Hi Stephanie – how have the last few months been for you? If I’m honest I’d say the last few months have been a bit of a rollercoaster, though I’m sure it’s been similar for most of us. Despite some turmoil in my personal life, I’m thankful that I have had my studio to […]
Your project Deep Time sounds really interesting. Would you like to tell us a bit about it? Deep Time is a partnership with the South Downs National Park. In response to participant feedback, we wanted to expand our Arts and Health social prescribing programme and find new ways for patients to get creative with […]
In an exciting new collaboration, Hanningtons Estate has teamed up with Artists Open Houses, University of Brighton Fine Art Sculpture students and internationally respected artist and local resident, David Shrigley, to showcase a student bursary exhibition We, You, Me as part of the AOH Winter Festival. See more about this collaborative exhibition set in […]
Hi Clare – Your work is influenced by nature and landscape. How are the influences of the landscape in which you grew up reflected in your work? I grew up in the North Yorkshire village of Goathland and went to school in Whitby. Surrounded by rugged moorland, my playground as a child, I developed […]
Would you like to tell us a bit about the work you make? I use my knowledge of traditional Timorese jewellery and ceremonial artefacts, and deconstruct them to create contemporary jewellery and accessories using sterling silver and base metal, gold and semi-precious stones. I like using modern tools and traditional techniques to get that […]
Hi Alej, we’re delighted you are exhibiting in the Artists Open Houses Festival again his year. Which Open House can we see your work in? I will be at 92 Montpelier Road. The owner of the house is Risza Lopes da Cruz. Her house is stunning and for the Artists Open Houses it is […]
Your exhibition for Artists Open Houses sounds really interesting. How does it reflect your experiences of the last few months? Our winter exhibition will reflect experiences of the last few months very deeply indeed! After we had been caught by surprise by the first lockdown, my instinct was to strive keep the morale of […]
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The Vote with Mark Walker – The Artists Open Houses Festival Director, Judy Stevens
Hi JJ – Can you tell us a bit about the project you have been working on during lockdown and how the ideas behind it came about? The idea for the project came to me when first hearing about the impending lockdown, I was a few days into photographing for a new book project JJ […]
Hi Jo – As we are beginning to take very tentative steps out of lockdown, it would be great to hear a bit about what you have been doing during the lockdown period. Can you tell us a little bit about the project you have been working on? I have been out shooting the night […]
Hi Lynda – You were planning to take part in the AOH Festival for the first time this May, as part of the Kemp Town trail. Since then life has been put on hold due to lockdown. Can you tell us a bit about who you are and what you do? I am a small […]
Hi Sophie – We’ve been in lockdown for over two months now. How has the experience affected you and impacted on your creative life? Initially I found the silence of lockdown extremely moving and through the imposed stillness found myself going further into meditative practices. I’ve experienced what feels like a deeper grounding in my […]
Hi Lucy – We’ve been in lockdown for nearly nine weeks. Hopefully we’re slowly coming out of it now, but we’d love to hear about what you have been doing during this period. Can you tell us how your project Art and Only Art came about? My sister and five of her friends set […]
Hi Jan – We’ve been in lockdown for eight weeks now, would you like to tell us about how your feelings and emotions have changed over this period? It feels like a very long time ago since the lockdown began, and life has taken on a distinctly surreal quality…waking each day to find that, […]
We’re now two months into our strange new lives in lockdown – would you like to tell us a bit about how you are adapting to the currently reality? At the beginning of the lockdown I was a bit uneasy, as the way that I usually I do things had to change. My working experience […]
Kay Aplin at her home – The Ceramic House Stanmer Villas Brighton (image credit: Jim Holden) Hi Kay – We’ve all been in lockdown for nearly two months now –it sounds as though you have made good use of time throughout this period. Would you like to tell us about the Ceramic House blog you […]
Hi Lanie – It’s May and the Rose Hill Rebels should be exhibiting their work to visitors as part of the Artists Open Houses festival now. Instead we are all two months into lockdown and for many of us, especially older people, a period of lonely isolation. Can you tell us about the Rose […]
Hi Becky, last weekend would have seen the start of the AOH festival, for which you were to be the May 2020 brochure cover artist. As plans have now been inevitably delayed for a few months, due to the coronavirus, we wondered if you would like to tell us a bit about what you are […]
Issued: March 18, 2020 Following careful consideration in response to the current Covid-19 outbreak, we will be postponing Brighton and Hove’s Artists Open Houses Festival, which was due to take place throughout the city and beyond over the month of May 2020. We currently aim to reschedule the AOH Festival for October 2020 . Judy […]