Welcome to Cambridge Open Studios

And welcome to our brand new website. Browse at your leisure and choose which studios to vist this year.

Four weekends in July
Each year, the artists and craftspeople of Cambridge and the surrounding area open their workspaces and homes to the public.  They reveal the processes that create their work and invite you to learn about the ideas behind it.   It is the interaction between artists and visitors that makes open studios so special. This year’s event takes place on the weekends of 3rd/4th, 10th/11th, 17th/18th and 24th/25th July.

Free entry
Studios are open from 11am until 6pm on both Saturdays and Sundays. Look out for the yellow flags displayed by participating venues.

203 artists in 150 venues
This year there are 203 artists taking part in 150 venues.  There are lots of painters - who work in many media - oil; watercolour; acrylic; collage, pastel et al – producing landscapes; seascapes; still lifes; portraits; animal pictures; botanical pictures; flower pictures; bird pictures; abstracts, and more.  In addition, there are illustrators; potters; sculptors; textile artists; mixed media artists; jewellers; photographers; digital artists; glassmakers; furniture makers; printmakers; lettering artists; metal workers; enamellers; woodcarvers, and a clock maker!  All the artists will have original works for sale and many will have prints and cards too. Many also take commissions.  Or just go along to have a look, learn about the techniques and materials involved and talk to the artists about their work.

Free guide
The 2010 free printed Guide can be picked up in shops, galleries, libraries, colleges, surgeries, tourist offices and from artists throughout the region from 4th June.

Opening our studios for over 30 years
Cambridge Open Studios is one of the oldest open studios events in Britain.  It receives no grants or sponsorship and is entirely funded and run by the members themselves. Cambridge Open Studios exists for the purposes of promoting the making of original works of art and craft and to provide an opportunity for the public to become involved in the arts by meeting artists in their studios, seeing their work and how it is produced.