Coventry Open 2010

I’m writing to remind you and your contacts of details for submitting work for the Coventry Open 2010, which could see your art displayed in the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum.

The exhibition is open to artists in the West Midlands and Warwickshire working in any medium, including painting, drawing, print, sculpture, textiles, photography and film. Work for the exhibition is selected by a panel of judges and this year the panel is made up of artist, John Keane, fine art and photography course leader at Wolverhampton University, Su Fahy, and exhibitions officer at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Karen MacKinnon.

There is a prize of £1000 awarded by the judges to the overall winner and a Visitor Choice Prize of a solo exhibition will be offered to the artist receiving the most votes from visitors to the exhibition.

Work needs to be submitted on Saturday 20 March 2010 at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry between 10am-4.30pm. Every artist will need to bring their piece/s with them, as well as a completed Entry Form (available to download from our website www.theherbert.org) and their Entry Fee (£5 each, for a maximum of three pieces). Please see Conditions of Entry Form (again, find it at www.theherbert.org) for full details.

The sixth Coventry Open at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum promises to be an inspiring exhibition of creative talent. The exhibition runs from Friday 2 April until Sunday 13 June 2010. Best of all, entry is FREE.

I would appreciate it if you could forward this post onto your colleagues or anyone you think may be interested in submitting their work for the Coventry Open and/or coming to see the exhibition.

Kind regards,

Ben Goodwin
Marketing and Communications Assistant