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We are delighted to invite you to exhibit your work at our May 2026 exhibition. In the past we have attracted over 100 artists from the Midlands and beyond. Last year 50% of exhibiting artists sold at least one piece. The show is a major fund raiser for the Village Hall. Fourwalls Gallery in Melton Mowbray will again be offering a selected artist the opportunity to display and sell their work on a non-commission basis and to frame one of their works free of charge.
The Preview Evening started the weekend off and once again attracted large numbers of visitors who came along to enjoy a glass of fizz and some cake as well as look at the amazing array of work on show.
On Saturday and Sunday we continued to have lots of visitors, who also took advantage of the lovely homemade cakes and savouries as well as buying raffle tickets, with generous prizes donated by various local businesses.
We managed to exhibit 194 main pieces of work in the Hall and a further 136 items unframed in the browsers. Many artists and visitors said they liked the fact that there were fewer paintings and thought the overall display looked better. Clearly it helped, as sales were good, indeed approximately half the artists at the show sold at least one item which is a fantastic achievement.
As you would expect, sales of refreshments were amazing and we had an exceptional array of homemade cakes for sale.
We were delighted to work with Fine & Country again who kindly sponsored the whole event. The artwork was judged by Paul Lillie and Laz Grillo from Fourwalls Gallery who chose an artist to exhibit at his Melton Mowbray gallery. Visitors had the opportunity to select their public choice of art and chose ‘Whitby West Pier’ by Mick Orme, while Best in Show was awarded to Mark Anslow for ‘Summer Morning’.
We would like to thank everyone who helped in making the show such a success: the sponsors, judges, raffle prize donors, the team organising the Preview Evening and the many who donated cakes and other items of food, as well as those who helped serve during the event. Let’s also not also forget the ‘behind the scenes’ folk who ran the finances, helped design, advertise, hang the paintings, sell the artwork, organise the catering, update the UB Art Show website, contact the artists, produce the flyers, sell tickets, etc. and anyone else we may have missed!
The Upper Broughton Art Show is a major fundraising event, and all profits go the Village Hall funds to help keep it running.
So please put the dates in your diary.
If you are interested in joining us and would be keen to offer some help for next year, please contact me.
Thank you. Jo Merchant. Chair UBAS.