The 2023 Open Art Competition & Selling Exhibition
Our annual open art competition is open to any artist, in any medium including painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics & glass.
View the Competition Prize Winners & Highly Commended
Prizes:
- Main prize £1000 (any medium) – sponsored by Wychavon District Council
- Painting in Oils or Acrylics Prize £500 – sponsored by Priory Gallery
- Watercolour Prize £500 – sponsored by John Noott (Founder’s Prize)
- Sculpture / 3D Prize £500 – sponsored by Jason & Susan Lewis (Trustee)
- Local Artist Prize of a 2 week exhibition at EFA Gallery in Birmingham
- Visitor’s Choice Prize – Overnight stay for 2 with dinner at Grill by James Martin at The Lygon Arms Hotel in Broadway
We have a panel of esteemed judges, including category judges from the sponsors.
The main entry deadline was 6pm Monday 28th August 2023.
ENTRIES HAVE NOW CLOSED
Entrants were informed on Friday 8th September (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 6th-15th October 2023, 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.
This year some of our our finalists are 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. View the schedule
Terms:
- There was no theme to adhere to
- Anyone over the age of 16 could 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 could 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 needed to reside in Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire or the West Midlands.
- 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.