Type

Competition

Category

Drawing, Painting

Status

Archived

Deadline

June 13, 2024

Application Fee

$93

Location

New York, United States

The Art Renewal Center invites artists from around the globe to enter its 17th International ARC Salon, the world’s largest competition dedicated to 21st Century Realism. With over $130,000 in cash awards and international recognition through partnerships with prestigious magazines, galleries, museums, and more, don’t miss your chance to compete. Categories include: Figurative, Portraiture, Imaginative Realism, Drawing, Landscape, Still Life, Plein Air Painting, Fully From Life, Sculpture, Animals, and a special category for teens.

Awards

Over 130,000 USD in cash awards are being offered. In addition to all winners, honorable mentions, finalists, and semi-finalists being published on the ARC website which receives approximately 2,000,000 visitors a year, artists have the chance to win a large number of opportunities provided by partnering organizations. In the 17th ARC Salon, 15 different publications including Fine Art Connoisseur, Artists and Illustrators Magazine, Southwest Art Magazine, American Art Collector, American Fine Art, Sheng Xinyu Art and others are participating by selecting award winners to feature with articles, interviews or more in their publications.

Special opportunities are also being provided through Rehs Contemporary Galleries inc., who will be selecting a group of artists to create new works for an exhibition and sale at their New York City venue. Fashion Week San Diego, California’s largest traditional fashion week, will be selecting five artworks to pair with their designers who will create couture looks inspired by the art to be displayed on live models for a special event. Also participating is the European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM), who will be selecting works to exhibit at their museum in Barcelona and the Springville Museum of Art, Utah who will be selecting an artist to display works in their founder’s gallery over the course of a year.

Jurors

Each category is juried by four jurors. Although there are jurors who jury multiple categories, no category has the exact same set of jurors. Over 50 prestigious jurors will participate in the award selection process. To view a list of all category jurors and the categories they are adjudicating, please visit https://www.artrenewal.org/arc-salon-application#/jurors. In addition to our category jurors, there are numerous additional jurors participating with partnering awards. To view these additional jurors, please read the award descriptions on the awards page.