international art medal competitions
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL MEDALLIC ART COMPETITION FOR EMERGING ARTISTS
supported by Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Withington
sponsored by New Approach and Medallia Gallery
The prospectus and online application form will be posted soon!
Please visit medialiagallery.com
Awards
1st Prize: Robin and Frederic Withington Award
Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Withington
$1,000
2nd Prize: David Simpson Memorial Award : Statements of Concern Sponsored by the Simpson family
$500
3rd Prize: Innovative use of Technique/Material Award
Sponsored by Medialia Gallery
$350
Ann Shaper Pollack For the American Artist
Sponsored by the Pollack family
$350
Collector’s purchase awards:
Masaharu Kakitsubo Award: the Most Imaginative Work $250
Mary N. Lannin: Award for the Coin Design* $250
Roslyn and Scott Miller Award: Excellence in Bas-Relief $250
Ira Rezak Award: Theme of A Current Political Comment $250
Donald Scarinci Award: Figurative Subject $250
Stephen Scher Award: Portrait Medal $250
Competition theme: HARMONY
Celebrating the hope that the differences among people all over the world can be harmoniously resolved
Submission Regulations
Eligibility: Artists born after 1985; proof of the age require
Work Regulations: Maximum of four submissions (obverse + reverse of a single medal counts as two submissions)
Size:
- Single medal: Maximum height x width: 100 x 100 mm; Depth: Less than half the shortest side of the medal
- Multiple part medals: Maximum of 100 x 100 x 100 mm
- Coin submission: 50 x 50 x 10 mm
Material:
- Any single material or combination of materials, excluding organic materials
- Edition: Work should be able to be reproduced in limited edition or in variation.
Submission Deadlines:
- Digital entry submission: by June 30, 2024
- Jury notification of accepted and awards: by August 31, 2024
- Submission work received: by October 30, 2024
Work Exhibition Duration
• Fall, 2024 case exhibition Jersey City Heights, NJ, USA
• On going digital exhibition at www.medialiagallery.com
Contact: newapproach.competition@gmail.com
Jurors
• Philip Attwood – President of FIDEM - Former Keeper of Coins and Medals, British Museum
• Maria Rosa Figueiredo – Vice President of FIDEM
- Former Curator at Gulbenkian Museum at
Lisbon, Portugal
• Gwen Pier - Executive Director, National Sculpture Society, USA
• Dr. Alan Stahl - Curator of Numismatics at Princeton University • Past USA Delegate of FIDEM
• Dr. Peter van Alfen - Curatorial Department Head and Director of the Department of the Art of
Devastation at American Numismatic Society
• Mashiko - Founder and Director of New Approach and Medialia Gallery - Past USA FIDEM,
Former Master Lecturer at The University of The Arts, Philadelphia, Sculpture Department
Guidelines for art medal competitions and commissions
FIDEM using their full experience have prepared a guideline to help all those interested in medals.