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The snow may have prevented me from meeting Kathryn from Cambridge Open Art at Kettles Yard but instead we embraced our warm homes and cuppas and had a wonderful meeting via face time.
For those who have not heard of Cambridge Open Art let me enlighten you. Run solely by dedicated volunteers assisted by the Local Arts Manager at Swavesey College it has been running for 27 years; 22 years ago it moved to Cottenham Village College and now it is based in Swavesey Village College.
It is an open to all (18+) and non-selective exhibition with their vision being:
“ To promote art, artists and well being through exhibition, education and participation”
From talking to Kathyrn you can sense her passion about art and the wish to provide support to emerging artists while giving them a positive and meaningful platform.
Swavesey Village College is a great location to showcase work from the Artists and a great opportunity also for the students; they help set up the large number of art works and help run engaging and fun workshops for all the visitors.
It’s a great place for all the family to enjoy viewing but also to purchase original art.
In order to exhibit you need to fill out an online entry form and pay the small entry fee and then the artists are chosen from a first come first served basis. There is no selection process but there are a panel of Judges who choose the Top 20 and these pieces of work are then entered into another exhibition where a Top Prize is kindly donated by HMC Framing.
It was wonderful to hear all about the Cambridge Open Art Exhibition and the fantastic dedication their Committee and supporters show; they truly are providing an inspiring Art experience for all. At their last show, the main feedback from the evaluation forms from their visitors was that they left feeling inspired to be more creative themselves. A wonderful, positive feeling to be left with and shows me what a success the exhibition was. I am very excited to visit the next show with my family.
The next Cambridge Open Art Exhibition which will be held on 12th to 14th October 2018 at Swavesey Village College .
Dates for your diary:
Tuesday 12th June 2018 – Open for entries
Private View Friday 12th October 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Exhibition Saturday 13th October 10:00am to 5:00pm & Sunday 14th October 10:00am to 4:00pm at Swavesey Village College.
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Twitter: @CambOpenArt
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