Over £16,000 worth of prizes!

We are looking for the best work from amateurs in the Leisure Painter category and from experienced and professional artists in The Artist category in this year's open art competition in partnership with Patchings Art Centre.

Selected works from each category will be exhibited at Patchings Art Centre in two separate galleries, opening on the first day of the 2016 Patchings Festival of Art, Craft and Photography on June 9, until July 24, 2016.

Over 50 individual prizes will be awarded in both categories.

All entrants will receive a complimentary one-day ticket to the festival worth £9.50.

The competition is open to artists worldwide.

To enter click here to pay your entry fee. Within 48 hours of making a payment you will receive an email with a link for uploading your entries.

Closing date for entries is March 24, 2016.