ASPIRING young sculptors and artists have been invited enter a competition and see their work exhibited.

For the fourth year, Cheeseburn Sculpture with the support of The Gillian Dickinson Trust, opens the call for the North East Young Sculptor of the Year.

The annual award of £6,500 is aimed at to encouraging new talent and to support the early careers of young artists and sculptors in the region, providing a professional showcase for their work.

This new call out sees Cheeseburn Sculpture, in Northumberland, renew its partnership with the Gillian Dickinson Trust, following on from a three-year agreement in 2015 this extension will see a commitment to the award for the next three years – until 2021 – thereby cementing the support for early career artists from the region.

Curator Matthew Jarrett said: “We hope this award will give a young artist the opportunity to realise an ambitious new piece of sculpture or installation at Cheeseburn.

“We have worked with over 30 young artists during the first three years of the Award and the three previous winners have all produced extraordinary artworks that have been the highlight of our summer open weekends.

“We are excited to see the applications over the next few months and look forward to the exhibition of proposals in May 2019.”

In the first year of the award in 2016, the exhibition of young sculptors attracted huge public interest with over 1,000 visitors to the exhibition.

The closing date for entries is Monday December 10. Find out more and apply at http://cheeseburn.com.