We are now accepting entries for our exhibition 'Weather Forecast' at the Badger in the Wall Gallery located in Clapham, North Yorkshire. We are encouraging submissions that have a weather theme or link to the climate for this month long exhibition. It is free to submit.

The weather is a national obsession for those of us living in the UK. It therefore only seems right to give this obsession its own dedicated exhibition.

We are looking for work to feature in 'Weather Forecast' where we are encouraging submissions of all mediums.

Work can be anything with a connection to the weather, from moody landscapes to sunny streets, stormy seas or calm lakes.

Alternatively, your work may be inspired by the weather forecasts, such as the shipping forecast. Or you may be considering the different weather we are experiencing with our changing climate. The possibilities are endless!!

Any medium will be considered, and artists are invited to submit up to 3 pieces 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 up to 3 pieces 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 20th September to 18th October 2025. 

Deadline for submissions is Sunday, 31st August 2025. 

Successful artists will be contacted by Wednesday, 3rd September 2025. 

Successful artists will need to accept their place in the exhibition by Wednesday, 10th September 2025.

Successful artists will need to pay their exhibition fee by Sunday, 14th September 2025.  

Work will need to reach the Gallery either by post or in person by Thursday, 18th September 2025. For in-person, postal and courier deliveries, the dates and times for drop-off are as follows:

• Weds 10th September - 11 am - 5 pm

• Thurs 11th September - 1 pm - 5 pm

• Sat 13th September - 11 am - 5 pm

• Weds 17th September - 11 am - 5 pm

• Thurs 18th September - 11 am - 5 pm

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, 18th October, in person from the Gallery during opening hours. 

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. 

Photography submissions that have used our Gallery print service can either be collected after the exhibition or can remain in the Gallery in our post exhibition sales section. 

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 280 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 70 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.