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Art Speaks: The Competition
Deadline: Mon 28 Aug 2017
Calling all young poets: Art UK and National Poetry Day want you to help us look at the nation's art in an entirely different way...

We want you to find a painting on Art UK that inspires you to get creative. Maybe it's a portrait of someone you can identify with, maybe it's beautiful scenery or industrial gloom that inspires you, or maybe it's a painting of a submarine: whatever it is, we want you to take the inspiration and run with it, using the painting as a starting point to create a brand new poem.

The brief

Art Speaks is an initiative started by Art UK in May 2017. We challenged four performance poets to write an original piece in response to a painting of their choice. You can see what they came up with on our Art Speaks playlist.

Art Speaks is about celebrating the impact art can have, and all of the different perspectives people can bring to it. You don't have to be an art buff, or to know anything about the history of an artwork or artist: we just want to know what a painting makes you think, and how it makes you feel. 

 

 

What you can win

A single winner will be chosen by our panel of judges and will receive £500. They will also have the opportunity to work with Art UK to create a new poem and have it professionally filmed and featured on Art UK. The film will go out on National Poetry Day. 

For more information and to get involved

 

Additional Information:
Location:
National
Region(s):
UK

Contact Information:
Organisation:
Art UK
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Contact Email:
editorial@artuk.org
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