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  1. June so it must be Warwickshire Open Studios

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    Every June and July Warwickshire Open Studios promotes local artists by putting together a feast of artistic delights as they throw open their studio doors to welcome visitors!

    This year there are 121 exhibition venues with single artist venues, group exhibitions and Arts Trails to follow, all free and every one worth a visit….

    Many of our artists at Discover:Gather:Give join in and here is where you can find them:-

    Alix Almond venues 34 and 104

    Ann Donnelly venue 65

    Anya Simmons venues 50 and 68

    Claire Brierley venue 64

    Claire Henley venue 65

    Clare Shivlock Warwickshire Willow venue 34

    Colin Purdy venue 15

    Eleanor Allitt venue 15

    Gaby Spencer venue 68

    Hannah Pugh venue 87

    Ian Spires venue 54

    Ilona Pike venue 70

    Jane Moore venue 38

    Lizzie Bentley venues 56 and 79

    Sharon Highway Mallory Journals venue 50

    Martin Sanders venue 68

    Paula Wilkinson venues 51 and 87

    Rebecca Judge venue 50

    Victoria Noyes venue 68

     

    Wishing all the best to these amazing artists!

     

     

  2. Our artists exhibiting during Warwickshire Open Studios

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    Our fab artists from Warwickshire are exhibiting their work around the county, so why not pop along and support them?

    Here are the artists and their venues:

    Alix Almond Venues 15 and 80

    Ann Donnelly Venue 108

    Ben Cowan Venue 77

    Claire Brierley Venue 106

    Claire Seneviratne Venue 56

    Clare Shilvock Venue 80

    Deborah Dutton Venue 39

    Francine Brown Venue 122

    Gaby Spencer Venue 129

    Ilona Pike Venue 113

    Jane Moore Venue 82

    Jo Wade Venue 113

    Lizzie Bentley  Venue 121

    Lucinda Batchelor Venue 122

    Martin Sanders Venue 112

    Melissa Keskinkilinc Venues 3 and 103

    Sarah Methuen Venue 112

    Sarais Crawshaw Venue 34

    Sharon Highway Venue 112

    Theo Wright Venue 17

     

     

  3. Thank you one and all of another fantastic #Cafdgg 2022

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    Every year in the lead up to #Cafdgg I worry about how I can make it the best for our wonderful exhibitors and visitors, and this year was no exception.

    The visitors came in their droves, the artworks left the building with happy buyers and I felt I chatted all weekend with brand new visitors from afar, welcoming back locals, our glorious stalwarts plus inquisitive new visitors wanting to see what it was all about from our social media posts and local radio interviews.

    There was a gentle hum throughout the weekend as visitors met exhibitors talking about how their work was developing, taking commissions in time for Christmas, how they made their art work and sliding pieces of work away after a knowing present buying secretive nod.

    I was pleased to read in the exhibitor reviews about the number of visitors who took up places at workshops being held in 2023 as presents for themselves or others.

    The Golden Cup Cafe and the exhibition of Temple Goodies was busy all weekend, with some visitors not quite believing in the golden tea sets and teapots until they walked into the Ballroom ante-room upstairs and were hit by the glimmering display. I cannot begin to tell you how many visitors comment that the tea and coffee tastes better out of china cups and I felt more photos were taken of the cafe than last year!

    In the exhibitor reviews after #Cafdgg it came up about the warm and friendly atmosphere of the event and how enjoyable was to meet other exhibitors, both new and returning artists. For me this was the most important report as I feel it is my job to make the experience of exhibitors as stress free as possible, so they can concentrate on sharing their work, networking and hopefully making new artistic friends.

    The Private View was a hoot, and I especially enjoyed seeing the exhibitors chatting together before we opened the event to our invited guests. We were so busy the bar ran out of glasses so had to do a major washing halfway through the evening. I felt it set us all up for a relaxed weekend.

    I cannot put on this event without the unfailing help of my family, friends and helpers – thank you once again and are you ready for next year?

  4. Have you been to one of the Warwickshire Open Studios yet?

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    Warwickshire Open Studios is a wonderful not-for-profit organisation run by artists for artist and I cannot think of a better place to pique your artistic desires….

    Warwickshire Open Studios artists have welcomed visitors to their working studios from 2000 and has steadily strengthened its links and is now the premiere Open Studios in the country with over 400 artists displaying their work over 149 venues over 16 days and the largest free event regularly allowing over 30,000 visits.

    I know their aim is to make art accessible to and for all – so close to my heart with #CAFDGG – and offering a diverse range of venues  bringing together artists who range from professionals to a Sunday dabbler, but each have a passion for their art.

    It is run entirely by volunteers and the current Board members are:

    If you would like to get involved then please contact admin@warwickshireopenstudios.org.

    If you can’t wait to see some of our fabulous #Cafdgg artists this coming November 18th to 20th we have a selection of artists who are exhibiting as part of WOS, so go and see them to say hello…

    Ali Perry Venue 132

    Alix Almond Venue 84 and 122

    Ann Donnelly Venue 31

    Christine Hodges Venue 56

    Claire Brierley Venue 30

    Claire Henley Venue 31

    Claire Seneviratne Venue 78

    David Shepherdson Venue 101

    Fiona Kingdon Venue 111

    Jaqui Smithson Venue 84 and 145

    Jane Moore Venue 86

    Jo Wade Venue 19

    Martin Sanders Venue 16

    Melissa Keskinkilinc Venue 51 and 137

    Sarah Methuen Venue 16

    Sharon Highway (Mallory Journals) Venue 16

    Sonya Vengrova Venue 147

    Sue Barclay 134 and Venue 137

    Further information can be found here if you want to plan a visit wostudios.org