Christ’s College Art Prize 2025
Due to a generous donation by Professor Martin Johnson, Christ's is delighted to announce this year’s Art Prize.
Rather than thematic as it has been in the past, the Prize this year asks that entrants make site-specific works for semi-permanent hang in the College’s MCR. An ‘Open Wall’ event there on the evening of 4 February, 6.15–7.15pm, will launch the competition by offering all those interested a drink as they acquaint themselves with a space that is usually only open to postgraduates. This is your chance to change what College looks like and is hopefully the start of other similar projects. Art is more than decoration: it can influence our emotions, our behaviour, and our sense of belonging.
The competition is open to all current members of the College (staff, students and Fellows). Entries can take any form and be in any medium and of any size (as long as they fit the space). The hope is to be able to use a selection of them, perhaps in a rather dense hang.
The deadline for submission of entries will be 6pm on Tuesday 29 April 2025.
To enter the competition, please e-mail a high-resolution photograph of your work, its medium, dimensions, title, and rationale to Professor Carrie Vout (cv103@cam.ac.uk) by this date. Short-listed entries must then be delivered to Professor Vout by 12.00 noon on Tuesday 13 May 2025, with the winner and a runner up being notified before the end of Easter full term.
A prize of £350 will be awarded to the winner, and £100 to the runner-up. The judging panel will consist of the members of the College’s Visual Arts Committee.