A new art award for artists is East Europe was  launched last week by Italian Bank UniCredit. The €150,000 prize is open to to artists in the 10 Central and Eastern European countries that UniCredit operate in. Source: The Art Newspaper.

But did you know that The Sponsors Club help run a art prize in the North East for a local bank? The Newcastle Building Society Student Art Prize is now in it’s third year and entries for this year have just been shortlisted.

Students on a degree course studying Fine Art at Newcastle and Northumbria Universities and those in their foundation years at Tyne Met and Newcastle Colleges are invited to submit art works for consideration in March for a £500 first prize.

Maybe you don’t have €150,000 to spend but if you would like to engage with the arts in a new way, helping local artists but also getting some great art for your office (not to mention the warm fuzzy feeling) why not give us a ring to see if we can help?

Adam – al@communityfoundation.org.uk 0191 2220945