We are delighted to announce that our new Artist in Residence for 2023-2025 is Claire Watson. The term is for 2 years, so you will see Claire at our events between now and the next festival where she will run workshops, participate in our schools outreach programme at local primary and secondary schools, help [...]
Immediately after the festival we invited our festival ticket-buyers to take part in our survey to provide us with valuable feedback to help us plan the next year of events and our next festival in 2025. We are constantly striving to improve the festival and deliver an exciting and engaging programme of events. Thank you [...]
Our 2023 open art competition is now open for entries! Prizes include: - 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 (Founders Prize) - Sculpture/3D Prize £500 sponsored by Jason & Susan [...]
Every year, The Broadway Festival Trust awards grants of between £500-£2000+ to local students starting or in full time education in the arts. This bursary applies to students studying Fine Art, Applied Arts, Music or the Performing Arts. The grants are awarded in order to help students with course expenses and foreign travel for their [...]
Congratulations to Richard Cornwall, crowned winner of The Best Beard in Broadway by Haidee-Jo Summers ROI RSMA ! Richard will be Haidee-Jo's model for her portrait demonstration on Saturday 10th June from 2-4pm at the Lifford Hall in Broadway. Tickets are still available, so get yours today: https://broadwayartsfestival.com/.../cate.../demonstrations/ Thank you to all the wonderful bearded chaps [...]
We are delighted to announce that Haidee-Jo Summers has joined us as a Festival Ambassador! Haidee-Jo is a full-time professional artist known for painting landscapes and seascapes ‘en plein air’. Vice President of the Royal Institute of Oil painters (ROI) and full member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA) her work can be [...]
Do you have 'THE BEST BEARD IN BROADWAY'?! We have internationally renowned artist Haidee-Jo Summers ROI RSMA coming to do a portrait painting demonstration on the afternoon of Saturday 10th June from 2-4pm at the Lifford Hall & she has requested a model with a fabulous beard! So if you [...]
We are delighted to welcome Jason Lewis onto the Board of Trustees for the Broadway Arts Festival Trust Jason is a solicitor and consultant to Howard Kennedy LLP having been a partner at the firm for over 25 years. Jason is an experienced charity trustee having been a trustee of Variety, the Children’s Charity between [...]
Our all new photography competition is open to any photographer in the UK or abroad, amateur or professional. The competition & prizes are generously sponsored by Photographer Peter Martin who has a gallery in Stow on the Wold. Prize categories are: - Best Portrait (£250) - Best Landscape (£250) - Best Photo Essay (£500) Peter [...]
Congratulations to Mark Warner who has won the Visitor's Choice Prize of £500! 1151 Votes were cast by our 1500+ exhibition visitors over the 10 days the exhibition was open from October 21-30 2022. We are pleased to say that almost every piece of work in the exhibition received votes. Thank you to everyone [...]
As an Arts charity we would very much appreciate a donation to help us fund our outreach programmes with local schools and Arts bursaries for local university students - thank you
