Letchworth Open 2023

Calling all artists! The Broadway Gallery invites you to submit work for the third Letchworth Open

Submissions are now closed

The Letchworth Open is an annual exhibition that will be taking place at the Broadway Gallery in August 2023 celebrating our region’s creative community. Each year we aim to create Hertfordshire’s largest and most celebrated exhibition by bringing together some of the region’s most talented artists under one roof, whilst discovering new practitioners in our ever-expanding community. 

For each edition the Broadway Gallery awards three exhibiting artists a £1000 bursary and an invitation to present their work at the Broadway Gallery in 2024. The bursaries are selected by the previous year’s recipients alongside the Broadway Gallery’s team. This year's selectors will be Nigel Grimmer, Emma Phillips and Tabitha Wilson. Additionally, three subject discipline prizes are awarded to artists that show an innovative approach to their medium or exceptional skill. This year we are delighted to introduce the People's Choice that will be decided by an anonymous public vote. All prizes and bursaries will be announced at the Gallery on Saturday 7 October. The awards are as follows:

• Painting & Drawing Prize
• Applied Arts Prize (Ceramic, Craft, Design and Textile)
• Photography, Print and Digital Media Prize
• People's Choice Prize

Key Dates

• Submission deadline: Monday 10 July 2023, Midnight
• Delivery of work: Wednesday 19 July - Saturday 22 July & Wednesday 26 July - Saturday 29 July, 10am - 5pm. 
• Preview day: Saturday 12 August, 2pm - 8pm
• Exhibition dates: 12 August - 7 October 2023
• Bursary and Prize presentation: Saturday 7 October 2023, 3pm
• Collection of work: Wednesday 10 October - Saturday 14 October, 10am - 5pm

If you would like to submit your artwork to the Open please complete the following form and read the submission guidelines document below. ENTRY FORM. Once you have complete the entry form please email image(s) of your work to theopen@letchworth.com.

Unlike other Open Call exhibitions the Letchworth Open is free to enter, but for those of you who can please consider making a donation to help support the Broadway Gallery and the work that we do.  All donations, large or small, will make a genuine difference: from enabling us to support our local community through creative workshops for school children, isolated adults and families through to creating a free programme of inspiring exhibitions for everyone to enjoy. DONATE NOW