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The Julia & Martin Wilson Short Story Prize

Broadway, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

In 2020 Broadway Arts Festival launched a new short story prize in addition to their art competition prizes in order to encourage creativity during the lockdown. The prize was generously sponsored by festival benefactors Julia & Martin Wilson who also judged the very varied and eclectic entries from across the globe. The competition is now an annual [...]

£10.00 – £20.00

Mystery Masterpiece Auction

Broadway, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

Broadway Arts Festival is giving the public the chance to snap up original artwork by internationally renowned and emerging artists for as little as £25! Showcasing British painters, illustrators, printmakers and photographers while helping to raise funds for the Broadway Arts Festival in 2023, school outreach programmes and local student arts bursaries.  Maybe you’ll spot [...]

Rosa & Roberto – an evening of Spanish flair & virtuosity

Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

An evening of Spanish flair with a hot Latin flavour including music by Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos and Sergio Assad. Two musicians on four instruments: Rosa Campos-Fernandez: clarinets Roberto Carillo-Garcia: guitar & double bass Both esteemed members of the Hallé Orchestra, Roberto and Rosa’s infectious enthusiasm and virtuosic playing make for the perfect evening concert. This event [...]

£20.00

Open Art Competition 2022

Broadway Museum & Art Gallery 65 High Street, Broadway, GB

Our annual open art competition is open to any artist, in any medium including painting, sculpture, drawing, textiles, ceramics & printmaking. We have new prize categories, prizes, sponsors and judges in 2022. 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 [...]

The Great Broadway Paint-Off 2022

Marquee on the village green Lower Green, Broadway

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! This is a very popular event that attracts both professional and amateur artists. An amateur won in 2020! Many thanks to our prize sponsors, [...]

£10.00

Broadway Heritage Guided Walk with Gordon Franks

Around the village 1 The Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

Enjoy a historical walk around the beautiful village of Broadway and discover the hidden history of this ancient village through its buildings and their associated stories. The Great Broadway Paint-Off will also be taking place on the same day. Little is recorded until 972 when King Edgar granted a Charter to the Benedictine Monastery of [...]

£10.00

Learn to draw your dog workshop

Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

In a relaxed and supportive environment you will learn how to work with charcoal and chalk to create a finished head and shoulder portrait of your dog, (or a dog breed of your choice). The workshop begins with lots of warm up exercises so you are nicely prepared, and confident enough to settle into your [...]

£40.00

Modern Calligraphy Workshop

Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

Choose your favourite quote, saying or a personal message to bring along and then learn the art of modern Calligraphy to create your very own bespoke Calligraphy poster, greetings card or bookmark. It doesn’t matter what your handwriting is like, modern Calligraphy is built up from very simple strokes which are easy to learn with [...]

£30.00

Broadway Heritage Guided Walk with Gordon Franks

Around the village 1 The Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

Enjoy a historical walk around the beautiful village of Broadway and discover the hidden history of this ancient village through its buildings and their associated stories. The Great Broadway Paint-Off will also be taking place on the same day. Little is recorded until 972 when King Edgar granted a Charter to the Benedictine Monastery of [...]

£10.00

Oil Painting En Plein Air Workshop at Hidcote Manor Gardens (National Trust) with Robin Mason

Hidcote Manor Gardens (NT) Hidcote Bartrim, Chipping Campden, United Kingdom

This workshop provides an exclusive opportunity to spend the day painting in one of the most famous Arts and Crafts gardens in the country featuring intricately designed spectacular outdoor ‘rooms’. There will be plenty of opportunity to capture the atmosphere of Hidcote Manor Gardens (National Trust) when the gardens are in full bloom on this [...]

£95.00

Oil Painting En Plein Air Workshop at Hidcote Manor Gardens (National Trust) with Robin Mason

Hidcote Manor Gardens (NT) Hidcote Bartrim, Chipping Campden, United Kingdom

This workshop provides an exclusive opportunity to spend the day painting in one of the most famous Arts and Crafts gardens in the country featuring intricately designed spectacular outdoor ‘rooms’. There will be plenty of opportunity to capture the atmosphere of Hidcote Manor Gardens (National Trust) when the gardens are in full bloom on this [...]

