Wednesday 6 July 2011

Wednesday 1 June 2011

Montgomery Sculpture Trust

The Broomhill Art & Sculpture Foundation and the Trustees of the Montgomery Sculpture Trust are pleased to announce the accession of eight pieces of sculpture from the Montgomery Trust to the Broomhill Sculpture Collection in North Devon.

National Sculpture Prize Exhibiton - NOW OPEN


Ten short-listed sculptors were carefully selected by a judging panel comprising of internationally acclaimed artists Tim Shaw, Rob Ryan and Carol Peace at the beginning of this year.

Each of the ten finalists were given a £1,000 budget to turn their proposed idea into an inspiring finished piece for the Exhibition.

The final ten sculptures are now on display at Broomhill from 01 Jun 2011 until 2012.

We want you to get involved with sculpture this Summer and so invite you to cast a vote to help us choose a winner! Two overall winners (to receive cash prizes) will be announced in October, one chosen by the public and the other by our panel of judges.

You can vote for your favourite sculpture at Broomhill and online here from Jun-Sep 2011. Find out about each sculpture and its creator here.

Broomhill Sculpture Donation to North Devon Hospice


As the 2011 National Sculpture Prize Exhibition gets underway at Broomhill from June, the North Devon Hospice see a new addition to their grounds in the form of Claudia Borgna’s (Public Vote winner from NSP 2010) ‘Blooming Stars’, an eco sculpture produced from plastic bags.

The piece consists of twenty metal trunks rooted in cement, their hundred metal branches all wrapped up in plastic, each carrying it’s white flower: six hundred and fifty plastic bags altogether, floating in the air. All bags were re-used from previous works, all concrete bases recycled, all metal poles recuperated from their earlier shapes planted for the NSP where they lived at Broomhill for one year.

Wednesday 21 July 2010


The final ten sculptures are now on display at Broomhill Sculpture Park (nr Barnstaple), in the Foundation’s most adventurous exhibition to date. We want you to get involved with sculpture this Summer, so invite you to cast a vote to help us find a winner! VOTE ONLINE NOW FOR YOUR FAVOURITE...

Above Sculpture: Shelter by Charlie Hawkins. NSP Finalist 2010

Friday 28 May 2010

Broomhill National Sculpture Prize - Summer Finalist Exhibition

Broomhill is set to be THE destination for art and sculpture lovers in the UK this Summer as it hosts the first of its unique annual National Sculpture Prize Finalist Exhibitions.

The Ten sculptors have a distinctive mixture of styles and influences, some with a very naturalistic approach while other pieces have quite a futuristic and interactive feel. Broomhill owner Rinus van de Sande says “We want our visitors to get more involved with sculpture here so we thought that including them in the process of choosing a winner would be a great way to enhance the experience for
all ages. We’re delighted with our finalists creations and are confident that our visitors will really enjoy this addition to the Broomhill programme. This exhibition exemplifies the diverse forms that sculpture can take, some of the finalists pieces have a serious message, others are simply fun and interactive - literally inviting you inside for a closer look!”

Broomhill wants you to get involved with sculpture this Summer and invites you to cast your vote to help us choose a winner! Two overall winners (to receive cash prizes) will be announced in September 2010, one chosen by the panel of judges and the other by the public.

Above sculpture by David Booth - NSP Finalist 2010

Friday 7 May 2010

Installation time

The first of the Ten finalists is now at Broomhill installing her piece...

Claudia Borgna works with discarded materials, looking at the relationship between them and the environment.

She will spend the next few days creating her wonderful plastic bag inspired work in preparation for the Exhibition beginning in June.

Image: Past performance piece.