Written into the founding documents of Grundy Art Gallery is a commitment to show the art of the day. 115 years later, the Grundy continues to honour this promise with an annual open exhibition. With no selection criteria, and no fee to enter work, anyone over 16 years of age from across Blackpool and the Fylde Coast can submit their work.
In keeping with our commitment to show the art of the day, the work must however, have been made within the last twelve months and not been shown at the Grundy before.
Join us to celebrate the 115th birthday of Grundy Art Gallery with what we hope will be the biggest and boldest Open Exhibition to date.
OPEN 2026 participating artists:
Susan Earnshaw, Peter Hughes, Robert Howarth, Stacey Chambers, William Walker , Dot Gelsthorpe, Omani Hanmer, Katrina Walsh, Peter Heath, Zoe Rae, Flintworks, Kevin Haworth, Samantha Quarterman, Carla Sofia da Costa Neves, Julie Rigby, Jenny McLaughlin, Hannah Nickson, Keiran McDonnell, Janet C. Parker, Stephen J Oldfield, Zoe Waterer, Stephen Hellam, David Simper, Adel Kay Abbey, Deborah Marsden, Suzanne York, Catherine Stubbs, Elaine Wilshore, Stephen Leadbeater, Max Johnson, Michael Evans, Jill Partington, Andrea Mc Connell, Anna Ravliuc, Debbie Wright, Judith Smith, Kathy Rowan, David Pennington, Lindsay Angell, David Naden, Heather Smith, Emily Shaw, Martin Flynn, Robert Cook, Olya Lynx, Gillian Brook, Haylee-Louise Hollohan, Natalie Maguire, Janine Walker, Sophie Martin, Les Darlow, Sheena Miller, Jakub Komar, Vivien Clayton, Aaron Tonks, Stuart Tarpey, Anita Faill, Joseph Travis, Patricia Payne, Grumpy Girl Graphics, Mark Thompson, Debra Smyth, Matt Parker, Victoria Gottfreund, Tom Lopato, Rosie Eaglen, Christian Lee Jackson, Julie Ann Maguire, Emily Peet, Rachel Hey, Christine Segnatelli, Louise Baines, Macy McMeekin, Michael Lang, Drew Townson, Janet Carpenter, Lindsay Lawrence, Tracy France, Leslie Jay Hopgood, Carol Ann Sanderson, Christopher Baugh, Ronan Evans Thompson, Darren Robert Thompson, Sylvia Ingram, Cheryl McCartney, Gabrielle Craven, Caroline Radley, Andrew Olive, Barbara A. Yates, David Hargreaves, Freya Austin, Christine Coulburn, Colin Davies, David O’Brian, Tudy Hari, James Napier, Shirley Bradbury, Rozalind Cotton, Brian Morris, Andrew Ham, Karl Bee, Radka Palmer, Stuart Todd, John Ben Kirk, Gary Reid, Dee Kozo, Sophie McCluskey, Magdalena Galimska, Veronica Lowther, Esme Tonks-Leeke, Claire Turner, Jim Jonss, Robert Summers Roberts, Naomi-Gilby Stobart, James McKnight, Gary Fisher, Harry Hulme, Glyn Jenkins, David Boyes, Pauline Ashton, Michael Hipkins, Kay Barton, Neil Baines, Shaun Brookes, Richard Oughton, Emma Meer, Eva Smith, Craig Mullineaux, Sue Riley, Lizza Lane, Glenda Dluski-Miziura, Kitty Towler, Mark Hetherington, Vivienne Masters, Linda Copeland, Susan Hanson-Scobie, Lorraine Green, Students of Art Blackpool & Fylde Collage, Michael Cassidy, Suzanne Pinder, Chloe Moore, Michael Lonsdale, Philippa Reeves-Murray, Annette Walker, Brendan Bunting, Hex Gregson and artists from thepARTnership.