Marking the Woodstock-based museum’s 10th anniversary and commemorating 110 years since the start of the First World War in 2024, Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum is currently hosting a Great War art exhibition and is running an art competition over the summer, which will culminate in its own exhibition this autumn.
Now open for entries, the competition is open to children and young people aged 7 to 18 and will be divided into three age brackets: 7-10 years; 11-14 years; 15-18 years. Prizes will be awarded for the top entries from each category. Themed Journeys Through War, the competition invites participants to create artwork inspired by historical events, such as a glider pilot’s flight to Normandy or the journeys of WWII evacuees. Entries can be submitted in any medium, including digital formats, until the deadline of 29 September 2024. The Journeys Through War exhibition will be on display from 19 October to 17 November 2024.
The museum’s ongoing Art of the Great War exhibition, curated by John Noott, showcases a diverse collection of WWI art. Based in Broadway, John has been an art collector and dealer for over 50 years, and during this time has drawn together an incredible collection of WW1 art. This latest exhibition is a follow-up to The Art of World War II - an exhibition previously hosted by Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum which proved incredibly popular, showcasing a diverse range of original art from a unique mix of artists both amateur and professional, both up-and-coming and well-established. This exhibition will run until 22 September 2024.
For more information on the competition and exhibitions, visit bit.ly/summerartcomp.