£95.00

Bursary Winners Summer Concert & Afternoon Tea

Court Farm Court Farm, Upper High Street, Broadway, Worcestershire

We will be showcasing the talents of some of our 2022 student bursary winners at an exclusive concert in the music room at Court Farm in Broadway on the afternoon of Saturday 10th September. A record 16 bursaries were awarded to students at the end of 2021 on a wide range of courses from the [...]

£10.00

Art Competition Exhibition of 150 Finalists

Broadway Museum & Art Gallery 65 High Street, Broadway, GB

Our annual open art competition is open to any artist, in any medium including painting, sculpture, drawing, textiles, ceramics & printmaking. Artists’ work that was selected for the final judging stage has formed an exclusive selling exhibition of 150 works at Broadway Museum & Art Gallery on the High Street in Broadway from 21st – 30th [...]

The 2023 Photography Competition

Broadway, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

Our 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) We have a panel of esteemed judges, all [...]

artBEAT – The opening weekend of Broadway Arts Festival 2023

Marquee on the village green Lower Green, Broadway

artBEAT is the opening 3 day weekend for the festival that showcases the work of some of Britain’s top artists, designers and artisans in the main marquee on the village green in this idyllic Cotswold village. Throughout the weekend the marquee will house talented artists, printmakers, sculptors, jewellers, ceramicists, designer-makers and a host of traditional [...]

Introduction to Woodturning – Garden Dibber Workshop

The Guildhouse Stanton Stanton, United Kingdom

Introduction to woodturning workshop for beginners at Stanton Guildhouse, run by Tony Jones, an approved AWGB tutor and experienced teacher, with two experienced assistants. For more information about Tony visit www.ashcraft.org.uk You will leave the course having been introduced to essential tools, turned basic shapes from a square piece of wood and turned a garden [...]

£75.00

Ceramics Day with Claire Watson

The Guildhouse Stanton Stanton, United Kingdom

During this ceramics taster day in the pottery studio in the stunning Stanton Guildhouse you will have the opportunity to learn through a hands on experience with clay, exploring different hand building techniques such as coiling, pinching and slab building. You will also learn how to throw a simple form on the potter's wheel, delving into [...]

£80.00

Open Studio – Pink Harrison

Pye Corner Mill Bury End, Broadway

Meet artist Pink Harrison in her studio, where her paintings and prints are hanging. Working in oils and watercolours, you will see the sketches of her travels, and materials relating to the finished paintings, and all the tools of a working artist’s studio. Pye Corner Mill is within walking distance from Broadway High Street (Midway between [...]

Wire Bird Sculpture Demonstration by Rachel Higgins

Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

Watch renowned local artist Rachel Higgins as she uses a variety of metalwork techniques – wirework, soldering, hammering and riveting – to create a beautiful intricate 3D metal bird. A member of the Gallery at the Guild, Chipping Campden, she will also be exhibiting in the marquee at artBEAT and running 2 dragonfly wire sculpture [...]

£10.00

Printing without a Press with Joanna Cohn

The Guildhouse Stanton Stanton, United Kingdom

Try your hand at two very different print techniques which you’ll be able to continue to do at home, as very little equipment is required. Reductive lino cut is a method of relief print to create a set of limited edition prints. Takuhon is a 2000 year old Chinese print method originally used to record [...]

£55.00

Broadway Arts Colony Heritage Walk

Around the village 1 The Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

In the late 19th century Broadway turned from a sleepy backwater into a hub of creativity thanks to an influx of mainly American artists, writers and actors. Learn all about this world-famously influential colony on an informative, illustrated walk around beautiful Broadway with local art historian, Karen Bloch, and how one of the world's most [...]

£15.00

Oil Painting Demonstration – Sparkling Seas by Jenny Aitken

Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

Award winning artist Jenny Aitken has spent most of her career studying contre-jour light. She is a regular writer for the Artist magazine, and in the process of writing a book on the subject. For this demonstration, she will complete a full painting focused on sparkling coastal light. She loves to share her process and [...]

