Nottingham Annual Open 2011
Nottingham Castle Museum, in partnership with New Art Exchange, present our prestgious and ever increasingly popular annual exhibition showcasing the best of East and West Midlands Art and Craft.
Selected by Dan Perfect, Lina Peterson and Sheila McGregor, selected 127 works from the follwing artsists:
Mark Robert Beecroft, Jackie Berridge, Mirel Bistran, Mary Brannigan, Marie Brown, Lotti V Closs, Kath Connor, Donya Coward, Paul Crook, Sean Cummins, Ian Cutmore, Thomas Darby, Neil Dixon, Lesley Elliott, Jayne Falconer, Emma Fawcett, Craig Fisher, Lynn Fulton, Sarah Godfrey, Colette Griffin, Kyle Hands, George Hardy, Satta Hashem, Nick Hedderly, Chie Hosaka, David Howat, Steve Ingman, Andrew Jackson, Joseph Kelly, Frank Kent, Janice Kok, Steve Leaning, Geoff Diego Litherland, Danica Maier, John Marsden, Chris Matthews, Laura McCafferty, Tracey McMaster, Maggy Milner, Camilla Moore, Paul Newman, Melanie Page, Alex Pain, Tom Pitt, Yelena Popova, Kerri Pratt, Simon Raven, Christine Reynolds, Calvin Sangster, Serena Smith, Gill Smith, Kirsty Smith, Tim Southalll , Pamina Stewart, Rebecca Strain, Debra Swann, Michael Tansley Thomas, Mike Todd, Inge Tong, Sarah Turner, Rosemary Wels, Jon Williams, David Williams, Thomas M Wright & Trish Evans
And the winners for this year's Open prizes are:
Tarpey Gallery Prize (a solo exhibition at the Tarpey Gallery in Castle Donington) went to:Nick Hedderly
George Thornton Prize for Recent Graduates (George selected an artist who has graduated in the last 3 years, for an exclusive 6 months representation by his gallery) went to: George Hardy
The Ian Robinson Prize - a £200 cash prize - awarded by this company who specialise in lettering and graphics for exhibition and display - went to: Paul Crook
The John E Wright Prize - £200 worth of John E Wright goods (fine art and graphic materials or services, printing) - went to: Serena Smith
The People's Panel Prize* - £200 cash award and invitation to meet the panel to talk about their work. This prize went to: John Marsden
Design Factory Prize - a year's free membership of Design Factory; went to: Sarah Turner
New Art Exchange have partnered with us again on the Open this year, helping with promotion and the prize fund. They also awarded the New Art Exchange Prize of a solo exhibition at NAE, to: Satta Hashem
Cllr Dave Trimble, Portfolio Holder for Leisure, Culture and Tourism, awarded the remaining prizes as follows:
The Castle Prize, of a solo exhibition at Nottingham Castle - awarded to: Alex Pain
Main cash prizes - 5 artists were selected by the selection panel on the exhibition selection day. Then at the preview, all the exhibiting artists were invited to vote for the one (of the 5 on the short list) they felt should receive the grand cash prize.
The 4 runner-up prizes of £250 went to:
Jackie Berridge
Mirela Bistran
Trish Evans
Paul Newman
And the grand cash prize of £1,500 went to: Frank Kent
.For further information, visit nottinghamcity.gov.uk/open2011