FOUNDATION PRIZE
Kim Matthews, Colony (2009), concrete and canvas on plywood, 40 x 40 x 3 inches
Peripheral Vision Arts is now accepting submissions for the inaugural Foundation Prize in preparation for journal Issue No. 3. This traditional competition and publication opportunity honors one artist working in each of three categories: 2D, 3D, and New Genres. Prize recipients will receive a stipend of $300, an Artist Profile page, and a Takeover of our Instagram account (4 posts, 2 days). Select applicants will be named Finalists; finalists will receive an Artist Profile page and an Instagram takeover. [NEW in 2017: All prize recipients and finalists may publish interviews in Peripheral Vision: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Visual Arts through our new Interview Questionnaire, addressing topics ranging from training, influences, and exhibition history to time travel, identity, and obstacles facing women artists.] Select Prize Recipients and Finalists may be invited to consign art for sale through the Peripheral Vision Gallery.
Applications open: August 15, 2016
Round 1 Deadline: September 18 (!!!APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED!!!)
Fee: $25 (1 work sample plus details), $35 (2 samples), $45 (3 samples)
Round 2 Notifications: September 21
Round 2 Bios, Statements due: October 2
Award Notifications: October 10 - 14
Artist Profiles published: Oct 23 (IG Takeovers Nov-Dec)
Public Announcement: Oct 24
See below to learn more about our Publication Fellowship program, Eligibility Requirements, and Application Instructions.
Who We Are, and What We Do
Peripheral Vision Arts is a grassroots non-profit organization, developed by artists and art historians, sponsoring merit-based Publication Fellowships for emerging and mid-career creators in the visual and applied arts. Our fellowships are open to visual artists over the age of 18 residing in the US, working in all disciplines and practices from Painting and Printmaking to New Genres and Street Art. We also offer a special fellowship for Emerging Women Artists because women remain under-represented in the academic and commercial art worlds. Our fellowship program is designed to create career development opportunities for 15-25% of applicants. Like our Facebook Page, follow us on Instagram, and Subscribe to the Website to learn about Opportunities and to receive bimonthly Journal bibliographies. For questions about our fellowships please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions page. Read articles in the Journal and check out our About page for more info. Journal issues No. 1 and 2 will be published in October and November. View Artist Profiles on our Publication Fellows page.
Eligibility and Guidelines
The Foundation Prize is open to all professional emerging and mid-career US artists over the age of 18. Artists currently enrolled in studio degree programs (BFA, MFA) are not eligible. Preference will be given to artists who do not have the benefit of major gallery representation, major grants, or extensive bibliographies of reviews or catalog essays. Peripheral Vision Arts will award the Prize on the basis of merit to those artists with a proven commitment to their craft through a mastery of technique, innovativeness of concept, educational experience, and/or professional practice, and the degree to which the work invites substantive critical inquiry.
Artists may submit up to three work samples for the initial editorial review. Select artists will be invited to submit a Statement and Bio during the second phase of the review.
Deadline: September 18 (!!!APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED!!!)
Fee: $25 (1 work sample plus details), $35 (2 samples), $45 (3 samples)
How To Apply
ROUND 1 (!!!APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED!!!)
To apply, please follow the 2-Step process:
- 1) Pay the non-refundable Application Fee (Click the "Add to Cart" button, then click the Purse Icon to proceed to checkout). By paying the fee, applicants agree to the Terms of Use. Note your Order Number.
- 2) Submit 1, 2, or 3 Work Samples in jpeg, pdf, or png format (72-300 dpi, 1000 pixels minimum, less than 5MB each) with an Image List in the email body text to the Editor at submissions@peripheralvisionarts.org. Applications may include links to video content or website URLs, but should also include a video still image. All file names should be in a lastname.firstname_1.jpg format. In the email subject line, please provide your Last Name and Order Number.
**Select applicants will be passed to the second round of editorial review.**
ROUND 2 **By invitation only**
Complete the form below. Cut and paste a short narrative Bio of up to 150 words, and a Statement of up to 300 words into the fields provided.
ROUND 1 (!!!CLOSED!!!)
STEP 1: Pay the Application Fee
Foundation Prize applicants may submit a single work sample for $25, two work samples for $35, or three work samples for $45.