No 35 Meryl Stringell – Still Life with Silver Pot – Ditchling trail Why not have a day out in the historic Downland village of Ditchling? Located at the foot of Ditchling Beacon and nestled within the South Downs National Park, Ditchling village plays host to a selection of contemporary artists, craftspeople, and designers/ makers, showcasing […]
Hi David, the Figment Arts project A Room of Our Own in Hanningtons Lane has been so exciting! Can you tell us about the outlines and aims of the project? A Room Of Our Own is an exhibition and ‘Open Studio’ where we invite the public to join us in creating large-scale artworks, which in turn become […]
Lucianna Whittle – Great White AOH talks to Liz Wakefield of Sussex Nightstop: Hi Liz, can you tell us a bit about Sussex Nightstop? Nightstop was a community response, started in Leeds to address homelessness by opening up volunteer homes to young people in need. It started small, but has now become a national movement, […]
Last Sunday’s AOH and Brighton Fringe Treasure Hunt was a race tracking clues leading to six Open Houses. The five winners made it round the trail in super quick time – the winner running much of the way between all six houses! And the first prize winner is: Emma from Brighton! Second prize went to: Eleanor […]
Hi Sam Your work is really intriguing and, on the surface, may be seen as purely about people and their shadows. First of all, can you tell is how you photograph and select the people you paint? Ha, I wonder if that is the hardest and most pertinent question you could ask. I have […]
Matt Henry: Phone call Hi Matt, Your photographs are compelling because we’re not quite sure what we’re seeing. They are like stills from films that never existed; can you tell us how you came to work in this way? I began life as a magazine journalist with novelist ambitions. I’d always been a big reader of fiction as […]
Figment Arts – A Room of Our Own For one day – Sunday 14th May – you can take part in our special Treasure Hunt Day. Our partners at Brighton Fringe are offering five great prizes to the first five successful Treasure Hunters (see below). Follow our Treasure Hunt clues around a trail of six Open Houses […]
The Regency Town House The Rapture exhibitions and programme of talks sound fascinating. Can you tell us about the name and how artists were selected? The name Rapture felt like a really good fit for what we are creating, because it relates to a present-moment experience that is somewhat indefinable yet expansive and exciting. We […]
Hi Amanda – It sounds like some interesting things are happening at Rottingdean’s Beacon Hill Windmill! Can you tell us a little bit about your Open House and how it acquired its name – More Tales from the Windmill? Thank you, yes, we are very pleased to be exhibiting inside the Windmill for the third year […]
Artist: Judy Dwyer Offering a great alternative to royal events, many Open Houses this year will be open on Monday 8th May. Have a trip out to the countryside, visiting the wonderful cluster of Open Houses in the Downland village of Ditchling who’ll be opening that day. Back in town, many houses in the Hove […]
(image credit:Ryan Bollard) A big thank you to all who came to the AOH launch on Thursday – what a great evening it was! Jane Bom-Bane and Eliza Skelton entertained us with songs about Einstein and relativity, whilst wearing a mechanical hat! (image credit:Rowena Easton) AOH brochure cover artist Daisy Jordan’s puppeteering performance was beautiful […]
Hi Daisy, Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your background as an artist? I’m a visual artist, maker and puppeteer, born and raised in Dartford, currently based in Brighton. I studied Fine Art Painting at the University of Brighton from 2006-2009. How did you become a puppeteer? I discovered my love for puppets […]
AOH brochure cover artist Daisy Jordan’s shot film compilation
Have you ever wondered what it’s like getting ready to transform your home into an Open House? Take a look at Jo Moore and Laurence Wallace’s (speeded up) film The Big Hang and get a glimpse into the inside story! And here is Jomo Hove Open House in action last May! You can visit […]
International artist Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva has preserved one of the iconic Preston Park Twins as a new sculptural celebration of these ancient elms. She exhibits her prints, drawings and small gilded objects in four Open Houses this May (see below for details) in support of Preston Park Twins project. We talked to Elpida: Can you tell […]
We asked our partners at the Brighton Fringe team for their top picks on a selection of Open Houses they can’t wait to visit during May: A ROOM OF OUR OWN Hanningtons Lane, Brighton, BN1 1GS We can’t wait to visit this open studio based in Hannington’s Lane. The team from Figment arts will be encouraging […]
AOH Best Open House Award – Sponsored by Latest TV: Vida Active – Hove trail The Red Door – Fiveways trail Art in the Purple House – Hanover trail The Studio Gallery -West Hove trail AOH Artist of the Year Award – Sponsored by Gemini Print Sarah Arnett Seana Mercedes Mallen AOH Photographer of the […]
Open Houses open this weekend only (ie 21 & 21): Woofing Fabulous Coastal trail, 19th-21st May Turner Dumbrell Ditchling trail, 20th & 22nd May Varndean School Fiveways trail, 20th May Jo Hathaway and Friends Fiveways trail, 20th & 21st May Phoenix Art Space Hanover trail, 20th & 21st May Faye Bridgewater at the Ballroom Hanover trail 19th-21st May Clara Wilkinson Hove […]
The 2022 Artist of the Year Award winner- Sarah Jones As Print Partner to Artists Open Houses, the Gemini Print Group sponsor the Gemini Print AOH Artist of the Year Award. Gemini Print will be selecting one winner and one highly commended artist from AOH May 2023, who will each receive a certificate and […]
Why on earth would anyone open up their house to hundreds of random people over the summery month of May? Surely there are better things to do over peak season in glorious Brighton than locking yourself inside for consecutive weekends. Well, after much debating – we decided to do just that…and as part of Brighton’s Artists […]