Our Art Competition aims to foster, support and share the artistic work of people living with dementia and that of family carers.
Images of all entries will be exhibited at the Creative Dementia Conference in Bristol on Tuesday 3 June 2025 and further afield. The winners invited to introduce their art work at the event and take part in the exciting day we have planned!
To enter, please complete the competition entry form, attach your image, read and agree to the Terms and Conditions, and submit your entry. We look forward to receiving it!
The competition is open to people aged 18 and over living in the United Kingdom. There are two categories:
Lived experience: open to people living with dementia
Carer: open to informal carers including family members or friends who provide care and support
Only one entry per person to one of the categories is permitted
The competition will open at 7am on Tuesday 1 April 2025 and close at 5pm on Wednesday 30th April 2025
The submitted entry (a “work”) must be original and must have been completed in the last 2 years.
The work must be two dimensional and created in pencil (including water-soluble, pastel, graphite, charcoal or coloured pencils) paint (water colour, gouache, acrylic, oil) chalk or oil pastels or charcoal.
The work must not exceed 70 cms. in its greatest dimension. There is no minimum size limit.
A competition entry must be submitted online and include:
A completed entrant information form
An uploaded high quality resolution image of the art work: the image should be no larger than 1920 x 1080 pixels to ensure fast loading times
All competition entries will become the property of Dementia Publishing on receipt of entry. Art work images will be used for the purposes of the competition and related Dementia Community publicity including but not limited to
Exhibited at the Creative Dementia Conference in the M Shed Bristol on 3 June and in the UK Dementia Congress at Bridgewater Hall Manchester on 17 & 18 November and other events
Printed publications
Presentation and exhibition materials
Websites, social media channels and digital communications
News media and associated websites and social media channels including print, television and radio
Fundraising and advertising
All work will be judged anonymously; the Judges’ decision shall be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
No cash prize is offered. Entrants whose art work is selected as the winning entry in the lived experience category and the carer category will receive a £50 voucher to purchase art materials and be invited to take part in the Creative Dementia conference on Tuesday 3 June 2025.
