Archive: The Derbyshire Open Art Competition returned in 2022 after a two-year break. Entries and voting for that exhibition are now closed.
The 38th competition and exhibition was run by Buxton Museum and Art Gallery and welcomed professional and amateur artists of all ages.
Artists were asked to use Derbyshire as their inspiration, whether through landscapes, local people, still life or local stories.
The photographs include earlier Derbyshire Open exhibitions.
The competition accepted a range of media including painting, drawing, print, collage, digital imagery and three-dimensional work.
The 2022 exhibition
Artists could submit up to two works made after 2017. The entry dates were 10 and 11 June 2022 at the museum’s former Terrace Road home.
The 2022 exhibition ran from 25 June to 2 September. The museum has since reopened in a temporary building next to Buxton Library on Kents Bank Road.
The competition offered prizes including the Derbyshire Trophy and a Visitors’ Choice award.
Visitors’ Choice award
Visitors could vote for a favourite work during the 2022 exhibition.
In 2022, Council Leader and Cabinet Member Councillor Barry Lewis said:
“I’m delighted to see the return of the Derbyshire Open Art Competition and Exhibition after its two year pause due to the pandemic.
“It’s a real opportunity for artists to have their work seen by a wide audience and it is a wonderful way of celebrating all that is great about our county.
“The exhibition runs during the height of the tourist season, through the Buxton Festival and summer holidays and people visiting will get the chance to see the works for free and also to vote for the Visitors’ Choice winner.”
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