Arts Week - Art & Crafts Exhibition 2024
Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd November 2024 at Brownlow Hall

11.00-4.00pm

INTRODUCTION

This 3 day Arts and Crafts Exhibition is on Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd November 2024. Artists from the local area can enter art/craft for FREE. Visitors can come and see the art for FREE 11.00-4.00 daily. The venue is Brownlow Hall Newell Green, Warfield RG42 6AB.

The exhibition is part of the overall Binfield Warfield & Winkfield Arts Week and attracts 100s of entries from local creatives. You can enjoy and buy some of the best paintings, craft items, sculptures, photographs and fabric works by local artists who enter individually or as part of their local Art Group. Visit the exhibition and maybe you could find something to buy or even a local art group/organisation you would like to join.

FOR YOU THE ARTISTS, SOME INFO

  This is an open art, photography and craft exhibition of up to 5 artworks per individual exhibitor. You must be a local resident from within the three Parishes of Binfield or Winkfield or Warfield to exhibit - or in a school or art group that is based in this area.

ENTRY FORM FOR ARTISTS FOR THE 2024 EXHIBITION

Art & Crafts Exhibition 2024

1-3 November 2024 Brownlow Hall

1. WHAT: This is an open exhibition of up to 5 PIECES OF DISPLAY ART/CRAFT per individual local artists and group entries from local art groups. Open to all ages and all categories of arts and crafts ie. paintings, photography, 3D creations, needlework, woodwork, sculpture, pottery etc. 
   
2. OPEN EXHIBITION: The organisers do not ask to see the exhibits before they are hung, it's your choice to show your best work.  We do reserve the right to remove work likely to offend a family audience and/or blatant copyrite infringement.
   
3. WHO can exhibit art or crafts? Exhibitors must be local; this is clearly and simply defined as living in one of the three parishes of Binfield, Warfield or Winkfield or being a member of an art group based in the three Parishes.
   
4. WHERE: The Art & Crafts Exhibition is in Brownlow Hall, Newell Green Warfield RG42 6AB. There is plenty of free off-road parking, refreshment facilities, seating, toilets, heating and the hall is locked and secure overnight.
5. WHEN IS SET-UP: Bring all artwork/craftwork to exhibit to Brownlow Hall on Thursday 31st October 2024 from 1.00 to 5.00 pm. The artist or their appointed representative will be asked to hang/display their own work in the spaces designated by Jonathan Greenyer, and Jonathan has final say of curating/hanging/display/patterns/labels/everything on the day.
   
6. All packing or wrapping materials used by exhibitors must be taken away once the exhibition has been set up.
7.  WHEN TAKE-DOWN: Exhibitors remove all their unsold exhibits on Sunday 3rd November 2024 at 4.00 pm – no earlier.
8. HOW MANY PIECES CAN BE EXHIBITED? Individual exhibitors can exhibit up to 5 pieces of which only two can large between 65cm & 100cm corner to corner. Art Groups can contact Jonathan Greenyer direct for information about bulk entries..
9. FEES or COSTS: There are NO FEES to exhibit and NO COMMISSION on sales where the art is purchased with cash.  If the sale is paid for and processed centrally by CARD PAYMENT, then  you incur payment handling fees of 5%.
   
10. If an exhibit is bought the customer takes it immediately Artists are texted every time a piece of art is sold with the  "happy news" so they can bring in a replacement piece!
    
11. Bubble wrapping service is free
    
12. BROWSERS/RACKS: There is space for greeting card displays. But might not be placed adjacent to where the  artist’s pictures are hung due to the risk of blocking the free flow of visitors. All work in browsers/racks must be wrapped in cellophane and individually and every single card and piece of art must be individually price labelled.
    
13. PICTURE HANGING SYSTEM: We supply a vertical chain hanging system for framed pictures and photos. Our supplied chains hang down the boards and you affix your pictures to the chains with small "S" hooks (Provided).  So, all your picture frames must have pre-fitted horizontal hanging strings/ wires or D-rings or something similar to take the weight of the picture and take an S Hook. Pictures that have no fitted horizontal hanging strings/rings will not be hung in the exhibition but laid flat on a table
14. LABELLING: Each craft, photos and paintings must be clearly labelled, with a label facing frontwards. This is for the benefit of the curator, the visitors, the stewards and also the admin staff who handle the sale of exhibits during the 3 days of the exhibition. Details on the label must include a) the artist’s full name, b) the media used, c) the title, d) a selling price or Not For Sale and e) your art organisation (if a bulk art group entry).
15. PUBLIC VOTE: During the exhibition all visitors complete a voting slip nominating their favourite two exhibits and artist in the 2024 exhibition. At 3.00pm on Sunday the public votes are counted and the "most popular exhibit" and "most popular overall artist" with the most votes are announced. Both exhibitors (or just one if they win both categories) receives a cash prize. All exhibitors are included in the Public Vote.
16. STEWARDING: There is a rota: Please volunteer to steward during the arts week as visitors like to meet the artists and we genuinely need enthusiastic stewards to help run the exhibition and to talk to the visitors and bubble wrap sales.
17. MARKETING: PROMOTE THE EXHIBITION: We expect Art Groups and individuals to market that they are exhibiting on social media and whatever means possible. You will receive a media pack once you join to help you