Calling all artists and creatives!

Submit your work for the Guildford Festival of the Arts 2026. We're accepting any and all artistic mediums, and there is no specified theme.

Open Call (18+)See last year
Five paintings displayed on easels along a wooden floor and white wall in an art gallery.

2025 winners

Watercolor painting of a cyclist riding through a forest path with tall trees and a misty background.
Alexandra Bateman
Cyclist 13

£250 Knight Frank Prize chosen by panel of judges.

Close-up painting of a person's face with eyes tightly closed and skin wrinkled around the nose and eyes.
Mable (Aged 15)
Squint

Student George Weil Prize (£50 Voucher).

A grid of varied artistic portraits of a person's face using different styles, colors, and techniques on individual textured paper squares.
Ellen Doggett
100 Days of Lockdown

Public Vote Prize with exhibition at New House Art Space.

See more from 2025

Submissions

Get the details you need before sending your work our way.

How many times can I submit?

Please only submit once. If your work is part of a series, installation, diptych or triptych, send one image that encompasses the whole piece.

Who judges the submissions?

We'll announce the 2026 judges online, on our Instagram and through our mailing list as we get closer to the time. Last year's panel included Alex Tommis, Sue Dragon, Nathalie Scott and Peter Gordon.

When does the open call close?

31st July 2026

When will I find out if my work has been selected?

If you have been selected, we will contact you via the email address provided in late August or early September.

Can I sell my art at the festival?

If your work is selected to exhibit at Guildford Festival of the Arts 2026 you welcome to sell your art through the festival team during the festival. Please note that the festival team will take a 15% commission to put towards next years festival.

Still have questions?

Get in touch and we'll try our best to help!

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