YORK Open Studios 2024 offers the chance to meet 156 York artists and makers at 106 locations over the next two weekends.
Studios and workspaces will be open from 10am to 5pm on April 13 and 14, then April 20 and 21, preceded by this Friday’s preview evening at some locations. (Head to yorkopenstudios.co.uk for full details.)
All the artists live or work within a ten-mile radius of the city, with one in five of them taking part for the first time in the 23rd year of this annual not-for-profit event alongside a multitude of regulars.
Artists will welcome visitors to their workspaces to show and sell their work, spanning ceramics, collage, digital, illustration, jewellery mixed media, painting, print, photography, sculpture, textiles, wood and glass.
Some artists will share venues or exhibit their work in other spaces, displaying a selection of tools and materials or even demonstrating their skills to give a more ‘Open Studio’ experience.
Visitors can talk to artists about their processes, look around the places where they work and perhaps acquire a work. Venues range from small studios in artists’ homes to large commercial workshops and often offer access to places not usually open to the public.
Ahead of the two weekends, most of the artists exhibited a piece at the Hospitium, in York Museum Gardens, in a taster exhibition last Saturday and Sunday.
Artists were selected for York Open Studios by an independent panel that assessed applications based on images and artist statements. On the 2024 panel were Helmsley Arts Centre artistic director Natasha Jones, Leeds Fine Artists’ chair, Paul Hammond, and Rural Arts’ senior creative producer for visual arts, Julian Hartley.
To complement the selected artists, York Open Studios plays host to a showcase by students from York College and York St John University, many sharing their work with the public for the first time.
Among the new participants will be ceramist Patricia Qua, an Argentinian-born Korean artist who began her creative journey in New York before studying at the Royal College of Art in London.
Patricia, who has exhibited at the London Design Festival and Hepworth Wakefield Ceramics Fair, brings her background in print and graphics to her one-off porcelain or stoneware ceramics decorated with a love of vibrant colours.
New too will be urban oil painter Michael Hasan Reda, originally from Birmingham, who finds inspiration and joy in the natural and built environment. He has studied the techniques of the late-19th century Impressionists and Tonalists to create works with expressive brushstrokes and confident tone and colour.
Jeweller Hannah Weston has been stringing beads together since she was a child. Part bench trained, part self-taught, this former science teacher has turned her hobby into a full-time job after attending classes and moving to creating pieces in silver and gold to bring “a little joy into the everyday”.
Committee chair Christine Storrs says: “I know all the artists have been working incredibly hard to ensure they have the best of their collections available to see and buy, and the best way to showcase their skills to their visitors.
“It’s a sneak peek behind the scenes to marvel at their practices and expertise, as well as a chance to start your own collection. We are blessed with regular artists and new ones to bring the best of art to our weekends. Doing this in York? York is the best place to enjoy spring in the city with a good dose of art to warm the heart.”
For more information on all the artists and access to an interactive map of all the locations, visit yorkopenstudios.co.uk. Alternatively, a free printed directory is available from various tourist hubs, libraries, shops, galleries and artist locations throughout York and beyond.
“Plan your route to maximise the range of artists or organise your day interspersed with something entirely different,” advises Christine.
New artists for 2024
Kate Hutson, ceramics, Creative Studio York, Unit 14, Bull Commercial Centre, Stockton Lane, York.
Em Goldie, painting, 8 Algarth Road, York.
Jackie Lunn, mixed media, 40 Hempland Drive, York; including Friday preview.
Patricia Qua, ceramics, 40 Hempland Drive, York; Friday preview.
Martina Teplarkova, jewellery, 40 Hempland Drive, York; Friday preview.
Hannah Weston, jewellery, 53 Burnholme Avenue, York.
Phill Jenkins, printmaking, 7 Derwent Way, Osbaldwick, York.
Caroline Munro, painting, 2 Hillgarth Court, Elvington, York.
Joseph Broderick, painting, 20 Sandringham Street, Fishergate, York; Friday preview.
Christina Hoge-Morgenroth, textiles, 20 Sandringham Street, Fishergate, York; Friday preview.
Onur Demircivi, photography, Studio 10, Danesmead Business Wing, 33 Fulford Cross, York.
Alex Ash, painting, 79 Heslington Lane, Fulford, York.
Morgan + Wells, textiles, Fulford School, Fulfordgate, Heslington Lane, York.
Scott Drynan, student, jewellery, Kerensa, Front Street, Naburn, York.
Janette Hill, painting, Kerensa, Front Street, Naburn, York.
Kath Cox, ceramics, 43 Beech Avenue, Bishopthorpe, York; Friday preview.
Rhys Thorpe, photography, 5 Scarcroft Hill, York.
John Sparrow, drawing, South Bank Studios, Southlands Methodist Church, 97 Bishopthorpe Road, York.
Sylvia Schroer, ceramics, 21 Norfolk Street, York; Friday preview.
Michael Hasan Reda, painting, 13 Prices Lane, York.
Hilary Watkinson, painting, 86 Principal Rise, Dringhouses, York; Friday preview.
Joanna Coupland, sculpture, 16 Moor Lane (after the lake), York; Friday preview.
Kitty Bellamy, painting, 37 Huntsman’s Walk, York; Friday preview.
