Our 2023 art competition is open for submissions - and it's free to enter! We invite you to venture 'beyond' for our Inspiration from the Otherworldly art competition.

We all travel between worlds. Whether it's a daydream or flight of fancy, a peek beyond the veil, an angelic encounter or a glimpse into another dimension, there is so much to explore beyond our three-dimensional reality. We hope you take up this opportunity to bring something of those other worlds back with you for our 2023 art competition.

How to submit your artwork

This art competition is free to enter. Closing date for submissions is midnight on 20 October 2023.

Submissions are to be emailed as a good quality jpg (maximum three separate artworks for each entrant) to art@collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk.

Please include the following information:

  • contact name and email address
  • image jpeg
  • title of artwork
  • date of the artwork
  • media (i.e. oil on canvas, embroidery etc.)
  • dimensions
  • a few sentences (up to 200 words) about each artwork.
  • please state if you are happy for your work to be shared on social media. We will regularly feature submitted works before the winner is announced on 17 November 2023. Please let us know your social media handles so we can tag you.

The judges

  • Henry Boxer (Henry Boxer Gallery)
  • Jennifer Gilbert (Jennifer Lauren Gallery)
  • Jennifer Higgie (Writer, Curator & Broadcaster)
  • Gill Matini (College Principal)
  • Vivienne Roberts (College Curator).

A shortlist of 50 artworks will be selected, from which a winner and five judge's choices will be selected.

The winner

A winner from the Inspiration from the Otherworldly Art Competition 2023 will be announced on our website, in the College Newsletter and on our social media platforms on Friday 17 November 2023.

The winner will be awarded:

  • A College voucher, worth £250
  • A year of College membership, worth £65
  • A luxury hamper of College goodies including crystals, tarot cards, books, incense, candles and room mists.

Invitation to join the College collection

The winner will be invited to donate an artwork to our wonderful permanent art collection and join the esteemed company of previous winners Emma SchultzCara Macwilliam and Catherine Garrigue, as well as artists such Georgiana Houghton and Anna Mary Howitt who helped establish the College in 1884.

    The virtual exhibition

    A virtual exhibition showing the winner, judge's choices and shortlisted works will be presented on the College's website and on YouTube in December 2023. See our previous winners and enjoy our virtual exhibitions by clicking the links below

    Closing date for submissions: midnight on 20th October 2023

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    Register your interest

    If you're interested in finding out more about this event, please register below and we'll be in touch with more information once available.

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