County’s free annual art event seeks entries for 2023

Worcestershire Open Studios, the well-loved free annual art event, where artists and creators across the county throw open their doors to the public returns this year from August 19th to 28th.

The event is looking to showcase the diverse range of creative talent across the countypainting, sculpture, printmaking, jewellery, ceramics, photography, textiles, furniture making, and lots more.

“For artists and creators it’s an amazing platform to increase their exposure, meet buyers, gain feedback, build experience and encourages artists to look at how they can develop and sell their artwork,” said Gillian Simpson of Worcestershire Open Studios.

“It isn’t just about what happens during the ten days though, we’ve seen lots of artists start conversations during Open Studios that lead to opportunities including commissions, teaching engagements and approaches to participate in other exhibitions. Our website and printed guide do get used as a directory of talent in the county.”

This year the organisers are looking to encourage younger artists to take part by removing some of the barriers such as cost of entry and a suitable studio. Artists aged 30 and under will benefit from a reduced registration fee and a system will be in place for artists to seek or offer studio space for the duration of the event to support others.

Worcestershire Open Studios was founded in 2015. It is a not for profit organisation and is run by a team of three organisers, Sally Morgan, Richard Nicholls and Gillian Simpson. Sally and Richard have been with Worcestershire Open Studios since the start and this is Gillian’s third year as an organiser.

If you’d like to take part, please visit www.worcestershireopenstudios.org/ for more details.