Touchstones Rochdale and Parker Harris are excited to announce the return of The Football Art Prize, an international open call celebrating the confluence between football and art.
This prestigious competition invites artists who explore the passion, drama, and unity that football inspires across the world. Open to anyone aged 18 and over, working in any two-dimensional medium (including painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, and moving image) the prize welcomes diverse and creative interpretations of how football shapes our lives, identities, and communities.
For its second edition, the shortlisted works will form part of a prestigious regional touring exhibition, opening at the Millennium Gallery (Sheffield Museums Trust) before travelling to the National Football Museum in Manchester - all during 2026, the year of the next iconic World Cup. All shortlisted artists will also be featured in a virtual gallery and a fully illustrated print catalogue, with the award winners announced at the exhibition’s opening ceremony.
Entries are open internationally and submitted online, making it possible for artists everywhere to share their work with a wider audience.
Be sure to read the entry details carefully before submitting your work, and take your shot at being part of this celebration of football and creativity.
Our Partners
Touchstones Rochdale (part of Your Trust)
Housed in a historic Grade II listed building Touchstones Rochdale has five stunning temporary galleries hosting a programme of exhibitions showcasing regional, national and international talent. For further details visit Touchstones Rochdale.
The National Football Museum
The National Football Museum is the only cultural organisation that tells the story of England’s national game and is custodian of the Football Heritage Collection, the largest public collection of football objects in the world. It has a strong social purpose to provide opportunities for everyone to enjoy football culture and creativity and to improve the well-being of its visitors and communities. For further details visit National Football Museum
The Millenium Gallery, Sheffield
The Millennium Gallery is located in the heart of Sheffield centre and presents an engaging creative programme of collection displays, exhibitions and events connected to art, craft and design; from permanent galleries showing the Ruskin Collection and the city’s designated metalwork collection, to nationally significant exhibitions and local festivals. For further details visit Millennium Gallery.
Parker Harris
Parker Harris is one of the leading visual arts consultancies in the UK, specialising in the expert creation and project management of visual arts projects spanning all disciplines and scales. Clients range from trusts and foundations, SMEs and multinationals to charities, arts organisations and individual artists. www.parkerharris.co.uk