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2026 Members Only Competition

Competition opportunity. Deadline: 2026-11-04

Type
Award
Organizer
Portrait Society of America
Deadline
4 November 2026
Where
Washington, United States
Compensation
Top award winners will be chosen for each of the five categories. The First Place winners in each category will have the option to receives Holding History, an exact museum quality reproduction of a John Singer Sargent palette along with complimentary video illustrating the path of the palette from Sargent's Tite Street studio in London to Everett Raymond Kinstler's Studio in Connecticut, or the option to receive complimentary tuition to attend in-person or virtually at The Art of the Portrait conference in Washington, DC on May 6-9, 2027. Winners will also be acknowledged in The Art of the Portrait section of International Artist magazine, and all winners will be recognized on the Portrait Society of America's website and in the Portrait Society's The Art of the Portrait journal.
Disciplines
painting, sculpture, oil painting, pastel, watercolor, graphite, drawing, figure drawing, portraiture

About this opportunity

The Portrait Society of America is holding its 22nd annual Members Only Competition. Members in good standing can submit original artwork in up to five categories, including oil, pastel, watercolor, graphite, and sculpture. Entry deadline is November 4, 2026, with awards including potential features in International Artist magazine and The Art of the Portrait Journal.

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