visionary Art Collective,
Art Mums United,
Women United ART PRIZE)
1:1 60 MIN COACHING SESSION
(with artist coach Mona Lerch)
4th – 10th place
HONORABLE MENTION
(Art Mums United website & IG, Women United ART PRIZE IG
(seen by 5000+ followers)
ONLINE GROUP EXHIBIT
(Art Mums United website & virtual tour)
THE CURATOR’S SALON
Q&A
(website interview)
ART SEEN
(magazine feature)
RESUME REVIEW
(Alicia Puig / PxP Contemporary)
EXTENSIVE WRITTEN INTERVIEW AND WEBSITE HIGHLIGHT
(Art Mums United)
SOCIAL MEDIA FEATURES
(seen by 5000+ followers)
MEET THE CURATORS
TAM GRYN
Head Curator at SHOWFIELDS, Director of Fine Arts at Rally.io,
co-founder of Culturadora and a member of the Board of Directors of the Kulturspace Foundation in Berlin.
SASHA-LORIENE
Visual artist and founder of Mahyue Studios and BLACK GIRLS WHO PAINT®, a platform formed by a Black woman who paints that believes in increasing our visibility so young black girls can see themselves in the art world.
GITA JOSHI
Independent curator, artist coach, podcast host, author of a bestselling book Show Your Art – How to build an art career without a gallery. Gita is also the founder of the Curator’s Salon and Art Seen – a new international magazine that focuses on contemporary art.
EKATERINA POPOVA
Visual artist, artist coach, podcast host, co-author of an international bestseller The Complete Smartist Guide. Kat is also the founder of Create! Magazine and the Art Queens Society – a monthly membership for women artists who are done playing small.
SUBMISSION FEES
WOMEN UNITED ART PRIZE COSTS
EUR 8 / PER ARTWORK
ARTISTS MAY SUBMIT UP TO 4 ARTWORKS.
EARLY BIRD PRICING
EUR 26 BY 20 JULY 2021
SUBMISSION CRITERIA
ARTISTS MAY ONLY SUBMIT WORK THAT IS THEIR OWN.
ARTWORK DOESN’T HAVE TO BE FOR SALE.
THE MAXIMUM FILE IS IS 3MG.
IMAGES OF THE ARTWORK MUST BE AT LEAST 1000px WIDE (MIN 72 DPI).
ACCEPTED FORMATS ARE: JPG, JPEG, PNG.
EACH ENTRY MUST ALSO INCLUDE
ARTIST BIO
ARTIST STATEMENT
SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLE
WEBSITE
EMAIL ADDRESS
LOCATION
accepted art
accepted art
THIS YEAR, WOMEN UNITED ART PRIZE IS FOCUSING ON 2-DIMENSIONAL
DRAWINGS
PAINTINGS
ANALOG COLLAGES
FIBER ART
PHOTOGRAPHY, DIGITAL ART AND PRINTMAKING AS WELL AS ANY 3D WORKS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR SUBMISSIONS.
INAPPROPRIATE OR OFFENSIVE CONTENT OR SUBJECT MATTER WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY EXCLUDED FROM THE SELECTION PROCESS.
eligibility
THIS PRIZE IS OPEN TO ALL WOMEN ARTISTS INCLUDING NON-BINARY AND TRANS CREATIVES REAGARDLESS OF THEIR EDUCATION, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE AND LOCATION.
WE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGE WOMEN ARTISTS OF COLOR TO APPLY.
IMPORTANT DATES
- SUBMISSIONS OPEN
1 JULY 2021 - EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT
20 JULY 2021 - SUBMISSIONS CLOSE
31 AUGUST 2021 - SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
1 OCTOBER 2021 - RESULTS ANNOUNCED
20 OCTOBER 2021
