Artists have the chance to have their work shown in the Gallery and win a top prize of £200, a runners up prize of £100 or a highly commended award of £50.

There’ll also be the opportunity to sell work and an invitation to a Mercer private view.

The selectors will be Yorkshire landscape painter Simon Palmer; Wakefield’s Senior Cultural Officer and Curator of the Wakefield Art Gallery, Antonio Vella, and Jane Sellars, Curator of Art for Harrogate Borough Council.

Submission dates are Thursday, July 10 to Sunday, July 13. Entry fee is £5 (concessions £3) per work and you can enter upto three works.

Visit the website at www.harrogate.gov.uk/museums to download a form, email:

elaine.laker@harrogate.gov.uk, call 01423 556188 or write to The Mercer Art Gallery, Swan Road, Harrogate HG1 2SA.

The Harrogate Open exhibition will be at the Mercer Art Gallery from July 26 till September 7.