Social media can prompt emerging artists such as myself to apply for art prizes, and I did this for the first time recently. I follow the The John Moores Painting Prize (jmpaintingprize on Instagram) so I saw the posts which have been put up in the last few months. They posted about entries for this year’s prize 16th November 2022, 6th February, 23rd March 2023, and the 14th April. Using eye catching photographs, bold graphics and colours designed to attract attention, I was prompted to apply with a painting I recently showed at our art degree interim exhibition. John Moores openly advertised who were the jurors for the prize. Does this make artists adapt their entries to fit in with what they think those jurors are looking for?
