Calling All Artists – Beginners, Amateurs, Professionals, Hobbyists – All levels very welcome
Entries are invited for the 2026 Garstang & District Open Art Competition/Exhibition.
Please find below the entry form together with a letter setting out details of the competition.
Entry forms will be required for all entries. Please return them by Wednesday 31st December 2025
Please note the handing in date of Saturday 3rd January 2026 between 10-00 am and 12 noon.
We very much hope you will enter this popular competition.
For more information please contact:
Sheila Tearle
Exhibition Organizer
sheilatearle@outlook.com
garstangartscentre@gmail.com
or pop into the Arts Centre during opening times:
Tuesday 10.00-4.00
Thursday 10.00-4.00
Saturday 10.00-12.30
Winners of 2025
Our Open Art Exhibition way back earlier this year showcased talented artists from around the region. It’s was fabulous to have such a range of styles, materials and subject matters on display. From incredibly detailed illustrative pieces, to paint, charcoal, pastel and resin!
Judging the entries last year was the wonderful, well known artist Margaret Rodwell who presented the five winners with their prizes on Saturday 11th January in the Arts Centre.
Our winners were:
1st ‘So Many Hungry Mouths to Feed’ by Taysha (Czeslawa Manifold)
Joint 2nd ‘That Brown Cow’ by Anne Cade
Joint 2nd ‘Snowfall’ by Patricia Roberts
Joint 3rd ‘Washing Line’ by Nancy Blackburn
Joint 3rd ‘Looking West from Jeffrey Hill’ by Nancy Blackburn
Winners of 2024
1st Prize ‘Portrait of a Young Woman’ Lynne Forshaw
Joint 2nd ‘Cow Parsley’ Margaret Rodwell
Joint 2nd ‘Tomorrow’s a Better Day’ Madeline McLean
Joint 3rd ‘Still Life with Grapes’ John Sirkett
Joint 3rd ‘Cockerham Church’ Adrian Stevenson
Along with Cash Prizes, the five prize winners will have the opportunity to hold a joint exhibition in the Summer.
Winners of 2023
- 1st Prize went to C B Manifold, for her portrayal ‘Pandamonium’.
- Joint 2nd: Diane Burrow ‘The Arts Centre’ & Simon Blackley ‘The Other High Street’.
- Joint 3rd: Patricia S Leontieff ‘From the Dinner Table, Windermere & George Horsfield ‘ Falconry in Arabia.
For more information please contact Sheila Tearle on (01995) 603816
Exhibition and Cafe OPENING TIMES
Tuesday 10.00-4.00
Thursday 10.00-4.00
Saturday 10.00-12.3
Garstang Arts Centre 