The Festival Art Competition

‘Wild and Wonderful’

Following on from the success of our last art competition, we invited you to dust off your easels, sharpen your pencils and get your cameras to the ready!  We received 50 entries and these are now being displayed in Oswestry Library for the month of August prior to being displayed at the Festival on the 4th and 5th September.

Please come and visit the exhibition in the library and cast your vote for the favourite in each age group. Many entrants have offered their work for sale with the proceeds going towards the restoration of the Montgomery Canal. Forms will be available for visitors to place sealed bids for those items being offered for sale. The voting will continue during the festival with winners being announced on the Sunday afternoon.

We are grateful to all those who have entered and a particular thanks to Maesbury Primary School.

Entry Details

Entries are invited for the Art Competition being staged as part of the Maesbury Canal Festival which is being held on 4th & 5th September 2010 at Canal Central, Maesbury Marsh, SY10 8JG. The art work must reflect the Montgomery Canal in its Wild and Wonderful state.

Categories include Under 12*, 13 – 16* and Adult.

*Age at closing date of 7th July 2010 (Closing Date now extended to 21st July 2010)

• Paintings (in any medium), drawings and photographs will be accepted in each category
• Entries must be unframed and mounted on card no larger than A4
• Entries must be clearly labelled with the artists name, address, telephone number and category entered by attaching the Competition Entry Form to the back of the artwork
• There is an entry fee of £2 per work submitted. School entries are free of charge
• Entries must be submitted to Canal Central or Sarah Richards no later than Wednesday 7th July 2010 with a completed entry form and fee
• Let your imagination run Wild and Wonderful!

Entries will be displayed at the Oswestry Library throughout August 2010 before being moved to the festival site for the weekend of the event. Judging will be by public vote and will take place at the library throughout August and also on Saturday 4th September at the festival. Winners will be announced and prizes awarded at the festival on Sunday 5th September at the closing ceremony at 2pm.

Permission to use images in future publicity, calendars and fundraising merchandise is assumed unless explicitly stated otherwise on the entry form. Any such use will be fully attributed to the artist.

If you would be willing to donate your artwork for sale at the festival, please indicate this on the entry form. All proceeds from the sale of artwork will go towards the restoration of the Montgomery Canal.

Artwork will be available to collect from Canal Central from 3.30pm on Sunday 5th September. Any artwork not collected from Canal Central by 1st November 2010 will be sold and the money donated towards the restoration of the Montgomery Canal.

The entry form can be downloaded here, with further information available from Sarah Richards on 01939 261396 or by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Example Photo - Rednal Basin (Courtesy of H Mallett)