The Great Broadway Portrait Paint-Off 2026

2026-01-27T12:26:04+00:00July 29th, 2025||

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 [...]

The Great Broadway Paint-Off 2026

2026-03-22T07:49:48+00:00July 28th, 2025|, , , |

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. Prizes: Main Prize: £500 (cash) sponsored by Alastair & Julieanne McGrigor [...]

The Great Broadway Portrait Paint-Off

2025-05-26T16:33:32+01:00December 31st, 2024||

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 [...]

Street Photography Workshop with Peter Martin

2025-05-12T18:01:36+01:00December 2nd, 2024|, , |

Spend the day with professional photographer, Peter Martin, capturing village life and The Great Broadway Paint-Off that will be taking place in the village that day. Everyone has a story to tell. Some do it with words, or music, or art, but this workshop is for someone who wants to tell a story with their [...]

En Plein Air Painting in Watercolour with Bobby Open

2025-05-12T17:38:25+01:00November 21st, 2024|, |

An exciting opportunity to paint in a beautiful private garden on the Upper High Street in Broadway.  True to its name, The Hill is a classic Cotswold stone house nestled in a hillside garden with topiary, mature trees and summerhouses, and fabulous views to Bredon Hill and the Malverns.  Participants will be painting outdoors with [...]

The Great Broadway Paint-Off 2025

2025-05-18T17:04:47+01:00June 18th, 2024|, , , |

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 2025 will be Festival Ambassador, Haidee-Jo Summers VPROI RSMA, [...]

Tushar Sabale announced as guest main prize judge for the 2024 open art competition

2024-03-21T17:37:29+00:00March 21st, 2024|Art Competition, Art sale, Art Workshop/Demonstration, Exhibition, The festival|

We are delighted to announce that Tush Sabale has agreed be our guest main prize judge for our 2024 open art competition alongside Malcolm Rogers, former Director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Tushar Sabale is an award winning Indian born, British artist based in London. He mainly paints from life and [...]

Announcing the winners of The Great Broadway Paint-Off 2022!

2022-05-30T12:50:46+01:00May 30th, 2022|Art Competition, The festival|

Congratulations to our Great Broadway Paint-Off 2022 prize winners! We were blown away by the quality of the entries from artists who had travelled from across the UK to take part (20+ counties). So pleased that so many of you sold your work on the day too. 1st Prize - Kim Whitby (Malvern) 2nd - [...]

Introducing The Great Broadway Paint-Off Prize Winners 2021!

2021-06-28T14:22:13+01:00June 22nd, 2021|Art Competition, Art sale, Exhibition, The festival|

57 Talented artists braved the soaring temperatures (28oC) & blazing sunshine to compete for an impressive array of prizes and be in with a chance off selling their work in the exhibition at the end of the day. Villagers & visitors loved seeing our artists at work, in some cases appearing in their paintings and [...]

Haidee-Jo Summers ROI Announced as judge for The Great Broadway Paint-Off 2021

2021-01-05T10:48:33+00:00January 5th, 2021|Art Competition, The festival|

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 [...]

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