For members only: this is an opportunity to participate in an important competition and  maybe win a prize!

New Selection Procedure

The Art Society of Inverness has again been invited to participate in the Highland Art Prize, which this year will take place in Fort William in October, in conjunction with the Royal National Mòd. The live exhibition will be held from 10^th-18^th October 2025 at the McCallum Art House, just off Fort William High Street, and we can submit five entries from our members.

More information on the event can be found on the official website at: https://highlandartprize.org.uk

This year we are planning to have a new selection procedure, to find our five entries, which will involve:

- an independent judge

- making the selection based on the real paintings, as opposed to on-line images

- just one entry per artist

We are now inviting any members who wish to participate to prepare their entries for this selection process, which will be held at WASPS on the afternoon of 24th August.  

Participants should also send good quality images of their works, together with title, medium and dimensions to: rjpeckham@hotmail.com before 15^th August. This will allow us to show all the entries to members on the website, and will provide a helpful preview for the judge.

In order to maintain anonymity, the works should preferably not be signed until after the selection process. This year the works should have been completed in the 15 months prior to 15^th September 2025, and as in previous years the selected five entrants will have to arrange for the transport to and from Fort William in October.

( For those who have not seen them, the ASI Members’ entries in 2023 and 2024 can be seen on the ASI web pages under “Archive” )