{"id":66907,"date":"2025-12-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/?p=66907"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:43:25","slug":"blackburn-museum-art-gallery-art-open-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/opportunities\/blackburn-museum-art-gallery-art-open-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn Museum &amp; Art Gallery Art Open 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5f079da5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0.4rem;padding-bottom:0.4rem\"><strong>Blackburn Museum &amp; Art Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e406bfd8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-color has-contrast-2-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-77561a8200f13700ea5eafbfe03d728a has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4e74fbfd wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:6px;padding-top:0.3rem;padding-right:0.5rem;padding-bottom:0.3rem;padding-left:0.5rem\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">From \u00a35<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-accent-5-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-accent-5-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:0.6rem;margin-bottom:0.6rem\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-right is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-35904e51 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-right is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-17124a9a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"opp_deadline has-small-font-size\">Closing: <strong><strong><strong>7th March 2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackburn Museum &amp; Art Gallery&#8217;s annual Art Open returns, inviting artists of all levels (amateur and professional) to submit work showcasing local talent. Open to artists aged 16+, submissions accepted 5th-7th March 2026 (12-4pm) with exhibition opening Saturday 14th March 2026 at 1pm, running until 16th May 2026. Prizes include 1st place \u00a3100, 2nd place \u00a350, 3rd place \u00a325, plus Public Choice Winner receives BwD Venues Voucher (announced 25th April, voting closes 22nd April). One submission per artist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-b03bdb05 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blackburnmuseum.org.uk\/whats-on\/art-open-2026-looking-for-artists\/?utm_source=zealous.co&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=featured_opportunity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apply<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submit artwork for Blackburn Museum Art Open. \u00a35 entry fee, open to artists 16+ all levels. Exhibition 14 March-16 May 2026 with \u00a3175 total prize money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"wp-custom-template-post-opportunity","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[880],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opportunities"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66908,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66907\/revisions\/66908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zealous.co\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}