Southend Urban Landscape Open

Welcome to the 2025 Southend Urban Landscape Open 9th and10th August 2025

Exciting news if you are a plein air landscape amateur or professional artist, back for its now 3rd year.

Registration Now Open

What’s it all about then?

The Southend Urban Landscape Open is a two day event.

Open to all no matter where you live as long as you can get here for the 2 days.

Weekend of the 9th and 10th August 2025

An opportunity to create with others, images of the iconic landscape surrounding St Clements Church, Leigh on Sea.

Prizes awarded for the following:

Best in show.

Reserve.

Third.

The Process

Register your interest to take part and pay your £10 entry fee.

Registration Open from 14th July 2025 to August 8th 2025.

You can register on the day for £15.

Note: All communication will be via Email only. Please leave your telephone number for if we have to get hold of you on the day.

Saturday 9th August St Clements Church

Make your way to St Clements Church, Leigh on Sea, sign in and get your canvas/boards stamped between the hours of 9am to 11am. Then you head off to one of our various painting locations all in close proximity to the venue.

The Broadway and surrounding areas

Old Leigh Riverside

Two Tree Island

You have till 4pm to return your paintings to St Clements Church, no artwork will be accepted after this time.

All paintings/creations will need to be returned ready to hang on a board hook with the following clearly labelled on the reverse:

Artists Name

Painting Title

Painting Medium

Sale Price or NFS

Contact number for artist

We will take the work in and arrange a one day display for the next day Sunday 10th August 2025.

Your artwork needs to be able to hang on a display board, so if a drawing BUY A FRAME IN ADVANCE.

Sunday 10th August 2025, St Clements Church

12:30am - 5:00pm Exhibition of all paintings open to the public all welcome.

Judging will take place during the morning and prizes awarded.

5pm - 5.30pm sharp. All paintings collected and taken away.

(Note we cannot post paintings back) So make sure you collect it or we will give it to charity.

Date Summary

14th July 2025 Registration Open

8th August 2025 Registration Closes 6pm.

Saturday 9th August 2025 Painting Day 9am - 4pm

Sunday 10th August 2025 One day only Show Day 12:30pm -5.00pm

Sunday 29th September 2025 Artwork collection 5pm - 5:30pm.

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Details Details

All types of medium are accepted. It is typically of this type of event to mainly be paint or pencil etc however if you lino print or create in any other way thats cool too, we just need to be able to display it, by it hanging on a display board like the rest.

Painted boards/canvas must be able to be hung on a hook (important) with ideally string/wire on the back. It is acceptable for wet paintings to be put into a frame with a string across the back. We will not have the facility to put wet paintings on a shelf.

Each artist can paint as many boards/canvas as they wish but all must be painted plein air within the hours of 9am to 3:30pm on the day of the competition.

Maximum size of the painting is 600mm square.

If a painting is sold a 20% commission will be taken which is donated to the church.

Judging will take place Sunday am.

Weather

Unless it is extreme Weather the event will go ahead, if not we will issue a rescheduled date and your entry will stand for then.

Entry fees are non refundable

If your painting is purchased on the Sunday, then the buyer will be able to take it there and then, unless it is a show winner. All show winners work can be collected at 4:30pm that day.

We will handle the payment and pay you within 3 working days minus 20% commission.

All unsold paintings must be collected on the Sunday between 5pm and 5:30pm.

The Venue Registration and Show

St Clements Church

Note the venue will be open for coffees be purchased.

Address

17 The Broadway

Leigh on Sea

Southend on Sea

Essex SS91PG