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After months of planning and administration The Marshwood Arts Awards exhibition is nearly upon us and as well as a few new initiatives for this year\u2019s exhibition, there have also been a few surprises.<\/p>\nAfter months of planning and administration The Marshwood Arts Awards exhibition is nearly upon us and as well as a few new initiatives for this year\u2019s exhibition, there have also been a few surprises.<\/p>\n
The entries are in and the judges have seen all the work in their categories, however there is one vote that we won\u2019t know the outcome of until the winner\u2019s work is delivered to the Bridport Arts Centre for the exhibition that begins on October 24.<\/p>\n
The judges have chosen which artists and makers they would like to see exhibited, but a new twist to the Marshwood Arts Awards this year is the addition of an option for anyone to vote for one more artist to be added to the exhibition.<\/p>\n
Visitors to the Awards website www.marshwoodawards.com can view all of the entries and can choose which artist they would like to see at the exhibition.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s a simple system\u2019 said Victoria Byrne, administrator of the Awards. \u2018Anyone who would like to make their own choice can visit www.marshwoodawards.com and click on the \u2018Public Vote\u2019 section to view the work. They can simply choose which piece of work they like best and click on it to vote. There is only one vote per person and the artist with the most votes will be offered a place in the exhibition.\u2019<\/p>\n
The Public Vote will be available online at www.marshwoodawards.com until October 7.<\/p>\n
Another addition to this year\u2019s Awards initiative is the addition of the \u2018Collector\u2019s Choice\u2019. Two collectors have been approached and asked to view the judges\u2019 selections and give an indication of which piece of work they find the most interesting. Lord Bath of Longleat and Sarah Wild of Puncknowle Manor Estate have agreed to select Collector\u2019s Choices for this year.<\/p>\n
Lord Bath, whose home at Longleat is currently the subject of a BBC documentary series, All Change at Longleat, met with Victoria Byrne to look over the entries. \u2018He was very generous and enthusiastic and definitely knew what he was interested in.\u2019 said Victoria. Agreeing that there was a \u2018lot of talent\u2019 amongst the entries, Lord Bath chose what he explained was the work that he \u2018would be most likely to buy\u2019 if he saw it on an exhibition wall. Both Lord Bath\u2019s and Sarah Wild\u2019s choices will be announced when the exhibition opens.<\/p>\n
Now in its third year the Marshwood Arts Awards has always attracted a fascinating mix of entries and the final exhibition, of artists and makers chosen by the judges, has proved to be unique and absorbing. This year has been no different with entries in some categories of such high quality, especially in Painting & Drawing that some judges have requested to be allowed to include extra works that they felt were worthy of mention.<\/p>\n
A short film made by Lawrence Moore of Earthrod Productions will also be shown at the exhibition. Including interviews with past winners, past judges as well as this year\u2019s judges, it gives some fascinating and thought-provoking insights into the importance of the arts in the South West and beyond. It also shows the value of initiatives such as these Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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