Inner Gaze
Lily
Colorado State University
Entries are open until December 31st
The Brush & Tell Art Competition: Ten schools. One winner. $2,000.
Enter one original piece. The artists who enter vote, and most votes wins $2,000. Every entrant, winner included, can then sell the piece they entered on Brush & Tell and keep 100 percent of the sale.
Current entries
Open to students at these ten schools
- Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
- University of Colorado Denver
- Metropolitan State University of Denver
- University of Colorado Boulder
- Colorado State University
- University of Wyoming
- University of New Mexico
- University of Utah
- Brigham Young University
- Arizona State University
How it works
Verify your school email
We’ll send one code to your school email to confirm you’re a student at one of the ten schools.
Submit one original piece
Choose the one original piece you want to represent you.
The artists vote
Every artist who enters gets two votes to cast for pieces other than their own. The piece with the most votes wins $2,000.
Entries are open.
Verify your school email, then submit one original piece. Entries close December 31st at 11:59 pm Mountain Time.
Enter the competitionThe entries
bitumen lītus
sally rudolfs
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Sleep
Yahel Halevi
University of New Mexico
drawing no naming convention
Ashley Ivye
University of Colorado Boulder
Biomorfismo
Mo
Colorado State University
Hail the Red Queen
Char
University of New Mexico
For Mom
Lucy Delagarza
University of New Mexico
Equilibrium
Heather Weller
Arizona State University
Questions
Who can enter?
Any student currently enrolled at one of the ten schools, verified by school email. You don’t need to be an art major or in an art program: if you’re enrolled and you make art, you’re welcome to enter. Full eligibility terms, including the age requirement, are in the official rules.
What counts as original?
Your own work, made by you, that hasn’t been sold before.
How does voting work?
Every artist who enters gets two votes to cast for any two entered pieces other than their own, from any of the ten schools. The piece with the most votes wins. If there’s a tie, the earlier entry wins.
What does the winner get?
$2,000, flat.
What happens to my piece afterward?
Whether you win or not, you can list or auction the piece you entered on Brush & Tell and keep 100 percent of that sale. Our standard terms apply to anything you list after that.
What about my other work?
If your entry is approved, you keep 85 percent of your other sales made directly on Brush & Tell from January 1st to December 31st, 2027. A sale from a partner venue’s wall pays the standard 70 percent.
When does it happen?
Entries open November 1st and close December 31st. The artists who entered vote January 1st to 7th, the top five are named January 8th, and the winner is announced January 11th. The final auctions close January 16th to 17th, all online.
Is there an event?
No. Everything happens right here on brushandtell.com and in the app.
The official rules govern the competition and its prize.