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Submit a PDF portfolio with a one-page statement answering four questions about your artistic practice and up to 6 images of your work for consideration for NEAC Artist Scholarships worth £7,000 total.
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Get matched →The New English Art Club (NEAC) offers three annual scholarships worth £7,000 in total, aimed at early-career artists living in Great Britain and working in figurative painting, drawing or printmaking. Early-career status is defined as anyone who feels they are at the beginning stages of their professional artistic career, regardless of age (applicants must be 18+). The scholarships support those who have not historically engaged with the NEAC and face financial barriers in pursuing the arts professionally.
Early-career artists aged 18 and over living in Great Britain, working in figurative painting, drawing or printmaking. Early-career artists include anyone who feels they are at the beginning stages of their professional artistic career, regardless of age.
There is a £10 application fee to help cover administrative costs. Fee waivers are available upon request for applicants facing financial hardship.
Create your portfolio in any suitable program (Word, Google Docs, PowerPoint, Keynote, Canva) and save as PDF (maximum 10MB). Save the file as: surname-firstname.pdf. We recommend landscape format for viewing on desktop.
Every listing links to the organizer's official page. Always confirm deadlines, fees, and entry rules there before you apply.
Grateful thanks to the Ken Howard Foundation, the Tantam Family Charitable Foundation, and Daler-Rowney for supporting the 2026–27 NEAC Scholarships.