£15.00

Velázquez in the Making: Daniel Sobrino Ralston & Richard Ormond

Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

The great Spanish artist Diego Velázquez was a painter of extraordinary ability. He achieved widespread renown, however, during the nineteenth century. Daniel Sobrino Ralston, Acting Associate Curator of Paintings 1600-1800 at the National Gallery, explores how Velázquez striking and newly stylish works were interpreted by connoisseurs, emulated by copyists and – occasionally – knocked off by charlatans. Arts [...]

£15.00

En Plein Air Workshop with Jenny Aitken – Capturing the Light

Willersey Willersey, Gloucestershire

Join Jenny Aitken for a wonderful day of en plein air painting around the lovely village of Willersey – just 5 mins from Broadway. Here you’ll have the opportunity to capture the idyllic Cotswold village which has honey-coloured stone buildings, beautiful village greens and a shimmering village pond.  Award winning artist Jenny Aitken has spent [...]

£90.00

Sketchbook Explorations in Mixed Media with Shelley Rhodes

The Guildhouse Stanton Stanton, United Kingdom

A weekend of exploration for all levels, using mixed media with paper, cloth and stitch. Inspired by our beautiful surroundings at Stanton Guildhouse, you will be guided through experimental approaches to drawing, mark-making and presentation as you fill several small sketchbooks.  Shelley is a mixed media artist who records daily in a sketchbook. She has [...]

£200.00

‘Car Design: Art and Engineering’ by Carsten Astheimer

Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

Design is the process where an idea comes to life, especially in car design; a mix of art and engineering, the result of a multi-disciplinary team often including tens of thousands of people. Although technology has changed dramatically, the art of creating a beautiful car has hardly changed at all. This illustrated talk by car [...]

£15.00

Papercut Flora and Fauna Workshop

Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

Paper cutting is a subtractive drawing process, using a craft knife to create negative space, allowing the remaining paper to appear as dynamic lines and shapes. The process of paper cutting is deeply therapeutic and relaxing. Removing shapes to reveal a design takes you into an almost meditative state that sharpens focus and calms the [...]

£35.00

Wheel Throwing Ceramics Workshop with Claire Watson

The Guildhouse Stanton Stanton, United Kingdom

During this half day in the pottery studio in the stunning Stanton Guildhouse you will learn how to prep the clay pre-throwing and how to centre and pull up a simple form. The therapeutic qualities of clay will have you wanting more! At the end of the session you will have one form which will be [...]

£40.00

Create with Nature workshop with Jane Bevan

The Guildhouse Stanton Stanton, United Kingdom

The workshop is a playful and creative day, suitable for all who love nature and wish to spend a day making nature art together. Using leaves, grasses, bark, feathers and seeds, some of which we will gather outside in our beautiful surroundings, we will make artworks to include collage, wall hangings and mini sculpture. We [...]

£80.00

Collage Seascapes Workshop with Susan Watt

Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

Susan Watt is a local artist who ‘paints with paper’. In this fun workshop you will be guided through the process of creating a unique seascape using only recycled magazines and PVA glue! You will learn about composition, colour and how to create depth and texture in your work. If you’d like to see examples [...]

£65.00

Papercut Flora and Fauna Workshop

Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

Paper cutting is a subtractive drawing process, using a craft knife to create negative space, allowing the remaining paper to appear as dynamic lines and shapes. The process of paper cutting is deeply therapeutic and relaxing. Removing shapes to reveal a design takes you into an almost meditative state that sharpens focus and calms the [...]

£35.00

Wheel Throwing Ceramics Workshop with Claire Watson

The Guildhouse Stanton Stanton, United Kingdom

During this half day in the pottery studio in the stunning Stanton Guildhouse you will learn how to prep the clay pre-throwing and how to centre and pull up a simple form. The therapeutic qualities of clay will have you wanting more! At the end of the session you will have one form which will be [...]

£40.00

A Tour of 2 Private Broadway Gardens with Marion Mako

Court Farm Court Farm, Upper High Street, Broadway, Worcestershire

Broadway’s gardens have been the backdrop for artists, writers, actors and musicians for over a century. On this walking tour of two famous private gardens with Marion Mako, we shall hear about some of the stories behind those who created, inhabited and visited them, all looking their finest in June. Marion is a garden historian, [...]

