Terms & Conditions 2021

• The Buxton Spa Art Prize competition & exhibition is open to artists over the age of 18 on or before 1st September 2020.
  

• The Teens’ Prize is open to all secondary school pupils.
  

• The Children’s Prize is open to all nursery, infant and junior school children.
  

• The opening date for entries is 1st April 2021.
  

• Entries are to be made via The Buxton Spa Art Prize website from 1st April or in person during the registration period (see website for dates).
  

• Entrants agree that all competition fees are non-refundable.  
  

• Artists entering the competition may enter up to 2 different artworks of any medium apart from photography.
  

• Artists must have their media (canvas, board, paper etc.) stamped with The Buxton Spa Art Prize logo during the registration period. 
  

• Submissions must be the artists’ own work.
  

• Art work, including the frame, must be no smaller than 25.5 cm by 25.5 cm (10” x 10”)  and no larger than 102 cm by 102 cm (40” x 40”).
  

• Artists entering the main competition are required to visit Buxton to create their work.  This may be preparatory work (sketches, photographs etc.) or artists may choose to complete their work en-plein air.
  

• As this is a semi-plein air competition, work may be completed in the studio.
  

• Work must be submitted to The Green Man Gallery by 18th June 2021.
  

• All work must be clearly labelled using the official artwork submission label.
  

• Any submitted work may be used by The Buxton Spa Art Prize in future marketing activities.
  

• Entrants agree to be added to our mailing list for future emails and newsletters but can unsubscribe at any time. 
  

• Winners will be selected by an independent panel of judges on Thursday 24th June.  
  

• If for any reason an announced juror is unable to judge the entries, the entries will be judged by the remaining jurors and/or alternate jurors.
  

• Judging will be ‘blind’. No indication of the artist will be visible on the entry. Individual scores from judges will be averaged to produce a single score for each entry. 
  

• The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the results.
  

• Winners will be notified on the day of judging.
  

• The Artist accepts that all work submitted will be for sale until the end of the competition and The Buxton Spa Art Prize will take a commission of 40% of the sale price. 
  

• The Green Man Gallery will take payment from the purchaser of the artwork and, once The Buxton Spa Art Prize receives the funds, payment (minus commission) will be made to the artist.
  

• Artists must ensure that work is safely framed and that all fixings, hanging cords etc are secure and suitable for the size and weight of the work.  The Buxton Spa Art Prize will not hang work deemed to be unsafely framed.
  

• Artists must ensure that all entries are submitted in secure packaging with the submission label clearly visible.
  

• The Buxton Spa Art Prize will endeavour to take reasonable care of all artistic works submitted to the competition. However, it is the sole responsibility of each competitor to insure their own work against risks of loss, damage, fire and theft at all times while in the care and control of the The Buxton Spa Art Prize.
  

• Unsold artwork must be collected from The Green Man Gallery between Friday 30th July and Friday 13th August.  After this date The Buxton Spa Art Prize will not be responsible for uncollected work.
  

• Entry into the competition will be deemed to constitute acceptance of these terms and conditions.