Portfolio is Turner Contemporary’s annual art competition celebrating local talent across Kent and Medway. It’s open to all children and young adults as well as students and staff from schools and community groups. Submit your work today for your chance to exhibit in our gallery alongside Ingrid Pollard’s show over the summer.

This years theme Belonging is inspired by the work of Ingrid Pollard who will be bringing her major solo show to Turner Contemporary in Summer 2022. Pollard uses film, photography, sculpture and installation to explore ideas of identity. 

The competition is open to those in Kent and Medway who are:

• Students aged 4-18 years.
• Further & Higher education students (all ages).
• Teachers, teaching assistants and professionals working in an educational establishment
• Current teacher trainee students
• Youth and adult community groups, including Alternative Provision, NHS Support Services and in patients, Youth Offending Services, Support Groups, Pupil Referral Units, Health and Wellbeing
• Please note we are now accepting applications from students and staff from Universities in Kent and Medway.

Prizes include having your work seen by thousands of visitors at Turner Contemporary this summer. The extended deadline for submissions is Wednesday 11th May.

To find out more, to download resources and to apply, please head to the Portfolio website.