Welcome to The Windbreaks

THE BRAND NEW SEAFRONT ART DISPLAY

The Windbreaks is a Portsmouth City Council project providing new opportunities for the local arts community to exhibit their work in the public realm. Five double sided windbreak panels offer space to display ten large-scale artworks, creating an outdoor gallery on the promenade, which is accessible 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 

The Windbreaks will display three exhibitions per year, running December-March, April-July and August-November.

The Windbreaks is proudly sponsored by VolkerStevin and Boskalis Westminster.

Open Call for 2D Art

We’re proud to support and lift up local artists, and are excited to extend this opportunity to display art in this prominent new location and infrastructure on the popular Portsmouth seafront. 

Each year there will be 3 exhibition windows that will feature up to 10 works of art throughout each 4 month period.

Applications are encouraged from 2D visual artists, photographers, printmakers and others who are looking to display their art.

Artist selection will be managed by Portsmouth City Council, and reviewed by a panel three times a year.

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The Displays

THE WINDBREAKS - FEATURING EMILY FALUDY ARTWORK

Overview for applicants

Exhibited artist - Emily Faludy: Dec '24 - Mar '25

The inaugural artist for The Windbreaks was selected in autumn 2024. Emily Faludy is a painter from Portsmouth – read more about her and the 1st Windbreaks display in our blog.

THE WINDBREAKS - ARTIST EMILY FALUDY

April - July 2025

Applications are now open for the second display at The Windbreaks from April – July 2025. 

Applications are now closed.

Shortlisted artists will be contacted in early February.

If you have any questions please get in contact with us.

We look forward to hearing from you.

FAQs

The Windbreaks displays art is a very public setting and the work on display will be seen by audiences of all ages and backgrounds, many of whom won’t regularly engage with art or attend exhibitions. When selecting which images to submit with your application, you should consider what images will have the widest appeal. Images with the potential to offend audiences will not be considered.

There are 3 exhibitions a year – each lasting 4 months. Provisional dates are April – July, August – November, December – March.

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