£20.00

Pastel Seascapes Workshop with Gareth Jones

Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

Spend a day mastering pastel seascapes! Gareth will demonstrate and guide students in creating a convincing and dynamic depiction of the sea in soft pastels. Suitable for beginners and experienced artists alike, reference will be provided. Gareth is an internationally acclaimed pastel artist and winner of several prestigious awards. He is a Signature Member of [...]

£80.00

En Plein Air Painting with Vicki Norman

The Guildhouse Stanton Stanton, United Kingdom

Spend the day painting En Plein Air with award-winning artist and tutor Vicki Norman in the stunning grounds of Stanton Guildhouse. Beginning with fundamental principles, you’ll take part in a series of exercises and colour studies painted in this special location. Accurate and sensitive colour perception is key in capturing a sense of light in [...]

£90.00

Introduction to Picture Framing with Mark Higgins

The Lifford Parlour Lifford Hall, Broadway

Experience picture framing first hand and mix fun with a sense of achievement, taking away with you your own completed frame at the end of the workshop. A practical and enjoyable workshop for beginners run by framer and tutor Mark Higgins where principles and key tools will be first demonstrated - then you will try [...]

£80.00

A Tour of 2 Private Broadway Gardens with Marion Mako

Court Farm Court Farm, Upper High Street, Broadway, Worcestershire

Broadway’s gardens have been the backdrop for artists, writers, actors and musicians for over a century. On this walking tour of two famous private gardens with Marion Mako, we shall hear about some of the stories behind those who created, inhabited and visited them, all looking their finest in June. Marion is a garden historian, [...]

£20.00

Copper Cuff Jewellery Workshop with Karen Lockton

Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

Your chance to make your very own bespoke copper cuff with Karen Lockton of KFL Design. You will learn to shape and texture the copper and the art of fold forming. There will be the opportunity to create texture and to learn some basic jewellery making skills and how to finish and polish your cuff [...]

£75.00

A Tour of 2 Private Broadway Gardens with Marion Mako

Springfield House Springfield Lane, Broadway

Broadway’s gardens have been the backdrop for artists, writers, actors and musicians for over a century. On this walking tour of two famous private gardens with Marion Mako, we shall hear about some of the stories behind those who created, inhabited and visited them, all looking their finest in June. Marion is a garden historian, [...]

£20.00

Thumbnail Sketching with Ink & Wash – Tansy Hargan

Around the village 1 The Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

This workshop focuses on using a viewfinder and thumbnail grid to crop and sketch multiple compositions across a sketchbook spread using ink and wash. The rhythm and momentum of the method makes for an immersive and productive session, resulting in an array of annotated miniature scenes, which may simply be a stand-alone pleasure or could [...]

£35.00

Loose Landscapes in Acrylics with Paul Talbot-Greaves

Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

During this 1 day workshop you will be encouraged to focus on the core principles of painting to free up your acrylics and you will learn techniques for painting loosely in layers. The day will begin with a discussion about the materials followed by some exercises and a demonstration painting highlighting the process. Paul has been [...]

£75.00

En Plein Air at Broadway Tower: Broadway Views in Oil with Georgina Potter

Broadway Tower Middle Hill, Broadway, GB

This one day workshop will focus on teaching how to paint ‘en plein air’ in oils at the iconic Broadway Tower with artist Georgina Potter. Georgina works very quickly making large, expressive and loose marks, creating an energetic painting.  Georgina will share her techniques and approach to oil painting.  The day will consist of a demonstration [...]

£80.00

Enamel Jewellery making workshop with Jane Moore

Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United Kingdom

Learn all about enamelling onto silver and produce a prepared silver and enamelled pendant to a finish good enough to wear. The technique you will learn is called Champleve, where silver is removed by acid etching to create a recess for the transparent enamel. Jane has taught for many years from beginners to advanced since 1974. In [...]

£110.00

Botanical ceramics workshop with Ros Ingram

Marquee on the village green Lower Green, Broadway

Join ceramic artist Ros Ingram to create a beautiful plaster cast of seasonal flowers and foliage found in the borders and hedgerows of the Cotswolds. There will be the option to add a touch of gold leaf to this pure white botanical relief. Ros has 20 years of teaching experience, has won several international ceramic [...]

£60.00

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