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SUMMARY:2025 Art Competition Exhibition of Finalists
DESCRIPTION:Our annual open art competition is open to any artist in any medium\, professional & amateur.\nArtists’ work that is selected for the final judging stage forms an exclusive selling exhibition of 150 works at Theatrebarn in Bretforton (15 mins drive from Broadway) from Friday 26th September – Sunday 5th October\, open daily from 11am – 4pm. Entry to the exhibition is free and there is ample free parking onsite. \nWe received 670 entries from across the UK\, and the 150 finalists and prize-winners form this exclusive selling exhibition in the beautiful buildings and grounds of Theatrebarn. \nThe exhibition is an exciting array of beautiful works in a huge range of style and to fit every budget. Perfect if you have a bare wall\, nook or windowsill and are looking for a bespoke piece of British art\, or to simply admire! \nAll the works are available to buy. If you see a piece that you would like to purchase\, please go to the sales desk and they will assist you. \nYou will have a chance to see one of our finalists at work during your visit as we have a schedule of live demonstrations for the duration of the exhibition\, 2 per day. \nBroadway Arts Festival is an arts charity\, so all the funds raised go towards their outreach projects with local schools\, bursaries for local university arts students and the next festival. \nCast your vote for Visitors’ Choice! \nWe also have a Visitors’ Choice prize. So do cast your vote for your favourite entry when you visit (one vote permitted per visitor). The prize winner will be announced and informed on the afternoon of Sunday 5th October! \nPrizes: \n\nMain prize (any medium): £1000 – sponsored by Wychavon District Council\nMain prize runner up (any medium): £250 art materials voucher and a bespoke frame made to order sponsored by Cotswold Art Supplies\nVisitors’ Choice Prize – an overnight stay for 2 with dinner at Grill by James Martin at The Lygon Arms Hotel in Broadway\nPainting in Oils or Acrylics Prize £500 – sponsored by Priory Gallery\, Broadway\nWatercolour Prize £500 – sponsored by John Noott Galleries (Founder’s Prize)\nMixed Media Prize £500 – Sponsored by Sharon Stirling & Mark Ward (Trustee)\nSculpture / 3D Prize £500 – sponsored by Susan & Jason Lewis (Trustee)\nLocal Artist Prize of a solo weekend show – sponsored by / at Broadway Contemporary Gallery\nBest entry from a new entrant £500 – sponsored by the Painter’s Company Charities\nBest Landscape entry Prize of a weekend show – sponsored by The White Gallery Chipping Campden\n\nWe have a panel of esteemed judges\, including category judges from the sponsors. \n\n  \n  \n \n \n  \n \n\n \n 
URL:https://broadwayartsfestival.com/event/2025-art-competition-exhibition-of-finalists-2/
LOCATION:Bretforton Theatrebarn\, Theatrebarn\, Bretforton\, Worcestershire\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Great Broadway Paint-Off 2025
DESCRIPTION:Your chance to draw or paint our beautiful Cotswolds village for the day and be in with a chance of winning great prizes along with other artists from across the UK! \nThis is a very popular event that attracts both professional and emerging artists. \n\nJudges in 2025 will be Festival Ambassador\, Haidee-Jo Summers VPROI RSMA\, and our Festival Artist in Residence\, Claire Watson\, who will walk the village to give our artists feedback and tips during the day. \n7 main prizes plus a visitors’ choice prize voted on by visitors to the free exhibition of entries at the end of the afternoon. \nNOTE: New for 2025\, we will also be holding a separate Portrait Paint-Off inside the marquee during the day for those who prefer painting people rather than en plein air! \nPrizes:  \nMain prize £500 (cash) sponsored by Alastair & Julieanne McGrigor (Trustee) \nVisitors’ Choice Prize (voted on by visitors to the free exhibition of entries at the end of the afternoon): A 3 night stay at Russell Court Cottage in the grounds of Russell House in Broadway (Sleeps 6) Note: the Visitors’ Choice Prize is shared with The Great Broadway Portrait Paint-Off \n2nd Prize £200 voucher for Jackson’s Art Supplies \n3rd Prize £200 voucher towards framing or art restoration services from Andrew Finlay Fine Art Conservation \n4th Prize £150 voucher for framing from E7 Framing \n5th Prize £100 voucher for  Rosemary and Co Artists Brushes \n6th Prize £75 voucher for  Rosemary and Co Artists Brushes \n7th Prize £50 voucher for Pegasus Art supplies \n\n\nHow does it work? \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy your ticket through the website well in advance and before 30th May. Note: You can only buy a ticket for yourself\, not multiples for friends.