New Media Art Exploration Awards
Are you exploring AI and New Media Art? Whether you’re curious about AI, just getting started, or already an experienced artist, this is your chance to win a cash prize and get your work publicized.
There are four monthly rounds at $500 each month. We are looking for what we feel we can call the best piece of new media art in the local area. Until we feel we have found that piece (or series), we will continue to roll over the prize purse into the next month.
With this contest the goal of AI Artists Alliance is to promote and incentivize the involvement and development of artists in new media art, for their own good as well as the economic benefit of the community. If more artists are evolving and up-leveling their work using newly available tools, it contributes to a vibrant art community that benefits from the unfolding future of art and technology.
Round 3 of the contest begins on August 19th and the deadline to submit is September 16th. The prize for this round is $1000. Please read the contest rules below and then click the button to apply (you must be signed into Google to access the form).
Contest Rules
This is a partial list of rules. For the full rules and eligibility please click here.
Awards
Monthly Awards
Each monthly contest will award a $500 prize.
If, in the opinion of the judges, no submission meets the contest standards, the AI Artists Alliance reserves the right not to award a prize.
Any un-awarded monthly prize will be added to the prize pool for the following month’s contest.
Grand Prize Award
The Grand Prize consists of a $1,000 intended to support future artistic development.
The award is not a purchase of artwork and does not transfer ownership of any artwork to the AI Artists Alliance or Brill Family Foundation.
Eligibility
To participate, entrants must:
• Be 18 years of age or older.
• Be a resident of Santa Barbara County or Ventura County, California.
• Provide their full name, mailing address, and email address upon entry.
• Comply with all contest rules and submission requirements.
Contest Schedule
Monthly Contest #1 Submission Period:
June 15 – July 13
Monthly Contest #2 Submission Period:
July 14 – August 11
Monthly Contest #3 Submission Period:
August 12 – September 9
Grand Prize Competition Submission Period:
September 10 – October 8
Award Ceremony
November 5
Submission Rules
• Entrants may submit no more than three (3) artworks per monthly contest.
• Artists may participate in multiple monthly contests provided each submission is different from previous submissions.
• Entries received after the published deadline will not be considered.
• Artwork that has previously won an AI Artists Alliance contest may not be resubmitted.
• Submitted work must be the original creative work of the entrant.
• Entrants must own or control all rights necessary to submit the artwork.
Grand Prize Eligibility
To enter the Grand Prize Competition, participants must satisfy at least one of the following requirements:
• Have submitted artwork to at least one of the three preceding monthly contests; or
• Have attended an AI Artists Alliance training program designated as qualifying by the organization.
Content Restrictions
Submissions may not contain content that is:
• Unlawful.
• Defamatory.
• Hateful.
• Threatening.
• Obscene.
• Infringing upon the rights of others.
The AI Artists Alliance reserves the right to reject or disqualify any submission it determines to be inappropriate.
Mission Alignment
Your work must align thematically with the mission and goals of the AI Artists Alliance as stated below.
Mission:
The AI Artists Alliance is dedicated to using art to explore the impact of artificial intelligence on the environment, society, and human creativity. By examining both the promise and potential risks of AI, we seek to foster informed dialogue and ensure that human imagination remains central in shaping the future.
The AI Artists Alliance encourages artwork that explores (positively, negatively, or both):
• The environmental impacts of artificial intelligence.
• The societal impacts of artificial intelligence.
• The evolving relationship between AI and human creativity.