Our annual open art competition is open to any artist in any medium, professional & amateur. Artists’ 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 25th September – Sunday 4th October, open daily from 11am [...]
Entries will open for our annual open art competition in May, open to any artist, in any medium including (but not restricted to) painting, drawing, pastels, mixed media, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics & glass. Any artist from across the UK can enter, but we do have a separate prize for best entry from a local artist. [...]
This is the morning session for competition finalists handing in artwork for the exhibition at Theatrebarn in Bretforton. Please hand in at the main entrance between 10:00am – 12:30pm. You don’t need to print or bring your ticket. Simply provide your name on arrival. The exhibition area won't be open to the artists as we [...]
This is the afternoon session for artists handing in artwork for the exhibition at Theatrebarn in Bretforton. Please hand in at the main entrance between 1 – 4:30pm. You don’t need to print or bring your ticket. Simply provide your name on arrival. The exhibition area won't be open to the artists as we will [...]
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 [...]
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. Any artist from across the UK can enter, but we do have a separate prize for best entry from a local artist. We [...]
Our annual open art competition is open to any artist in any medium, professional & amateur. Artists’ 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 [...]
Prize pot of £1,250, with a new Wildlife prize category: - Best Portrait (£250) - Best Landscape (£250) - Best Wildlife (£250) - Best Photo Essay (5-8 images)(£500) The competition & prizes are generously sponsored by Photographer Peter Martin who has a gallery in Stow on the Wold and Creative Picture Framing Gloucestershire. We [...]
Do you love the TV series Portrait Artist of the Year? Then this is for you... New for 2025! Running alongside our famous plein air competition, The Great Broadway Paint-Off, this year we will also have a portrait painting competition taking place inside the main marquee on the village green. Amateur and professional artists from [...]
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
