NEOS 2020
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Carolyn Milne
Clearly this year is going to be different because of Covid-19 but with the right measures in place there will be an event. The big difference this year is that there is no printed book– this is because the decision happened during lockdown, when there were still so many uncertainties that it was decided to forgo printing it for this year. So, sadly no physical yellow book, but there is a printed map that normally is inserted into the book. These will be available from NEOS members and you can discover who they are by visiting the NEOS website www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk
orth East Open Studios (NEOS) is 17 years old this year and what a year it’s been. Now the proud owners of a QAVS (Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service) they are just chuffed to bits for everyone who has ever There will of course be the famous yellow signs volunteered to create this amazing event, it’s pointing the way to members who are open. quite an honour and the equivalent of an MBE The book will still be available to download as for voluntary organisations. Just as exciting is PDF and as a virtual page turning experience the hope that NEOS will be able to take place on ISSUU all via the website, where you will when so many other events have sadly had to also find that the members will have created be cancelled. Everyone is working positively their own trail maps and as a bonus there is an to this end and as long as we are not placed interactive google map. So, get researching A year round guide to back in lockdown it will go ahead with over the180 artists & makers where in you would like to go, the area is vast. the North East of Scotland members taking part. Imagine a line drawn from Inverness to Montrose Basin and the NEOS area is the north east
