Martha's Vineyard Drawing Prize 2021

The Martha's Vineyard Drawing Prize is a competition established to encourage the pursuit of excellence in drawing. Open to artists in the United States and Canada (including territories). Entries may be created using graphite, charcoal, Conté, silverpoint, pen & ink, or other suitable drawing media including colored pencils and chalk.

The theme for this year's competition is 'Questions'. How you interpret this theme is entirely up to you. Your drawing could address questions you have seen others ask about their circumstances, questions about something you experienced, an action or sight that created questions, questions about people or current events, questions about historic events or science, questions you have had since childhood, or objects or places that bring questions to mind.

This is an online-only competition juried by a gallery director, a collector, and an artist from the Martha's Vineyard arts community. Each artist may submit up to 3 works. Drawings must have been created in the past 2 years. Categories of drawing can include academic, realistic, contemporary, fantasy, historic, and others. Entry fee is $10.00. Deadline for submission is Monday, September 27, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. MDT.

Prizes: 1st Place $700, 2nd Place $500, 3rd Place $300, with additional awards and prizes to be announced. Prizes and awards will be announced Monday, October 5, 2021. Finalists' work will be displayed on the Martha's Vineyard Drawing Prize website for a minimum of one year, including biographic information and links to their websites/social media, and will also be displayed on the main Instagram account @mvdrawingprize. All entries will be displayed on the @mvdrawingprize_showcase Instagram feed after October 5.