Encouraging excellence in portrait, figure, and relief sculpture 

Administered through The Society of Portrait Society

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This biennial award offers a prize worth £5,000. It is focussed on figurative sculptors who have exhibited at least once at the Society’s FACE exhibitions and who wish to study in a major centre of art in mainland Europe for up to two months in 2027. This is an opportunity for you to research and plan your own trip to a venue of your choosing. You will be asked to arrange and fund your own travel and accommodation arrangements for the visit.

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How to Apply

You are asked to send a paper of up to five hundred words describing your motivation to travel to your chosen site, how you feel the trip would benefit your art and what the sculptural outcomes might be. Included should be an outline itinerary for the visit. Following your return you will need to take into account the timescale to produce a sculpture, inspired by the visit, which will be ready to be exhibited at the Society of Portrait Sculptor’s biennial FACE exhibition in 2028.

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This paper should be accompanied by your CV and a presentation of ten sculptures which illustrate the range of your work.

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Obligations. You will be required to send the Society regular photographs and or drawings to describe your progress,  both during the visit and while creating a sculpture during or following the trip. These updates will be posted on the Society’s social media sites. 

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Application and deadline. Send your application by email (use WeTransfer for the photographs) to sps@portrait-sculpture.org, using a subject heading ‘Sedlecka Travel Scholarship Application’. 

Submit by 30 November 2026. The winner will be announced on or before 18 December 2026.

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The Society of Portrait Sculptors is a registered charity.  Data provided by you will be stored securely.  It will be shared with members of the interviewing panel, who include representatives of The Society of Portrait Sculptors and the Sedlecka Awards.