Open Studios Network

Brighton Open Houses
Over 170 houses and studios open to the public for a weekend in May. All the seperate open house trails have banded together to design a unified brochure.

Bristol Front Rooms
Established in 2001 by a group of local artists, Totterdown’s FRONT ROOM art trail has grown steadily year on year, now attracting over 3000 visitors.

Open Studios Cornwall
Over 100 artists open their doors to the public in May and June as part of the Open Studios scheme. They work in a wide variety of venues, from remote chapels to tiny mining cottages, from shacks to cosy farmhouses. What they all have in common is a desire to share their work.

Devon Nine Days of Art
Organised by Devon Artist Network, these are opportunities to visit artists and see their work in their own locations, meet, talk and buy work at scattered venues across the length and breadth of Devon.

Dorset Art Weeks
A pioneer of open studio events in the South West, Dorset Art Weeks started in 1992 and has grown in size and success with each biennial event. Recently, the organisation has undergone significant change to ensure its continued success in the future.

Drawn to the Valley Open Studios (Tamar Valley)
The Drawn to the Valley artists live on both sides of the River Tamar, including Plymouth.They are united by their passion for this sometimes forgotten Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Tamar Valley. The group first formed in 2003, and has since grown from thirty to over one hundred members.

Exeter Open Studios
Thirty five individual artists and two artist groups with a range of artwork including painting, printing, sculpture, mosaics, sound, crafts, photography. Free full colour guides available from tourist information centres, galleries, art centres and libraries, or by post from www.exeter.gov.uk/openstudios, telephone 01392 265208.

Isle of Wight
Quay Arts and the IW Council's Arts Unit have teamed up to produce an Arts Directory to promote the work of Island artists. It includes opening times for this year's Open Studios event on the 1st – 4th September which is a major event on the Island’s visual arts calendar.

Jersey Arts Trust
Due to hold its first open art event in May 2008

Leigh Art Trail
Now in its 11th year, the event shows the latest work of 36 contemporary artists, many of whom produce fresh work especially for the occasion, including 2 visiting artists from Leigh's twin town of Sopot in Poland.

Marlborough Open Studios
Marlborough Open Studios is about making opportunities for artists, enabling them to make their work accessible to as many people as possible and they gladly welcome the public into their studios over 4 weekendsthroughout the month of July

New Forest Art Trail Open Studios
2007 was the first year and was a great success with 44 artists and makers taking part in 20 venues within the boundaries of the New Forest, which is held in May. This year 2008 the event will be Saturday 10th May - Sunday 18th May. It includes artists and makers from a range of disciplines.

Newbury Open Studios
The Open Studios scheme of West Berkshire and North Hampshire, celebrating its twentieth year of operation in 2008, in asociation with Newbury Spring Festival.

"Open Studios"
'Open Studios' has been set up to bring together all the individual events taking place in and across Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth.

Somerset Art Week
SAW manages Somerset Art Week, a two week visual arts festival that has been running every other year since September 1994. Art Week is the largest visual arts event in Somerset. Open studios, special events and exhibitions are held throughout the county to provide a unique opportunity for people to meet artists and see their work.

South West Open Studios

An independent organisation that aims to promote the development and sustainability of artists' Open Studio and Art Trail organisations in the South West, including:

South East Open Studios

Around 250 artists across Kent and East Sussex open their studios each year during the middle two weeks of June. Techniques range from the traditional to experimental, from painting and sculpture to furniture and photography, plus many craft disciplines. For full details visit the new website at www.seos-art.org .

Surrey Open Studios
290 artists, exhibiting in 134 studios across the eleven districts & boroughs of Surrey, now in its ninth year Contact Caroline Jackman, Coordinator : tel 01483 757 258, email caroline.jackman@surreycc.gov.uk or Sandie Sharp the administrator on 01483 750 370 or email sandie.sharp@surreycc.gov.uk

Welcombe Open Studios (nr Bideford, Devon)
The village of Welcombe nestled between three valleys on North Devon's rugged Atlantic coastline, and is home to a group of artists & makers whose work covers a diverse range of media & skills.

Wylye Valley Art Trail Wiltshire
Over 250 artists in 82 venues across South and West Wiltshire.