Needhams-Comp-Poster-500

Needhams Restaurant & Art Gallery proudly presents 'The Finalists Exhibition', the mixed group exhibition of works submitted to the inaugural Needhams Open Art Competition 2009, as selected by the judges John Lyons, Craig Kerrecoe & Kaine Kulczak.

Featuring:

Georgina Vinsun
Christopher Lessware
Esther Albone
Daniel Young
Ami Shin
Donna Carter
Andrea Rowbotham
Marc Allen
Carol Tarn
Cathy Smale
Nash Francis
Stuart Bush
Fernando Edwin Cari Chavez

Needhams Restaurant & Art Gallery
186 Main Street, Witchford, Ely, Cambs CB6 2HT

3rd April to 14th May 2009


Since autumn 2005, the charming Needhams Restaurant in Witchford, near the historic city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, has hosted a visual art exhibition programme specialising in and providing opportunities for new and emerging artists from around UK.

In the true spirit of the now well-established exhibition programme, the Needhams Open Art Competition was launched in 2008 to create an exciting opportunity for new and emerging visual artists from around the world, culminating in this exhibition of the shortlisted work in April/May 2009.

We are pleased to announce the winner of the competition is
Nash Francis for his entry 'Untitled 16' (below). Our congratulations to Nash- we look forward to working with him over the coming year.

03-600
The winner: Nash Francis for 'Untitled 16'

The finalists are:
01-300 02-300
04-300 05-300
06-300P 07-300P
08-300 09-300
12-300 13-300
11-300P 10-300P
16-300 17-300
14-300 15-300


The following youtube clip is a slideshow of all the submitted entries to the competition...