Every day we are overwhelmed with an avalanche of individual images, most of which have little meaning. One of the most powerful ways to establish your visual voice and distinguish yourself as a photographer is to conceptualize and shoot a photo essay, a simple and compelling way to communicate and tell a story. The day [...]
Come along to see the 200 finalists from our 2021 open art competition at our new exhibition venue, Bretforton Theatrebarn, many of which are available to purchase. Open daily from 12 noon to 4pm from Friday 4th June to Sunday 13th June - entry is free and no need to book Please note: Sadly, there [...]
Due to the success of the festival, as we grow in size & scope, we are adding new additional venues in the north Cotswolds to provide variety, increased capacity and an opportunity to showcase other arts organisations. We are delighted to announce an exciting new venue for in 2021. Theatrebarn is a hidden [...]
Wychavon District Council have agreed to very kindly sponsor the open art competition main prize of £1000 in 2021! Their support is hugely appreciated and we look forward to welcoming them to the exhibition of finalists during the festival in June. The competition is now open for entries!
Haidee-Jo Summers ROI RSMA has agreed to be one of our judges for the 2021 Great Broadway Paint-Off on Sunday June 13th! Haidee-Jo will be in the village giving feedback and encouragement to our artists during the day and judging the entries at the end of the afternoon. Tickets for the Paint-Off go on sale [...]
Our “all new” open art competition is open to any artist, in any medium including painting, photography, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, printmaking and film. We have new categories, new prizes, new sponsors, new judges and a new exhibition venue! Artists’ work that is selected for the final judging stage will be exhibited in an exclusive selling [...]
Calling all photographers! We are launching 3 new photographic prize categories as part of our ALL NEW 2021 open art competition all generously sponsored by Peter Martin Gallery in Stow on the Wold. Best Photographic Essay – “Surviving Isolation in the Year of Covid” (between 5 and 8 images to be submitted) £500 Best Photographic [...]
We are delighted to announce that the overall competition judge for our ALL NEW open art competition 2021 is Malcolm Rogers. Malcolm was Deputy Director of the National Portrait Gallery in London, and for over twenty years, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He was awarded the CBE for services to the arts [...]
We are delighted to announce that Emma & Howard Clegg of The Stratford Gallery are sponsoring a new open art competition prize for recent Fine Arts Graduate worth £500. The prize category will be judged by Emma and Howard and will be open to any fine arts graduate who graduated within the last 3 years. The [...]
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 [...]
