Oexmann Art Competition accepts entries from 22 November

Cash prizes to be won!
This year’s Oexmann Art Competition and Exhibition, organised by Wiltshire Museum in Devizes, starts accepting entries on 22 November until 26 November. A panel of judges, comprising three experienced, well-known artists, will select the winners on 30 November, with cash prizes of £500 and £300 awarded to the first and second placed winning adult entries. 
The Competition aims to encourage and promote Wiltshire artists of all ages and is open to anyone who was born or lives in the county. Note that the organisers may ask prize-winners for proof of birthplace or residence.
You can choose any subject matter for your entries, which must be in 2D form i.e. painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, but photography and computer generated artworks are not acceptable. All entries must be original works. The competition judges will not accept work that artists have copied or plagiarised. 
​An exhibition of the winning art and other selected entries takes place at the Wiltshire Museum from 17 December 2022 to 18 February 2023. 
Entrants may submit up to three entries each, but please be aware that a strict picture size limit is in place – frames must not exceed 80cm x 60cm, landscape or portrait orientation, in order to allow the maximum number of entries to be displayed in the Museum. Entry costs £3.50 per picture for the over-18 category.

Entry form and criteria
To enter you need to complete the entry form that’s available to download from the Wiltshire Museum’s website. The entry form also gives details about the full entry criteria. You have to print and complete both sides of the form and take it with you when you deliver your entries, which you can do during the usual working hours from Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 November, 2022. To check the opening times please go to Museum’s visitors’ web page. 

If you have any queries about entry please contact the Competition Manager, Heather Ault, on 01380 727369 or email her at oexmann@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk 

Good luck to anyone who enters!