spotlight Artists Open Houses

– Art in the Air: Brighton & Hove

Weekends 6th-28th May

With a festive mood in the air, this May Artists Open Houses (AOH) offers the chance to see work in nearly 200 artists’ homes and studios. Several artists are also showing work in their gardens, offering a great day out viewing art indoors and out.

Art in Bloom (Hove), features ceramic, paper and bronze sculptures in its walled garden. Stuart and Mark and Friends’ (Fiveways) meadow garden is filled with mosaics. Further afield, South Heighton Pottery (Coastal) shows ceramics in the studio and garden, along with homemade food; whilst Dymocks End Studios (Ditchling) provides a peaceful setting for sculpture and fabric installations beside an orchard and ancient well.

Artists Open Houses welcomes participation from the entire community and includes schools, such as Varndean students’ Ceramics based on Natural Forms and Hove Park school’s Telling Stories; Personal Response. Two venues showcase work by senior residents, Rose Hill Rebels in Hanover and Drawing Together, celebrating work by community members. While in Hannington Lane’s A Room of Our Own, a group of learning disabled and neurodiverse artists invite visitors to take part in a collaborative artwork, developing throughout the festival.

This May, visit the Artists Open Houses around Brighton, Hove and surrounding area, meet the artists, view and buy some great art and crafts. Get inspired!

The AOH Festival runs weekends: 6th to 28th May. For more information visit www.aoh.org.uk