CALLING ALL artists, designers, illustrators, storytellers, animators, film lovers and dreamers! We are inviting you to contribute to the exhibition: Harry Hausen is my Hero.
An exhibition on Ray Harryhausen is coming to Winchester this September! Were you inspired by this legend of animation? Are his films part of your DNA? For many of us, Ray’s special effects hold a special place in our hearts, so help us create a tribute to Ray’s films, creatures, and imagination. Take part in our exhibition at City Space.
You can be anyone living in Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth or the Isle of Wight – we're extending out of the city to make it a big, regional event. Any age, any ability. You can submit artwork in any medium. Small sculpture/models, film, animation, written texts, paintings, drawings etc. It can be something new or old, even something you made when you were a child, there’s no date limit. Your tribute to Ray could be designs for your own creatures, an epic landscape, a poster design for one of his films or an animation, anything that shows your love of Ray’s magical worlds of fantasy sci-fi.
The submission process is online, and artworks to be included in the exhibition will be chosen by a group panel. The exhibition will be on display for two months, at City Space, our gallery on the mezzanine floor. The exhibition is a tribute, not a competition, but the creators of our favourite submissions will be invited to join VIP guests (including The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation) at The Gallery private view later in September. There will be merchandise goodies to give away too.
You have until Monday 31 August 2026 to submit your work online. Full details and T&C's can be found in the maker’s pack (link below) and works could be as simple as a single representative colour or as complex as a thousand-piece paper portrait mosaic.
To get involved with this exhibition please follow the below link.