\nTurn up with your blank canvas and your kit at the marquee on the village green in the centre of the village in the time slot you selected to check in and get your canvas stamped & numbered on the reverse.\nSpend the day creating your masterpiece at your chosen location in or around the village (you can paint up at Broadway Tower too).\nGet your work of art back to the marquee anytime from 2pm\, but by 3:30pm at the very latest. If you have used an easel\, please leave it on your easel for display in the exhibition.\nIf you would like to sell your work\, tell us the price when you hand it back in.\nThe entries will then form a selling exhibition and be judged. Prize-winners will see a ribbon on their piece when the exhibition opens at 4pm.\nThe selling exhibition is then open to the public for all to enjoy from 4pm to 5pm.\nOnly artwork started and completed on the day will qualify.\nArtwork can be in any medium & any size\, however we cannot accept photography or iPad art as a medium for a number of reasons.\nWe process all artwork sales at the exhibition through our card machine and then transfer 90% of the sale price directly to your bank account in the following days. 10% of all sales are retained as commission to help cover the costs of running the competition. You will receive a text if your entry sells at the exhibition.\n\nThis event will go ahead despite poor weather (no refunds) – so please dress appropriately! \n\n\n\nThere are 80 tickets available for this event and they need to be purchased in advance\, by 30th May at the latest.\n \nParticipants will need to bring their own paper\, canvas and art supplies. These will not be provided. \nYou will have a choice of registration slot at the marquee on the village green: \nEarly Birds: 8:30-9:30am \nStill Keen: 9:30-10:30am\n \nBroadway Arts Festival accepts no responsibility for loss\, damage or injury during the day. \nThis event has now sold out – you can request to be put on a waiting list by emailing boxoffice@broadwayartsfestival.com \nWhy not stay for dinner?\nCelebrate the end of the festival at our Jazz Supper Club on the village green from 7:30pm.\n 
URL:https://broadwayartsfestival.com/event/the-great-broadway-paint-off-2025/
LOCATION:Broadway Village Green\, The Green\, Broadway\, Worcestershire\, WR12 7AA\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Pearson Silver Collection at Court Barn Museum Chipping Campden
DESCRIPTION:The Pearson Silver Collection\, the largest collection of post-World War II British designer silver in private hands\, is regarded as being of national importance. It encompasses vintage silver from 1945 together with contemporary pieces and represents the story of modern British Silversmithing. \nA selection of pieces from the collection will form an exhibition at Court Barn Museum in Chipping Campden during the festival. \nYou can also enjoy the fascinating permanent display at Court Barn which tells the story of CR Ashbee and the Arts & Crafts Movement in Chipping Campden. The Arts and Crafts movement stimulated a wealth of individual creativity in the North Cotswolds in silversmithing\, stained glass work\, book binding\, furniture making\, printing and many other crafts which continues today. \nEntry tickets are to be purchased directly from Court Barn Museum which is open from 10am-5pm (closed on Mondays).  Adults £7 and students and those under 25 are free. \nSilver Day \nWe are having a special ‘Silver Day’ at the festival on Saturday 14th June\, to include two talks on the subject of silver design at Cidermill Theatre\, a short 5 minute walk from the museum: \n\n‘A Sterling Renaissance – British Silver Design from the 1950s to date’ by John Andrew Curator/Owner of the Pearson Collection. 11am-12:30pm\n‘Robert Welch – Crafting a Design Legacy’ by Charlotte Booth of Robert Welch. 3-4pm\n\nThe ticket price for each of the above talks includes entry to this exhibition at Court Barn Museum. \nWhy not make a day of it? \nThis exhibition and Silver Day is kindly sponsored by The Goldsmiths’ Company \nCourt Barn Museum\, Chipping Campden
