Public vote now open for Lancashire Artist of the Year 2023
Voting to determine who will be crowned Lancashire Artist of the Year has now opened.
Our panel of judges, which included Preston artist Norman Long, have now picked their favourites from each season to create a shortlist of 32, eight for each season.
From today, the public can vote for their favourites from the shortlisted artworks, with the online vote remaining open until 11.59pm on Thursday 10 August 2023.
The finalists and the winner's artworks will feature in our first Lancashire Artist of the Year 2024 calendar, which will be sold across the county in libraries, museums and our archives
Proceeds from the sale of the calendars will go towards activities to support Lancashire Care Leavers.
The artwork with the most votes will become the overall winner and feature on the calendar cover, with the artist who created it winning the title of Lancashire Artist of the Year 2023.
County Councillor Peter Buckley, cabinet member for community and cultural services at Lancashire County Council, said: "We've had some wonderful entries and our judging panel had a really difficult job to try and narrow them down to just eight per season.
"Now, it's up to you, the public to cast your vote and decide which artists will feature in our first ever Lancashire Artist of the Year calendar.
"The artwork with the most votes will win the title of Lancashire Artist of the Year 2023 – so please take a look at the shortlist and cast your vote now."
To cast your vote visit lancashire.gov.uk/artistoftheyear