The 2024 Open Art Competition & Selling Exhibition
Our annual open art competition is open to any artist, in any medium including painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics & glass.
Prizes:
- Main prize (any medium): £1000 – sponsored by Wychavon District Council
- Main prize runner up (any medium): £250 art materials voucher and a bespoke frame made to order sponsored by Cotswold Art Supplies
- Visitor’s Choice Prize – £500 sponsored by Period Frames London and an overnight stay for 2 with dinner at Grill by James Martin at The Lygon Arms Hotel in Broadway
- Painting in Oils or Acrylics Prize £500 – sponsored by Sharon & Mark Ward (Trustee)
- Watercolour Prize £500 – sponsored by John Noott Galleries (Founder’s Prize)
- Sculpture / 3D Prize £500 – sponsored by Susan & Jason Lewis (Trustee)
- Local Artist Prize of a solo weekend show – sponsored by / at Broadway Contemporary Gallery
- Best entry from a new entrant £500 – sponsored by the Painter’s Company Charities
We have a panel of esteemed judges, including category judges from the sponsors.
Entries open on 1st May through an online form on this page.
The main entry deadline is 6pm Monday 19th August 2024.
Entrants will be informed on Friday 30th August (by email) whether their entry has made the final 150 and exclusive selling exhibition.
Artists’ work that is selected for the final judging stage form an exclusive selling exhibition at Bretforton Theatrebarn from 27th September-6th October 2024, open daily from 11am – 4pm. Entry to the exhibition is free and there is ample free parking right outside. The exhibition space is all on the ground floor.
Some of our our finalists will be demonstrating live during the exhibition. There is a demo area in between the two main exhibition areas where artists will be able to work on a piece and chat with exhibition visitors.
Terms:
- There is no theme to adhere to
- Anyone over the age of 16 can enter
- All entries qualified for the main prize (any medium)
- Unlimited entries were permitted, however only one entry per artist could progress to the finals and exhibition (to increase the number of artists represented in the exhibition).
- Artists can submit multiple entries for the same prize category
- The maximum size for all framed work was 1 metre x 1 metre (to include any frame) – not applicable to sculpture
- To qualify for the local artist prize artists need to reside in Worcestershire, Gloucestershire or Warwickshire.
- The title and price of your entry cannot be altered once the entry has been submitted.
- As 35% of the sale price of sold work will go to defray the costs of curating the competition and supporting the charitable work of the Broadway Arts Festival, please price your work accordingly.
- All work to be insured by the entrant
- All work should be submitted ready to hang with a wire/string/hanging on the back (no mirror plates please) or with a plinth
- Each work should be clearly labelled with name, title, medium and price on the back or underneath.