What a great day - despite everything the weather threw at us! We were thoroughly impressed with the 49 artists who braved the elements (storm Alex) & seemingly enjoyed the opportunity to get the heck out of the house and be creative with other like-minded (very hardy) types. We loved seeing your resulting masterpieces and [...]
We are delighted to announce our new Chair of the Trustees, Mark Chambers. "I am very excited by the prospect of leading this organization, helping to develop and expand the Festival and furthering our charitable activities. This is an interesting time to take on the leadership of any organization and especially one involved in the [...]
We are delighted to announce that The Great Broadway Paint-Off is back! Your chance to draw or paint our beautiful Cotswolds village for the day and be in with a chance of winning great prizes Buy your ticket through the website in advance Turn up with your blank canvas and your kit at the gazebo [...]
Every year, The Broadway Festival Trust awards grants of between £500 - £1000+ 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 [...]
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 Broadway Arts Festival Open Art Competition The competition was open to any artist in any country, in any medium including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, film, printmaking, textiles, ceramics, digital art, installation and designer makers. We had a fantastic response with over 700 entries from [...]
A summary of all our 2020 activities and competitions are featured in the June issue of Cotswold Life - do pick up a copy to find out about what we are up to and everything that's going on in the beautiful Cotswolds.
In response to the lockdown and Coronavirus pandemic, Broadway Arts Festival launched a new short story prize in addition to their art prize in order to encourage creativity during the lockdown. With a main prize of £400 and under 16 prize of £100, the competition was free to enter, with a maximum of 2,000 words. [...]
John Noott, joint founder of the Broadway Arts Festival, is sharing two works from his personal collection, ‘The Art of World War II’, both of which capture the essence of VE Day. By leading artists of the time, each one captures a fascinating insight into the mood of the day in two very different locations, [...]
We are delighted to announce that Julia & Martin Wilson have offered, and agreed to judge, a short story prize as an additional category for our current competition. Main prize £400 Under 16s prize £100 Free to enter, entries need to be a maximum of 2,000 words with up to two entries allowed per entrant. [...]
Following the new government measures announced this week, and in times of such unprecedented uncertainty, we have sadly decided that the Broadway Arts Festival will not take place in June as planned. The safety and health of our festival-goers, artists, speakers, performers, volunteers and local population is our top priority. We hope you understand that [...]
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
