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The judges met recently in London to select the final 70 works for exhibition in this year’s The Artist Open Competition, organised in partnership with Patchings Art Centre. It’s one of the highlights of our year and we never fail to be impressed by the amazing talent amongst our artist-entrants, all competing for acceptance into an open exhibition and validation of the quality and appreciation for their work. The judges will meet again to select the many well-deserving award winners the day before the final exhibition opens to the public on the first day of the Patchings Art, Craft & Design Festival on July 12. The festival (from July 12 to 15) draws many thousands of enthusiastic and knowledgeable art-loving visitors, many of whom have told us that The Artist exhibition is an important reason for their visit, making the competition even more satisfying for everyone involved. See pages 50 to 51 for more details about the festival. The Artist exhibition continues to be open to the public until August 12. You will also be able to see some of the award-winning works and learn more about the successful artists in a later issue of the magazine.