Watch out for…National Open Art on Inside Out South

We were really excited to hear that the Chichester Art Trust’s Towry National Open Art Competition will be featured on BBC One’s programme Inside Out South today, coinciding nicely with the 2014 National Open Art Exhibition at Somerset House, which launched on September 18th.

The BBC have been filming parts of the competition for the past four months in the run up to the exhibition and judging, and the programme is set to include an interview at Goodwood with the Duke of Richmond, founder of National Open Art, now in its eighteenth year. The BBC have also monitored the progress of the work of three South of England artists developing their entries for the 2014 National Open Art Competition, which received over three and a half thousand entries from artists from all parts of the UK.

Two stages of shortlisting have been filmed by the BBC, revealing the one hundred and twenty-three works that were selected for the exhibition at Somerset House, which is always free, and currently open to the public until October 25th. All works on display are for sale.Once judged by an esteemed panel that includes artists Norman Ackroyd RA and Chris Orr RA, the exhibition winners will be exhibited at Pallant House Gallery from December 2nd-14th, in addition to whole exhibition shows at The Chichester Festival Theatre’s Minverva Theatre from December 17th 2014 to January 3rd 2015. In addition to these, the Works on Paper Fair at The Science Museum, London, will also display artists’ outstanding works on paper, from the 5th-8th February 2015. A myriad of events, with something for every art lover to look forward to.

Don’t miss Inside Out South at 7.30pm tonight on BBC One South.

Slipping Sphere Space by NOAC Artist in Residence Chloe Leaper