URL:https://broadwayartsfestival.com/event/the-pearson-silver-collection-at-court-barn-museum-chipping-campden/
LOCATION:Court Barn Museum Chipping Campden\, Church Street\, Chipping Campden\, GL55 6JE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:The Creation of Art & Art History: Michael Shane Neal & Richard Ormond in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:The distinguished American portrait painter Michael Shane Neal will be in conversation with Arts Festival Ambassador and Great-Nephew of John Singer Sargent\, Richard Ormond\, former director of the National Maritime Museum\, Greenwich and art scholar. \nThis will be a fascinating insight into the creative process of portrait painting\, in honour of the 100th anniversary of John Singer Sargent’s death. In conversation together they will share unique insight into how great art is created. An unmissable event for lovers of Sargent and for amateur and professional artists. \nThe ticket price for this talk includes entry to the centenary exhibition at the Broadway Museum and Art Gallery  ‘John Singer Sargent: Sargent’s Circle’. Ticket holders simply provide their name at the welcome desk at the museum to gain free entry from 7th June onwards. \nTickets £20 (includes cost of entry to the Sargent exhibition)
URL:https://broadwayartsfestival.com/event/the-creation-of-art-art-history-michael-shane-neal-richard-ormond-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Lifford Hall\, Lower Green\, Broadway\, WR12 7BU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Talks & Conversations
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SUMMARY:Photography Competition - Free Exhibition of Prizewinners
DESCRIPTION:Our photography competition is open to any photographer in the UK or abroad\, amateur or professional. \nPrize winners and those Highly Commended will be displayed in St Michael’s All Angels Church in Broadway during the Broadway Arts Festival 6-15 June 2025\, open daily with free entry. \nThe competition & prizes are generously sponsored by Photographer Peter Martin who has a gallery in Stow on the Wold. \nPrize categories: \n\nBest Portrait (£250)\nBest Landscape (£250)\nBest Wildlife (£250)\nBest Photo Essay (£500)\n\nWe have a panel of esteemed judges\, all professional photographers themselves. Find out more about our 2025 judges \nSee the photography competition page for all the details and to submit your entries from February 1st onwards \nPrizewinners and those Highly Commended will be announced on 15th April and  that will form the exhibition during the festival. \n 
URL:https://broadwayartsfestival.com/event/photography-competition-free-exhibition-of-prizewinners/
LOCATION:St. Michael & All Angels’ Church\, Church Street\, Broadway\, WR12 7AE
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Photography
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SUMMARY:2025 Art Competition
DESCRIPTION:Entries are now open for our annual open art competition\, open to any artist\, in any medium including (but not restricted to) painting\, drawing\, pastels\, mixed media\, printmaking\, sculpture\, ceramics & glass.\nAny artist from across the UK can enter\, but we do have a separate prize for best entry from a local artist.\nWe had 580 entries from across the UK in 2024. Take a look at the Prize Winners and those Highly Commended  \nThis year we have increased the prize pot and added a new prize category for mixed media. \nPrizes: \n\nMain prize (any medium): £1000 – sponsored by Wychavon District Council\nMain prize runner up (any medium): £250 art materials voucher sponsored by Cotswold Art Supplies\nVisitor’s Choice Prize – an overnight stay for 2 with dinner at Grill by James Martin at The Lygon Arms Hotel in Broadway\nPainting in Oils or Acrylics Prize £500 – sponsored by Priory Gallery in Broadway\nWatercolour Prize £500 – sponsored by John Noott Galleries (Founder’s Prize)\nSculpture / 3D Prize £500 – sponsored by Susan & Jason Lewis (Trustee)\nMixed Media Prize – sponsored by Sharon Stirling & Mark Ward (Trustee)\nLocal Artist Prize of a solo weekend show – sponsored by / at Broadway Contemporary Gallery\nBest entry from a new entrant £500 – sponsored by the Painter’s Company Charities\nBest Landscape Entry Prize of a weekend show – sponsored by/at The White Gallery in Chipping Campden\n\nWe have a panel of esteemed judges\, including category judges from the sponsors. \nArtists’ work that is selected for the final judging stage form an exclusive selling exhibition at Bretforton Theatrebarn from 26th September-5th October 2025\, 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. \nSome of 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. \nENTRY FORM & Details \nMain entry deadline is 6pm Monday 18th August.