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.
The Displays
- 5 large double-sided windbreak panels
- 10 x A0 sized Vinyl on Aluminium
- Professionally printed & installed
- weatherproof, secure boards
- paid artist exhibition opportunity: £1,000 USAGE FEE
Overview for applicants
- 10 artworks from 1 selected artist
- Artwork can be scaled up to a0 print size
- preference for portrait orientation artworks
- A signed copy of the Terms and Conditions
Exhibited artist - Emily Faludy: Dec '24 - Mar '25
Exhibited artists - Maria de la O Garrido & Olana Light: Apr '25 - Jul '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 2nd display featured the work of two local photographers, Maria de la O Garrido and Olana Light.
April - July 2025 - art is now LIVE!
Applications are now OPEN for August- November 2025.
This round is open to all PRINTMAKERS.
Applications close Friday 30th May.
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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