We are now accepting entries for our exhibition 'The Last Badger Party' at Badger in the Wall Gallery located in Clapham, North Yorkshire. We are encouraging submissions that have a celebratory theme for this month long exhibition. It is free to submit.

The Last Badger Party will be our final in-person exhibition in our current location in Clapham.

Our lease expires on the Barn here at the beginning of March, which brings to an end a very happy 2 years hosting open call exhibitions in Clapham.

Work of any theme can be submitted for consideration, but we would encourage uplifting pieces to help celebrate our last exhibition in our current location.

We will also be awarding prizes that will be selected by both our Gallery Judging Panel and a Visitor Vote.

Any medium will be considered, and for this exhibition artists are invited to submit just one piece of artwork they would like to put forward for the exhibition.

If you have never participated in an exhibition before and are not quite sure where to start, then we would love to see your submission. Likewise, if you are an exhibition regular, again, we want to see your work.

Artists who are selected will have their work displayed in our gallery for the duration of the exhibition, in an online gallery on our website, and printed in the exhibition programme, which will be available to purchase from the gallery or can be posted out.

How to Submit

Artists are encouraged to submit one piece of work for consideration. It is free to apply, with only successful artists paying an exhibition fee of £30 per accepted work. Please make your submission via CuratorSpace.

Photography Submissions

For photography submissions, printing and posting, we can offer printing, mounting and displaying your work.

This saves you the stress of having to print and post your work to us. It also allows photographers anywhere in the world to participate in the exhibition. There is an additional fee of £7.50 for this service.

For this exhibition, we will only be printing in A4 size.

Key Dates

The exhibition will run from 31st January to 28th February 2026.

Deadline for submissions is Sunday, 4th January 2026.

Successful artists will be contacted by Wednesday 7th January 2026.

Successful artists will need to accept their place in the exhibition fee by Wednesday 14th January 2026.

Successful artists will need to pay their exhibition fee by Sunday 18th January 2026.  

Work will need to reach the Gallery either by post or in person by Thursday 29th January 2026. For in-person, postal and courier deliveries, the dates and times for drop-off are as follows:

• Friday 16th January - 11 am - 4 pm
• Saturday 17th January - 11 am - 4 pm
• Wednesday 21st January - 11 am - 4 pm
• Thurs 22nd January - 11 am - 2.30 pm
• Friday 23rd January - 11 am - 4 pm
• Saturday 24th January - 11 am - 4 pm
• Wednesday 28th January - 11 am - 4 pm
• Thursday 29th January - 1 pm - 4 pm

Exhibition Prizes

We will be awarding cash prizes as part of the exhibition that will be judged by both a Gallery Panel and Visitors Vote. For both categories the prizes shall be as follows:

• 1st Place - £50
• 2nd Place - £30
• 3rd Place - £15

Sale of Works during the Exhibition

Work can be offered for sale during the exhibition, and there is a commission charge of 10%.

After the Exhibition

Work can be collected from Saturday, 28th February, in person from the Gallery during opening hours.

All work that is to be collected in person must be done so by Wednesday, 4th March.

Special collections days will be available between 28th Feb and 4th March.

If you require work to be posted back to you, we will liaise with you directly over the arrangements and postage costs following the end of the exhibition.

All work will be posted by 4th March.

Photography submissions that have used our Gallery print service can be posted to you on this occasion, subject to payment of the required postage.

About the Gallery & Our Exhibitions

Badger in the Wall Gallery opened its doors to the public in May 2024. We are a rural independent gallery and  have a fantastic exhibition space inside our converted barn. The Gallery is based in the village of Clapham, North Yorkshire, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The village is a key tourist destination with local attractions such as Ingleborough Cave, Ingleborough Nature Trail, Gaping Gill Cave and the Yorkshire 3 Peaks. 

One of our key aims in establishing the gallery was to provide true open call exhibitions in the area and give an opportunity to as many artists as possible to exhibit their work to a new audience.

To date, we have exhibited work from over 400 different artists, and many of these have returned for multiple exhibitions.

For many of these artists, it has been the first time that they have exhibited in a formal exhibition, and, for those choosing to sell their work, it has also been the first time they have sold some of their work.

We usually select between 50 and 60 artists for each exhibition, depending on the theme and size of artwork submitted.

Whilst we love to make sales for our artists and send artwork off to their forever homes, we are also just as happy to exhibit work that is not for sale.

We usually have a good proportion of each exhibition where artists are looking just to exhibit their work, and actually do not make it for sale.

For those that do have their work on sale, we usually sell on average between 10-15% of the exhibition pieces.

We have an average footfall of 500-700 visitors in a normal month long exhibition and are seeing this increase with the new cafe that opened next door to the Gallery in July.

Of course, sales figures can vary depending on the theme of the work, and footfall does have some seasonal variation during busier holiday periods.

We are keen to build lasting partnerships with our returning artists and for many we stock and sell their prints and greeting cards on a long term basis.

We also held an invitational exhibition for those artists who were ever-present in our 2024 exhibitions, as well as awarding cash prizes in our 2024 Autumn Open.

For more information, follow the Gallery on our social media channels, or if you have specific questions, please get in touch directly.

If you have any questions at all, please contact us.