2026 ‘we are our memory’ OPEN CALL

Congratulations to our exhibiting artists :

Pari Aazami | david adams | nicola agnew | liz atkin | sally barton | david bushell‍ ‍Julie caves | howard cooper | louisa crispin | pippa darbyshire | tracy davidson | mark farrow | ben feldman | tara garden | ben graham | jack hanson | dominic harper | laura hills‍ ‍| gege hirst | linda karlsen | shringi kumari | patrick lears | sarah lord | monica martinez | clair meyrick‍ ‍| sonia mcnally | david nettleingham | louisa peacock | tracie peisley | elspeth penfold | sarah pointon | louise rieger | Julian rowe | angela rumble | gina scadeng | donald smith | sue westergaard | jayne wright

“We are our memory, we are that chimerical museum of shifting shapes,

that pile of broken mirrors”

Jorge Luis BorGES

We picked this quote by Jorge Luis Borges for this year’s exhibition in order to inspire our artists to plumb the depths of their reminiscences, to summon up their hopes and dreams and to disentangle their fragmented thoughts, in order to re-arrange and present them in an artistic form as they deem appropriate. We hope the quote will be a launching platform for all creative endeavours and not a straitjacket.

For more information on our selectors and our judges please look at our instagram account.

sponsors

For this second exhibition in October 2026, sponsors Shepherd Neame, Kent’s oldest brewery, will continue to award the Shepherd Neame Kent Artist Award. Prizes have generously be sponsored by Contemporary Art Academy and The Muse Gallery. Other prizes will include a week in a gallery in Whitstable and a People’s Choice prize, sponsored by Carole Ridley. We are delighted once again that Vinkowill be sponsoring an event for us again this year and that Brenley Winewill be sponsoring our main exhibition Private View and Barnsolewill be supporting an event.

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