This year we will be holding this popular competition at the National Archives Kew.
on Saturday 8th June starting at 10am
This wonderful building has so many great spaces both inside and out to either paint or draw.
You will need to register your place below for a nominal administration fee of £5.00 and arrive on the day Saturday 8th June at 10am. All artists taking part will get a free car parking space.
Ages 16+ can compete in a timed competition to create original artworks inspired by The National Archives Building.
Any further questions please contact the office on info@artsrichmond.org.uk
Please register your place for the Artist of the Year please click below
We are at Kew Fete on Saturday 22nd June.
We have over 200 pieces of wonderful art by local artists for sale at affordable prices. Nothing over £100, you could grab a bargain and perhaps be the owner of a future master piece.
If you came to the Richmond May Fair and couldn't decide on that piece of artwork you were looking at and think you have missed your chance to own it! It may still be available at Kew come along and say hello!
Arts Richmond is delighted to announce that, after a Covid-imposed hiatus, the New Plays Festival is returning in 2024. A celebration of original playwriting, we are reviving the Festival as a biennial event, alternating each year with the Radio Plays competition (which was most recently run, with huge interest and success, last year).
Arts Richmond invites submissions from local writers, regardless of whether they are linked to affiliated drama societies. Those submissions shortlisted as finalists will be brought to life in a staged performance by directors and actors from local groups, but the writer does not necessarily need to source their own creative team. If they can, great, but it’s not a requirement.
The aim is to shortlist four submissions by the end of August, so that they can be staged, and a ‘winner’ selected, at a local theatre in mid-October.
The criteria for entry are that the playscript should:
• Be original, unpublished and previously unperformed;
• Have a running time of no longer than 20 minutes;
• Require no more than four actors (although they can play multiple parts);
• Be suitable to be performed potentially in the round, and working around the existing set in the venue selected for the finalists’ performance;
• Be capable of being staged with minimal technical requirements, in terms of set, costume, set, sound and lighting effects. The emphasis is very much upon the writing!
We look forward to your submissions. The deadline is 19th July 2024, and we ask for a nominal entry fee of £10 to cover our costs. For further information, please contact Linda Hansell at info@artsrichmond.org.uk.
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