With 50 UK art clubs having entered our first Art Club of the Year competition, judging for the exhibition was a tricky task.

We are happy to announce that the following ten clubs will each have their five works exhibited at this year's Patchings Festival of Art, Craft & Photography from June 9 -12.

Congratulations to:

• Battle and District Art Club
• Romsey Art Club
• Fareham Art Club
• Dupont Art Club
• Leicester Sketch Club
• Ringwood Art Society
• The Wildlife Art Society International
• Guildford Art Society
• Milton Keynes Art Society
• Gateshead Art Society

The overall club winner, and the two runners-up, will be selected by Hazel Soan at the exhibition. The winning club will receive £500 Jackson’s Art Supplies vouchers, a sponsored demonstration at the selected club venue by a professional art tutor. Each of the runners-up will receive £250 worth of Jackson’s Art Supplies vouchers.

There will also be a prize for the People's Choice Award of £100 worth of Jackson’s Art Supplies vouchers for the club with the most public votes during the festival.

We will be sharing all 50 exhibited works on PaintersOnline, along with news of the prize-winning clubs after June 12, and details will also feature in a future issue of the magazines.