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Karin Moorhouse

Preparing for the Tarrant Street

Tulip Themed Trail, Arundel April to early May

There is a Tulip Festival held between April and early May at Arundel Castle and Gardens, the festival is regarded as one of the top tulip displays in Europe. For the first time in history, the castle’s iconic steep bank has been planted with more than 10,000 Oxford red tulips, while the labyrinth has been planted with over 14,000 King’s Blood tulips to create a stunning feature, in celebration of King Charles III’s Coronation in May.

Sparked by the owners of Juniper Café and Parker's Atelier concept store, a few of the Tarrant Street traders have come together to promote the independent businesses of the street. The idea is to have a 'Tulip Themed Trail' through Tarrant Street as a way of doing something a little bit extra at the time of the tulip festival when Arundel welcomes a lot of visitors.

And so local artists such as Karin Moorhouse, Andy Waite et al are getting busy painting tulips to display in windows – amongst them the old Spark’s Yard store on Tarrant Street – to add to the aesthetic quality of the street and give visitors an extra reason to walk Arundel’s famous thoroughfare.

Visit www.karinmoorhouseart.com to find out more about Karin’s work and to discover her wonderful art classes. Visit www.juniperarundel.co.uk and www.parkersatelier.co.uk, also www.andywaite.net for more info about the key players in this event.

Chichester Open Studios

22nd/23rd, 29/30th April & 1st May

Chichester Open Studios, formally known as Chichester Art Trail, has been a part of Chichester's yearly art events calendar since its origins in 2001 as 'Open Doors' with just a handful of artists taking part. This year we have an incredible 156 local artists within 125 studios ready to open their private creative spaces to the public.

Visitors will be welcomed to the 2023 Open Studio event over two consecutive weekends starting on 22nd and 23rd April, then 29th and 30th April, and ending on Bank Holiday Monday 1st May – open from 10.30am to 5pm.