Two artists at Thoresby Park (Dawn Idalia & Alexandra Parkinson) are opening their studios in June alongside a kiln firing and participatory Raku event by the Sherwood Forest Wood Firing Society.
See their listings at: www.osnotts.co.uk/open-studios-notts-2019/north-notts
These are the artists opening their studios in South Notts this year. There are 8 venues – in Aslockton, Bingham, Cotgrave, Keyworth, Hickling, Hickling Pastures, Sutton Bonington and Barton in Fabis. Media include textiles, woodwork, watercolour & oil painting, felt making, printing, paper cutting, drawing, ink drawings …
See their listings at: www.osnotts.co.uk/open-studios-notts-2019/south-notts
The ‘Gedling Artists’ group are holding their event in Mapperley this year – 12 artists at St Judes Church Hall on 25 May. All the artists will be showing their work and demonstrating aspects of their making processes.
See their listings at: www.osnotts.co.uk/open-studios-notts-2019/nottingham-north
In West Notts there are three grouping of artists taking part in Open Studios Notts 2019 in May/June – 3 artists in Mansfield/Kirkby-in Ashfield, 7 in the Hidden Valleys Art Trail and 3 in Giltbrook & Kimberley … Listings here on our website at www.osnotts.co.uk/open-studios-notts-2019/west-notts
Our thanks to the ‘The Bramley’ newspaper for including this piece about our upcoming open studios … See the full listings here on our website at www.osnotts.co.uk/open-studios-notts-2019
The Open Studios Notts 2019 brochure is now available – find it in Nottinghamshire libraries and other outlets around the county, the city and beyond. You can also view the full brochure and download it as a pdf file from our OSNotts 2019 brochure tab.
The brochure detail events involving over 250 artists, many opening their studios for you to visit, some guesting with other artists, some in small group events and some in larger festivals – all are there for you to meet, view their work and learn about their practices.
We also have three linked exhibitions at Retford, Mansfield Central and Beeston libraries running from 27 April to 6 June. These are of images of artists working in their studios around Nottinghamshire and Nottingham. The exhibitions are courtesy of Inspire: Culture|Learning|Libraries and the photographs are taken by Notts photographer Neil Pledger.
Open Studios Notts events have begun with the opening of our exhibitions at Retford, Arnold & Beeston Libraries on 27 April (continuing to 5 June). Coming up are the first weekend of actual open studios, with 7 artists opening their studios (see below for details), the Rufford Art Society (venue 68) holding an event at the Nottingham Society of Artists gallery in Nottingham from 1-6 May and an exhibition of Southwell & Upton artists work at Beloved@theBarn (33) in Southwell that runs from 2-29 May. You can also visit Gallery 6 (24) in Newark which has work by Nottinghamshire artists and from further afield.
The 7 artists opening their studios are: potter Ann Robbins plus painters Jean Rush & Penny Cawley forming a trail of Scrooby Artists (venues 2-4) in the north of the County; painter Maxwell Neale (21) in Collingham, artist Suzanne Jones (22) at Carriages Cafe in Newark (a short walk from Gallery 6), blacksmith David Gill (37) operating the forge at Papplewick Pumping Station, and ceramicist Kit Anderson (54) plus painter & textile artist Sasha Niamat (63) in Nottingham.
Our three OSNotts exhibitions are in the final stages of being put up at Retford, Arnold and Beeston Libraries and will be open to the public from tomorrow (27 April). Each will show studio images, taken in February and March this year by photographer Neil Pledger (of ART DK), of some of the artists participating in this year’s open studio events.
Each exhibition will also have information about all the events that are taking place around Nottinghamshire and Nottingham through May and early June – and you can pick up copies of our brochure to guide you round them. The exhibitions are curated by Inspire Arts, for whose support we are extremely grateful.
On Monday 16 April, Notts TV’s “Ey Up Notts” included our very own Tina Bettison, of Beloved@TheBarn in Southwell, telling viewers all about the upcoming Open Studios Notts events. You can see the podcast by clicking on the image below – Tina’s slot starts at 44 mins in. Thanks you to Notts TV for including us and to Tina for the star turn.
https://nottstv.com/programme/ey-notts-monday-16th-april/
As well as our main brochure, some groups of artists taking part in open studios are producing their own local flyers. Here is the first – the ‘Hidden Valleys Art Trail’ with 15 artists at 8 venues in the villages of Brinsley, Underwood & Selston in the western part of the county. You can download their local flyer by clicking on the images below, and take a look at the artists details on their webpage.
