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 […]
Arts Council England have announced a series of emergency funding packages to support individuals and organisations working in the cultural sector. Arts Council England say: “We are making £160 million of emergency funding available for those organisations and individuals who will need it during this crisis, and we have also changed the funding requirements […]
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 […]
… And here are a few more extraordinary Open Houses we visited: Surf and Turf Villa Lucia’s Emporium Red Brick House The Photographer’s Greenhouse Roberto Ponte 11 Rugby Road One-Six-Nine Make sure to catch them all this last weekend of the Artists Open Houses festival All Photos by: I C IMAGE (www.icimage.me)
Here are some of the brilliant Open Houses we visited last weekend: Milton House Amber Elise Northern Lights Art Across the Line Abigail Bowen Adelaide Artists Dion Salvador Lloyd Progressive Synagogue Look at This: Phoenix Gallery This weekend is your last chance to visit all 60 amazing Artists Open Houses – don’t miss out! All […]
One of the coolest places to be in Brighton last Friday evening must have been at the private view of JJ Waller in Brunswick Street West! It was a great night too at the Red Brick House private view! And the wine flowed at The Photographer’s Greenhouse! Have a great Christmas – from […]
The Photographers Greenhouse: Charlotte Macpherson AOH: Hi Charlotte and Jessica do you often collaborate in your work? Jessica: I met Charlotte at my Open House, SNUG. She came to have a look and was impressed by my Native American wall hangings. Charlotte expressed an interest in opening her own house for the first time […]
Hi Abigail It’s great to have you taking part in the Christmas Open Houses this year – previously you have taken part in the AOH May Festival. 1. Would you like to tell us a bit about your paintings and your practice in general? I often say that I paint ‘the edge of the rainbow’ […]
Hi Emily, we’re delighted you are taking part in the Christmas Artists Open Houses this year. Urban Miniatures sounds really fascinating! Can you tell us a bit about the theme of the exhibition? Urban Miniatures is a unique pop-up exhibition bringing together huge names from the urban contemporary art scene on a tiny scale. Curated […]
AOH: Hi JJ, we’re really delighted you are taking part in the Christmas Artists Open Houses this year. This is the first time you’ve taken part in the AOH festival as a solo artist. Can you tell us a bit about the work you will be showing? JJ: I don’t exhibit very often, so selecting […]
The 2019 Artists Open Houses Christmas festival got off to a glamorous start at the super cool My Hotel Brighton’s Merkaba! Massive thanks to our wonderful Sponsors at My Brighton Hotel for hosting such a great event! Thank you to our amazing sponsors: Mark Tulley: Gemini Print, Martin and Monica Lawrence: Lawrence’s Print Supplies, William […]
Be a Guest Artist in the Artists Open Houses Festival Do you live outside the (01273 telephone code) area but want to participate in AOH? Or would you like to exhibit and sell your work but are not able to open your own house? You can join the AOH directory of Artists Seeking Houses and […]
Do you have drawers full of old art materials? Lots of people do! Artists Open Houses offer you the perfect way to clear out your cupboards and help artists in need. Many Open Houses include artists who have experienced periods of homelessness or are vulnerably housed, as well as those in recovery from drug and […]
Jan Burgess, SOL Design Collective’s founder met with portrait artist Jane Palmer to talk about her love of portrait painting, commissions, opening her house to exhibit and future plans since winning AOH Artist of the Year… I first met Jane Palmer when she came along to our popular pricing workshop. Jane is a figurative artist […]