FORTHCOMING EVENTS
HIDDEN TALENTS - OPEN STUDIOS
East Riding Open Studios IIA 'Big Skies' Event
Sculptor Saffron Waghorn has just winched her studio back from an eroding cliff top near Skipsea ready to open it to the public as part of a major event aimed at showcasing the work of artists in the East Riding. She is among 52 artists opening their studios to the public over two weekends in October, inviting people to take a creative journey across the East Riding, to discover a very different, and memorable, view of it.
As well as the wooden shack that is Saffron’s studio, visitors will be able to see many other unusual places and spaces that artists use to create their work, and from which they draw inspiration. There are garden sheds, a garage, and the lighthouse at Spurn peninsular where Martin Waters spotlights the ever changing patterns and colour harmonies created by tidal drift and jetsam. The breadth of work on show varies from potters to painters, jewellers to textile artists and many more areas of creative practice.
EROS is being organized by two artists Carlo Verda and Anna Kirk-Smith, who together have formed Big Skies, a Bridlington-based social enterprise committed to showcasing the work of East Riding artists and to building a creative community which they hope will play a key part in the regeneration of the county. By supporting new artist's businesses and encouraging links from outside the area, both national and international, it is intended that the East Riding will become a cultural destination and enhance both the economy and tourism industries.
Visitors to last year's event, Diane and Barry Cunningham said: "We picked up a leaflet at your gallery and ended up seeing some of the most wonderful ceramics, jewellery and paintings in the most interesting studios, homes, garden sheds etc. We had a fabulous Saturday and could not get the wonderful things we had seen out of our minds so on Sunday we set off again and had another fabulous day."
East Riding Open Studios: 6th & 7th and 13th & 14th October. If you would like to find out more about the East Riding Open Studios then please go to www.eastridingopenstudios.co.uk, or contact Big Skies for a catalogue:
Carlo 01262 409773; email: info@bigskies.co.uk
Anna 01262 674938; email: anna.kirk-smith@alumni.rca.ac.uk