Classical Alla Prima Portraits – The John Singer Sargent Approach with Peter Keegan

2024-01-19T09:14:46+00:00November 6th, 2023|, , |

A 2 day portraiture oils workshop with professional artist & tutor Peter Keegan. Working from photographs and inspired by the painterly approach to oil portrait painting used by great artists such as John Singer Sargent who famously painted ‘Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose in Broadway, Peter will guide and demonstrate the artistic principles and practices used [...]

Announcing the 2023 open art competition prize winners

2023-10-24T11:12:30+01:00October 24th, 2023|Art Competition, Art sale, Exhibition, Schools Outreach, The festival|

Introducing the Prize Winners and Highly Commended finalists for our 2023 open art competition! We had a fantastic response with 476 entries from across the UK and the standard was exceptionally high. Thank you to everyone who entered. We are so grateful to our 7 judges who did a brilliant job. A huge thank [...]

Mystery Masterpiece Auction 2024

2024-02-21T10:44:55+00:00September 4th, 2023||

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 2025, school outreach programmes and local student arts bursaries.  Maybe you’ll spot [...]

Broadway Arts Festival 2025

2024-03-20T16:09:48+00:00September 1st, 2023|

The Cotswolds favourite arts festival! Outdoor theatre on our idyllic village green, top quality live music, art & design talks, private garden tours, Heritage Walks, art demonstrations, exhibitions, competitions, opportunities to buy original art direct from the artists. A huge variety of art workshops for everyone whether a seasoned artist or total novice looking for [...]

En Plein Air Workshop at Batsford Arboretum with Paul-Talbot Greaves RI

2023-07-28T18:18:26+01:00July 28th, 2023|, , |

In this plein air workshop at Batsford Arboretum, you will be guided towards using colour as part of your considered composition by Paul Talbot-Greaves RI. Working in acrylics or oils, you will focus on the shapes and colours of autumn or any interesting colour within the trees to make a statement painting. Looking at the [...]

Art Competition Exhibition of Finalists

2023-09-01T11:39:44+01:00July 26th, 2023|, , , , |

Our annual open art competition is open to any artist, in any medium including painting, sculpture, drawing, textiles, jewellery, pastels, ceramics & printmaking. Artists’ work that was selected for the final judging stage will form an exclusive selling exhibition of 150 works at Theatrebarn in Bretforton (15 mins drive from Broadway) from Friday 6th - [...]

2023 Open Art Competition

2023-07-26T13:43:27+01:00July 26th, 2023|, , , , |

Our 2023 open art competition is now open for entries! 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 by John Noott (Founders Prize) – Sculpture/3D Prize £500 sponsored by Jason & Susan Lewis [...]

The Great Broadway Paint-Off 2024

2024-04-08T21:54:24+01:00July 26th, 2023|, , , , |

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. We have a prize pot of over £1,000 this year and [...]

2023 Art Competition – Open for entries!

2023-06-26T14:51:03+01:00June 26th, 2023|Art Competition, Exhibition, Sponsorship, The festival|

Our 2023 open art competition is now open for entries! 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 by John Noott (Founders Prize) - Sculpture/3D Prize £500 sponsored by Jason & Susan [...]

Best Beard in Broadway – Winner announced!

2023-05-22T15:52:38+01:00May 22nd, 2023|Art Competition, Art Workshop/Demonstration, The festival|

Congratulations to Richard Cornwall, crowned winner of The Best Beard in Broadway by Haidee-Jo Summers ROI RSMA ! Richard will be Haidee-Jo's model for her portrait demonstration on Saturday 10th June from 2-4pm at the Lifford Hall in Broadway. Tickets are still available, so get yours today: https://broadwayartsfestival.com/.../cate.../demonstrations/ Thank you to all the wonderful bearded chaps [...]

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