Market Place - Competition Entries Sought - July 2007

The pretty market town of Woodstock will play host to Art in Woodstock, a major visual arts festival from 23^rd- 28^th October 2007.  Showcasing work by visiting professional artists and local talent, this brand new initiative from Wake up to Woodstock will see the whole of Woodstock transformed into a celebration of visual arts.

 
Entries are being sought for the competitions for which the deadline for entry is 14^th September.  The winners’ work – in the art, photography and schools competitions – will be exhibited in the town during the event and Rosita Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough will present the prizes to the competition winners together with Peter Wileman, Vice President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters at an awards ceremony on Saturday 27^th October 2007.

 
Samsung Photographic Competition ‘Inspired by Woodstock’, with fantastic prizes kindly donated by Samsung: the first prize will be a state-of-the art digital camera worth £700.00.  Judges are Suzie Medley, Fotonet South and Charlie Waite, Light and Land.  The Open Art Competition, ‘Inspired by Woodstock’, will be judged by Professor Martin Kemp, Professor of Art History at Oxford University. The first prize is kindly sponsored by Senecio Press, Charlbury.

 
Many of the retailers will be taking part in Art in Woodstock, with individual art exhibitions in their shops and restaurants, and a triangular art wall will be erected in the town square for visitors to contribute to, creating a unique work of art reflecting Woodstock and its community; there will be exhibitions, workshops, demonstrations as well as talks by eminent artists, critics and authorities in their field.