The Guardian has today launched a new competition for emerging artists, with the winner receiving a paid commission to design illustrations for the Guardian’s presence at Glastonbury festival 2020.
The Guardian is one of Glastonbury’s media partners – covering the festival in-depth and having an onsite presence selling newspapers, and helping festival-goers navigate their experience with the mini-guide. As part of this, an illustrator is commissioned to create how the Guardian looks at the festival, including at various points of sale around the site and the artwork on the Guardian’s Glastonbury canvas bag. This year, the Guardian is opening this up to support emerging talent, providing an opportunity for an aspiring artist to play a part in one of the UK’s biggest cultural celebrations.
To enter, applicants are invited to complete an online form and submit examples of previous work. The entries will be judged by a panel of top creative professionals to determine a shortlist of at least ten.
The shortlisted candidates will be asked to create a rough concept for one of the Guardian’s Glastonbury canvas bags inspired by the theme of hope and will each receive £200 for their work. All shortlisted entrants will also receive feedback on their artwork.
The judges will then assess the shortlisted entries based on everything submitted so far and select three favourites, who will be interviewed for the final stage. The winner will be announced in November.
Kate Davies, Head of brand and awareness, Guardian News & Media said:
“The Guardian is proud to be a long-standing media partner with Glastonbury. The festival is a musical and cultural celebration unlike any other, so we are thrilled to be able to launch this opportunity and provide a platform for an aspiring illustrator to create the look-and-feel of the Guardian’s presence at Glastonbury festival’s 50th anniversary.”
The competition is open from today (27 August) until 11 October, while social media users can post and stay up to date online using the hashtag #DrawTheGuardian.
The competition is open to under-represented artists at early stages in their careers. Applicants must be a UK resident and be over the age of 18. Full terms and conditions here.
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This press release was amended on 30/08/19 to reflect changes to the terms and conditions of the competition
