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Round-up of first two weekends’ Open House visits (part 1)

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 […]

Some great Open House PV’s…!

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 […]

AOH talks to Abigail Bowen about ‘Lost Things’

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’ […]

Goldie, Pure Evil and Maxim from the Prodigy at: Urban Miniatures Open House!

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 […]

Brighton photographer JJ Waller tells us about his work

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 […]

AOH 2019 Xmas Launch @My Brighton Hotel

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 […]

Artists Seeking Houses

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 […]

Jan Burgess meets portrait artist Jane Palmer

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 […]

AOH 2019 Awards Night: Winners Announced!

The AOH Awards Night on Monday was a fantastic event. A big thank you to MyBrighton for hosting the evening and to all our wonderful sponsors for selecting such great winners and presenting generous Awards. Congratulations to all the brilliant artists nominated for this year’s Awards. Latest Best Open House Award  The nominees were: 11 […]

Final weekend roundup! Here are some of the Open Houses we visited:

20 Fabulous Years Fiveways Trail Adelaide Artists Brunswick Town Trail Art In Bloom Hove Trail Brighton Etch Corner House Beyond The Level Trail Brunswick Basement Brunswick Town Trail Jehane’s Open House Fiveways Trail Milton House Beyond The Level Trail Rex Matthews Fiveways Trail The Jewellery Workshop Brunswick Town Trail The Secret Garden  Hove Trail The Secret Garden – At 142 Fiveways Trail Travelling Tales Brunswick Town […]

Justlife Creative Open House – supporting artists who’ve experienced homelessness.

Could you tell us a bit about Justlife Creative? Justlife is a charity providing support to people who are close to the streets across Brighton and Hove. Our team helps them to progress towards safe, healthy and stable lifestyles, through developing positive relationships, re-building trust in services and ultimately believing in them as individuals. Last […]

We talk to Gil Doron about: Limbo at BMECP and catch up on Sarah Watson’s portraits

Hi Gil. Your exhibition at BMECP is called Limbo. Could you tell us about the ideas behind this theme? Limbo characterizes our present times, where Limbo conditions are, unfortunately, engulfing the lives of many of us.  Since the Brexit referendum Britain has been in a state of Limbo, with British people, industries, universities and art […]

We talk to Creative Future – making art more diverse

Could you tell us a bit about Creative Future? Creative Future was established in 2007 with the aim of making the arts more diverse and representative of the world we live in. A national charity based in Brighton, we specialise in working with under-represented artists. We provide skills training, mentoring, exhibiting, promoting and publishing opportunities […]

Last weekend to visit YMCA Open House, Brighton’s largest housing provider

This is the last weekend that you can visit Brighton YMCA’s Open House on the Artists’ Open House trail. The exhibition features outstanding work by artists residing at Brighton YMCA, Brighton and Hove’s largest housing provider. Here is what Alex, one of the clients who was involved in putting together the exhibition, said: ‘Over sixty artworks will […]

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