What does belonging mean to you?
OT Creative Space invites artists, makers, writers and creatives of all ages and abilities to submit work for our annual Open Exhibition, exploring this year’s theme: Belonging.
Belonging can mean many things – a place that feels like home, family, friendships, community, identity, culture, memories, nature, and object or simply feeling accepted. We encourage you to interpret the theme in your own unique way.
Whether you’re an experienced artist, creating for the first time, or simply enjoy making, we’d love to see your work.
Exhibition Dates
30th October – 1st November
All submitted work must be available for exhibition throughout these dates.
Submission Deadline
Friday 16th October
Categories
🎨 Artist
🎨 Community
🎨 11–16 Years
🎨 10 Years & Under
Prizes
🏆 Artist Category – £100 prize plus a solo window exhibition at OT Creative Space
🏆 Community Category – £50 prize
🏆 11–16 Years – £25 art voucher
🏆 10 Years & Under – £25 art voucher
Our Judges
- Wing Cheung – Winner of last year’s Artist Category
- Haleema Aziz – Multidisciplinary Artist
- John Cooper – Illustrator
- Eliana France-Williams – Winner of last year’s 11–16 Category
How to Enter
- Maximum 2 submissions per person.
- All work must be your own original creation.
- We welcome submissions in a wide variety of mediums including painting, drawing, printmaking, textiles, sculpture, photography, mixed media, poetry, video and performance.
- All entries should respond to the theme Belonging.
- Submitted work must be available for display between 30th October and 1st November.
We can’t wait to see the many different ways our community explores what it means to belong. Whether your work is bold, quiet, personal or playful, every interpretation is welcome.
Create. Share. Belong.
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