Artists across the district will be showing off their work over the first two weekends of June as part of the annual North Yorkshire Open Studios (NYOS) event.
Around 140 professional creatives working in every visual medium will open their studios right across the county, to promote and sell their work direct to the public in what has become one of the major events in the region’s cultural calendar.
One of them is Boroughbridge-based Andrea Mosey, who started painting during lockdown after finding her daughter’s old art materials. Since then, she has won this year’s British Contemporary Art award and routinely sells her paintings for up to £1,000. Her studio is in the grounds of Newby Hall, and visitors can access it free of charge over the open studio weekends. She said:
“It’s a lovely light-filled studio with huge picture windows, and I’ll have art for every different kind of budget, ranging from small fine art cards to prints to large oil paintings.”
Curlew by Jo Garlick, who is based near Masham and will be exhibiting over the first two weekends of June.
Harrogate College will also be opening up for its own NYOS exhibition, featuring new work by students on its two-year, part-time MA Creative Practice degree course.
Dr Annabel Smith, programme manager in MA Creative Practice at Harrogate College, said:
“Our MA students come from all walks of life and are often retiring or looking at switching direction and wanting to build on previous artist practice. This degree offers them a great way to change pathways and perhaps launch a new career, or just focus totally on their creative practice.
“The overriding motivation seems to be to grasp the chance of a new start by setting off in a really creative direction.
“The students consistently impress us by the quality of the art they produce, across so many mediums – and we can’t wait for the public to come and see some of their outstanding work at this exhibition.”
The NYOS exhibition’s first weekend will take place on Saturday, June 3 and Sunday 4, and the second will be on Saturday, June 10 and Sunday 11.
The Harrogate College MA students’ work will be available to view on campus each day from 10am to 5pm.
To find out how and where to view work by the 140 other featured artists, visit the North Yorkshire Open Studios website.
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Harrogate College art students to showcase their work
Artists, sculptors and ceramicists at Harrogate College are preparing to stage their first North Yorkshire Open Studios event.
The artists, who are studying for master’s degrees in creative practice, will showcase their work on June 4. Visitors will be able to view and buy items.
North Yorkshire Open Studios gives artists the chance to open their studios, network, and show and sell their work directly to the public over the first two weekends in June.
The artist-led event is run by a voluntary steering group of North Yorkshire based artists.
Dr Annabel Smith, programme manager, MA creative practice at Harrogate College said the event would give many college students the opportunity to showcase their work, adding:
“The NYOS event has grown to become one of the major events in North Yorkshire’s cultural calendar, as well as one of the north’s most prestigious open studios events.
“The college is honoured to be included this year and is highlighting and showcasing work produced by our year 1 and year 2 MA creative practice students.”
The exhibited work will include ceramics, paintings, printmaking and textiles and will be on view to the public in the college’s canteen.
The show takes place at the college, at Hornbeam Park, from 9am to 5pm.
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Local artists invite you on an armchair tour of their studios
Each year artists from across the county open their studio doors to the public for two weekends in June. Despite the arrival of coronavirus, North Yorkshire Open Studios have remained optimistic and are instead bringing this exciting event online this weekend.
Artists across Ripon and Harrogate who were set to invite people into their studios have instead created films of their artwork and techniques in order to stream online.
Harriette Rymer painting in her studio in Harrogate.
These films will be made available from this weekend and will continue next weekend with the full schedule available on North Yorkshire Open Studios Website. The films are shared every 20 minutes on their Facebook page.
Debbie Loane, committee member and painter at North Yorkshire Open Studios has noticed the importance of keeping this event running:
“Many artists plan their calendar around this event and for some it represents a substantial proportion of their annual income, so to lose this event overnight would have been a huge blow to many of the participating artists.
For these artists, who derive their living from creative practice, it was important not to postpone until next year…since lockdown the appetite for buying art online has been strong and I am feeling very optimistic.”
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Harrogate based artist Anna Whitehouse noticed that the appetite for art has been particularly strong since lockdown, telling The Stray Ferret,
“Lockdown has turned out to be a positive time for artists, people are finding ways to reach out more. Even though it feels quiet there are lots of people in their studios being very productive.
A lot of our artists have never really delved online. It’s making the best of a bad situation.”
From textiles and painting to metalworking and printmaking, this event allows for the appreciation of creative processes as well as the chance to get to know local artists.
This event celebrates work created from all corners of the county, covering coastal spots to scenic national parks as well as picturesque villages and vibrant market towns.
Find all the information you need across North Yorkshire Open Studios website and facebook page.