Join us for a private tour of Stanway House and the famous water gardens. An outstanding Jacobean Manor House, since 1533 Stanway House has been the home of The Tracys of Stanway and their descendants the Earl of Wemyss. Home of the Earls of Wemyss, it has many literary and artistic connections – J M [...]
In this plein air workshop at Cotswold Lavender, we will be painting the lavender fields in full bloom in acrylic or oil, looking for interesting angles and dynamic designs to create attention grabbing paintings led by tutor Paul Talbot-Greaves RI. This workshop will be full of colour, so you will learn how to manage colour [...]
During this studio-based workshop we’ll be looking at some of the beautiful buildings of Broadway or the surrounding area and will be capturing them in a contemporary way. Claire will be working from a photograph to guide you through some of the layering techniques she uses in her work which include painting, collage creation, cutting, [...]
Join us for the next Broadway Arts Festival - over 80 events across 10 days including live music, outdoor theatre, creative workshops, demonstrations, competitions, tours & talks! Festival events take place at numerous venues in and around the beautiful village of Broadway in the north Cotswolds. The programme will be announced at the end of [...]
After their sell out performance for us in 2024, The Birmingham Philharmonic will be returning to perform a bespoke programme for the Broadway Arts Festival at Cidermill Theatre in Chipping Campden on the afternoon of Sunday 18th October 2026. A programme of exciting and moving music that is not only appealing to those new to [...]
Join willow weaver Rachel Harwood on this workshop for the day creating a fabulous 4ft willow deer sculpture for your garden, or to use as a festive home decoration. Willow is a wonderful sustainable material great for making sculptures for the garden. You will be working with willow from Somerset. Rachel has been working with [...]
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, school outreach programmes and local student arts bursaries. Maybe you’ll spot a future [...]
In 2020 we launched a new short story prize in addition to our art competition in order to encourage creativity during the lockdown. The prize was generously sponsored and judged by festival benefactors Julia & Martin Wilson. The competition now takes place every other year, the next one is in 2026. Entries need to be [...]
Do you love the TV series Portrait Artist of the Year? Then this is for you... Running alongside our famous plein air competition, The Great Broadway Paint-Off, we will also have a portrait painting competition taking place inside the Lifford Hall in Broadway. Amateur and professional artists from around the UK will spend the day [...]
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 emerging artists. Judges in 2026 will include our Festival Artist in Residence, Claire [...]
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
