Daffodils by John Dobbs
The following Prizes and Awards were awarded at a ceremony on Thursday 22 June at our 2023 Annual Exhibition. Congratulations to all the winners!
The Val Harris Prize
£2,000 for an outstanding work in the exhibition as judged by curator and gallerist Val Harris
Child II by James Bland
The Table Residency Award
A two-week residency at The Atelier, above the art gallery, The Table, in Hay-on-Wye
DAFFODILS by JOHN DOBBS
The Doreen McIntosh Prize
In order to reflect the best in figurative painting in British Art, The Doreen McIntosh Prize is for an artist whose work fulfils the New English Art Club’s ideals of rigour, immediate engagement with the visual and a searching attitude. Value £3,000.
NO END by GRANT WATSON
The Hermione Hammond Drawing Award
£2,000 for a drawing by an emerging artist aged 35 or under
SIR FRANK BOWLING by HABIB HAJALLIE
THE BOWYER DRAWING PRIZE
Selected by the Bowyer family, £500
PORTRAIT OF PATRICK by MARK CHEN
The Winsor & Newton Award
Art materials to the value of £500
NULLABOR LANDSCAPE II by PATRICIA PAOLOZZI CAIN
The Peter Ashley Framing Prize
Presented by The Artistic Framing Company, a bespoke handmade picture frame will be created for the winning work to the value of £500
AUTUMN TREES, STOURHEAD by TESSA COLEMAN
The Michael Harding Award
£500 worth of art materials
THE QUEEN'S FUNERAL, THE SCREENS, HYDE PARK by Peter Brown
The NEAC Critics' Prize
There was a tie for the winner, so the £250 prize is shared by joint-winners James Bland for his painting 'Child II' (as seen above) and Felicity House . . .
At the Printmakers by Felicity House
The Anthony J. Lester Art Critic Award
A certificate and cheque for £100
WOODEN GROYNES AT CUCKMERE by ROSIE GOOD
The Milner Prize for an Emerging Artist
£500
READING, COLLECTING by FLORA TEMNOUCHE
The Dry Red Press Award
The winning work will be published as a greetings card in the Dry Red Press 'Prize Winners' range, with royalties from the sale of the cards going to the artist
FIRST LIGHT by SALLIANN PUTMAN
Mall Galleries / FBA Award
Ten free submissions to exhibitions by the Federation of British Artists at Mall Galleries (worth up to £200) for a first time exhibitor with the NEAC
BLUSH by HANNAH ALICE JACKSON
And last, but by no means least, we are delighted to announce the recipients of the NEAC Artist Scholarships for 2023-24.
The £5,000 NEAC Scholarship Prize goes to Rae Birch CarteR.
and
THE 2 x £250 SCHOLARSHIP PRIZES GO TO Owain Hunt and Polly Smedley.
Congratulations to all three new NEAC Scholars who, over the coming year, will benefit from mentorship from NEAC members and free entry to all classes and workshops run by the NEAC Education Programme. Work created during their Scholarship years will be showcased in the NEAC Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries in 2024.
Find out more about our new Scholars.