\n\nWe realise that some of you will require a little extra time\, so there is a late entry deadline of 6pm on Friday 22nd August. Late entries are charged at £25 per entry.\nBroadway Arts Festival is an arts charity\, so all the funds raised go towards their outreach projects with local schools\, bursaries for local university arts students and the next festival. \nCast your vote for Visitors’ Choice! \nWe also have a Visitors’ Choice prize. So do cast your vote for your favourite entry when you visit (one vote permitted per visitor). The prize winner will be announced and informed on the afternoon of Sunday 5th October! \nNote: We run the competition and exhibition of finalists apart from the festival as it is such a big event in its own right. \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n \n 
URL:https://broadwayartsfestival.com/event/2025-art-competition/
LOCATION:Bretforton Theatrebarn\, Theatrebarn\, Bretforton\, Worcestershire\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:2024 Art Competition Exhibition of Finalists
DESCRIPTION:Our annual open art competition is open to any artist in any medium\, professional & amateur.\nArtists’ work that is selected for the final judging stage forms an exclusive selling exhibition of 150 works at Theatrebarn in Bretforton (15 mins drive from Broadway) from Friday 27th September – Sunday 6th October 2024\, open daily from 11am – 4pm. Entry to the exhibition is free and there is ample free parking onsite. \nWe received 580 entries from across the UK this year\, and the finalists and prize-winners form this exclusive selling exhibition in the beautiful buildings and grounds of Theatrebarn. \nThe exhibition is an exciting array of beautiful works in a huge range of style and to fit every budget. Perfect if you have a bare wall\, nook or windowsill and are looking for a bespoke piece of British art\, or to simply admire! \nAll the works are available to buy. If you see a piece that you would like to purchase\, please go to the sales desk and they will assist you. \nYou will have a chance to see one of our finalists at work during your visit as we have a schedule of live demonstrations for the duration of the exhibition\, 2 per day. \nBroadway Arts Festival is an arts charity\, so all the funds raised go towards their outreach projects with local schools\, bursaries for local university arts students and the next 10 day festival June 2025. \nCast your vote for Visitors’ Choice! \nWe also have a Visitors’ Choice prize. So do cast your vote for your favourite entry when you visit (one vote permitted per visitor). The prize winner will be announced and informed on the afternoon of Sunday 6th October! \nPrizes: \n\nMain prize (any medium): £1000 – sponsored by Wychavon District Council\nMain prize runner up (any medium): £250 art materials voucher and a bespoke frame made to order sponsored by Cotswold Art Supplies\nVisitor’s Choice Prize – £500 vouchers 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\nPainting in Oils or Acrylics Prize £500 – sponsored by Sharon & Mark Ward (Trustee)\nWatercolour Prize £500 – sponsored by John Noott Galleries (Founder’s Prize)\nSculpture / 3D Prize £500 – sponsored by Susan & Jason Lewis (Trustee)\nLocal Artist Prize of a solo weekend show – sponsored by / at Broadway Contemporary Gallery\nBest entry from a new entrant £500 – sponsored by the Painter’s Company Charities\n\nWe have a panel of esteemed judges\, including category judges from the sponsors. \n\n\n  \n \n  \n \n\n \n 
URL:https://broadwayartsfestival.com/event/2024-art-competition-exhibition-of-finalists/
LOCATION:Bretforton Theatrebarn\, Theatrebarn\, Bretforton\, Worcestershire\, United Kingdom
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