Friends Annual Open Exhibition
The Burton at Bideford art gallery and museum
When: 24 February 2024 to 07 April 2024
Where: Burton at Bideford Art Gallery & Museum (Gallery 2)
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Cost: Entry FREE
Suitable for: Family friendly
This popular annual open-submission exhibition is open to local artists – both amateur and professional. The Friends Annual Open is a highlight of the North Devon arts calendar where work by some of the area’s most established artists appears alongside the up and coming. There are limited restrictions in terms of content or medium, and the show as always will bring together an eclectic and visually striking mix of over 200 artworks.*
If you would like a chance to contribute and see your work hung in the gallery, please download the terms and conditions, and the entry form, from our website before completing it and bringing your work in on one of the handing-in days listed below.
Handing-in days: Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 February
Exhibition launch: Friday 23 February, 6-8pm
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* The only restriction applies to the submission of digital prints, which are eligible if they demonstrate creative use of digital technology and are not reproduction prints.
Exhibitions & Projects
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Dartmoor: A Radical Landscape
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery
19 October 2024 to 23 February 2025
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Other Worlds: New Works from the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers
The Burton at Bideford art gallery and museum
11 January 2025 to 01 March 2025
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Documentary Photography Open 2025
The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon
25 January 2025 to 01 March 2025
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Osman Yousefzada When will we be good enough
The Box, Plymouth
02 November 2024 to 09 March 2025
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Creating Communities: 25 Years of North Devon Homes and the History of Barnstaple Housing
The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon
08 February 2025 to 22 March 2025
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Pressing Images: prints from Exeter's fine art collection
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery
24 October 2024 to 30 March 2025
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Ceramics Residency Exhibition: Platter by Florence Dwyer
The Burton at Bideford art gallery and museum
25 January 2025 to 13 April 2025
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Planet Ocean
The Box, Plymouth
16 March 2024 to 27 April 2025
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Windrush in the Far South West
The Box, Plymouth
18 January 2025 to 05 May 2025
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John Lyons: Carnivalesque
The Box, Plymouth
08 February 2025 to 05 May 2025
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FOOD: beyond the plate
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery
22 March 2025 to 29 June 2025
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Six Weeks To Go
Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum
31 March 2025 to 31 October 2025
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Kingsbridge 1939 1945 : The Image and the Place
Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum
31 March 2025 to 31 October 2025