The Bax Fine Art Award for the Open Arts Competition
The Bax family is delighted to continue to support the Black Swan Open Art competition by awarding a prize of £250 to the winner of the Fine Art category. This will be the sixth time that the family has awarded this prize. In recognising the importance of this competition in encouraging the arts to flourish they have pledged funding for a further two competitions. They also recognise the vital role the Black Swan Art Gallery is playing in the artistic and cultural life of the area.
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Record Number of Entries to Black Swan Arts Open Competition
Judges for the Black Swan Arts Open Art Competition face an even harder task than usual after a record number of artists have submitted entries to the bi-annual creative contest.
More than 546 entries have flooded into the Frome-based arts centre from artists across the South West of England keen to see their work displayed – and possibly win the £1,000 in prize money that is up for grabs.
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Bag an Artistic Bargain and support Black Swan Arts at the same time
Frome’s Black Swan Arts in Bridge Street is offering the chance to bag an artistic bargain and help the charity towards its 25th year fundraising total in its special January sale.
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The Opening Night of The Twenty Five Years of Christmas at Black Swan Arts
On Friday night the Black Swan Arts welcomed almost a hundred people to the opening of its new exhibition ‘The 25 Years of Christmas’. Amongst the buzzing crowd were many of the renowned local artists who have most generously donated their art to raise funds for the gallery, including Michael Bennett, Kate and James Lynch, Angela Williams and Tim Mercer, most of whom had never shown together.
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Society prepares for annual exhibition
Article in Somerset Standard, Thursday 25th August 2011.
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Beer Festival: Celebrate 25th Anniversary with Black Swan 25
Divas Cafe at the Black Swan Art Centre are bringing a new beer festival to Frome, Friday 10th-Sunday 12th June. Leonardo’s Bicycle are playing Friday evening. There is jazz on Saturday from Mark Ballamy and friends and the regular Acoustic Cafe on Sunday afternoon.

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Thank you to the people of Frome
We have already raised £11,000 towards our target of £25,000 from local sources in our 25th Year! Text of the letter to the Somerset Standard from Luke Wilde, Chair of Trustees
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Statement by Chair of Trustees: Cuts to Arts Funding
Somerset and Mendip Councils are two of only three councils in the UK to have cut Arts funding completely. Black Swan Arts has had to take some difficult decisions in its 25th year in order to secure its long term future.
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People of the Year 2010
30th December, 2010

Somerset Standard salute the local people who have made the biggest impact on their community during the last 12 months in their People of the Year awards. Black Swan Arts is nominated.
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