M&C Saatchi Group and London’s Saatchi Gallery have announced the third edition of their annual international art initiative – the Art for Change Prize.
The Art for Change Prize is free to enter and aims to make art, culture, and creativity accessible to everyone. It invites emerging artistic talent to enter to help promote the visual arts as a medium for positive global and social change.
Entries for last year’s prize increased to over 3,000, a year-on-year rise of 20% with entrants from artists based in 130 countries, 56% of them developing nations from within Latin America, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
As This year’s entrants will respond the theme, Tomorrow’ing: Visions of a better future, tackling some of the world’s most pressing issues and acting as a beacon of hope in the pursuit of a better. The theme observes that the world is confronted by a waning sense of optimism, with urgent social, political, and economic issues front of mind for people around the globe.
Justin Graham, CEO, M&C Saatchi Group AUNZ, stated, “At M&C Saatchi Group we’re dedicated to fostering the future of creativity. Our partnership with Saatchi Gallery strives to deepen access to the arts and provide meaningful support to the artists of tomorrow. The Art for Change Prize is about driving positive societal change, fuelled by our vision for a better future and our belief in the power of creativity to change the world.”
Paul Foster, director, Saatchi Gallery, added “Each year we invite artists to help us understand ourselves and show us a way forward. Each year we’re amazed at the submissions we receive and the talent that graces our exhibition space.”
Last year’s overall 2023 winner, artist Haining Wang from China, commented, “Winning the Art for Change Prize has been an incredible opportunity to share my work with a broader audience at the prestigious Saatchi Gallery. As a recent graduate, I had never thought that I would win the overall prize. It has been an immense vote of confidence and huge encouragement for my practice and has given me the momentum and resources to commit to my career. I encourage emerging artists to contemplate this year’s theme and put their best work forward.”
To apply, artists must be aged 18 or over, within the first five years of active practice and be working in one or more of the following media: painting, drawing, illustration, photography, collage, 2D mixed-media, video or film.