George Willmore, collage, 25 Oak Street, York.
Tom Bennett, mixed media, 17 Railway Terrace, York; Friday preview.
Susan Bradley, printmaking, 57 Station Road, Upper Poppleton, York.
Amarti, mixed media, 12 Dikelands Close, Upper Poppleton, York.
Robert Mosley, painting, 64 Marygate, York; Friday preview.
Jess Hargreaves, mixed media, Bootham School Arts Centre, Bootham, York; Friday preview.
Kate Jax, student, sculpture, York St John University, Lord Mayor’s Walk, York.
Justine Warner, textiles, Laburnum Cottage, West End, Sheriff Hutton, York; Friday preview.
Returning artists
Marta Szulczewska, ceramics, Creative Studio York, Unit 14, Bull Commercial Centre, Stockton Lane, York.
Sarah King, ceramics, Creative Studio York, Unit 14, Bull Commercial Centre, Stockton Lane, York.
Dave Atkin, wood, 46 Galtress Road, York; Friday preview.
Jill Ford, ceramics, 40 Hempland Drive, York; Friday preview.
Richard Whitelegg, jewellery, 40 Hempland Drive, York; Friday preview.
Jen Dring, printmaking, 53 Burnholme Avenue, York.
Cathy Needham, textiles, 38 Chestnut Avenue, off Stockton Lane, Heworth, York; Friday preview.
Sally Clarke, printmaking, 85 East Parade, Heworth, York; Friday preview.
Jo Bagshaw, jewellery, 85 East Parade, Heworth, York; Friday preview.
Adrienne French, painting, 85 East Parade, Heworth, York; Friday preview.
Dylan Connor, mixed media, 114 East Parade, York.
Kerry Ann Moffat, painting, 33 Third Avenue, Heworth, York; Friday preview.
Lenka Pavuk, mixed media, 33 Third Avenue, Heworth, York; Friday preview.
Wilf Williams, furniture, 9 Waynefleet Grove, York.
Judith Glover, ceramics, Brambles, Warthill, York.
Carrie Lyal, printmaking, 4 Midgley Close, Stamford Bridge, York.
Tim Pearce, mixed media, Brambles, Warthill, York.
Hannah Arnup, ceramics, Arnup Studios, Panman Lane, Holtby; Friday preview.
Liz Foster, painting, North Studio, Arnup Studios, Panman Lane, Holtby.
Michelle Galloway, painting, The Pottery Studio, Arnup Studios, Panman Lane, Holtby; Friday preview.
Kate Pettitt, painting, Gallery Studio, Arnup Studios, Panman Lane, Holtby; Friday preview.
Emma Welsh, jewellery, South Studio, Arnup Studios, Panman Lane, Holtby; Friday preview.
Rosie Bramley, painting, 19 Murton Garth, Murton, York.
Jonathan Cooper, painting, The Cottage, Hull Road, Grimston, York; Friday preview.
Linda Harvey, textiles, 18 Belvoir Avenue, Elvington, York.
Jane Duke, printmaking, 25a Windmill Lane, York.
Malcolm Ludvigsen, painting, 34 Belle Vue Street, York; Friday preview.
Ruth Beloe, painting, Studio 10, Danesmead Business Wing, 33 Fulford Cross, York.
Judy Burnett, mixed media, 10 Holly Terrace, New Walk, York.
Rachel Holborrow, printmaking, 69 Danum Road, Fulford, York.
Marc Godfrey-Murphy, illustration, Fulford School, Fulfordgate, Heslington Lane, York.
Claire Castle, painting, Smithy Cottage, 1 The Paddocks, Wheldrake, York.
Emma James, painting, 39 Copmanthorpe Lane, Bishopthorpe, York; Friday preview.
Scott Dunwoodie, photography, The Homestead, Moor Lane, Bishopthorpe, York.
Penny Phillips, ceramics, 15 Finsbury Avenue, York; Friday preview.
Elliot Harrison, illustration, 21 Finsbury Street, York.
Meredith Andrea, printmaking, 68 Queen Victoria Street, York; Friday preview.
Veronica Ongaro, glass, 68 Queen Victoria Street, York; Friday preview.
Lincoln Lightfoot, illustration, 118 Brunswick Street, South Bank, York.
Amy Stubbs, textiles, Young Thugs Studio, 14 Ovington Terrace, York; Friday preview.
Emily Stubbs, ceramics, Young Thugs Studio, 14 Ovington Terrace, York; Friday preview.
Carol Douglas, painting, 55 Albemarle Road, York; Friday preview.
Kate Buckley, ceramics, 31 Wentworth Road, York; Friday preview.
Marie Murphy, painting, 38 Scarcroft Road, York; Friday preview.
Colin Black, mixed media, South Bank Studios, Southlands Methodist Church, 97 Bishopthorpe Road, York.
Carolyn Coles, painting, South Bank Studios, Southlands Methodist Church, 97 Bishopthorpe Road, York.
Laura Dawn Duval, mixed media, South Bank Studios, Southlands Methodist Church, 97 Bishopthorpe Road, York.
Mandi Grant, painting, South Bank Studios, Southlands Methodist Church, 97 Bishopthorpe Road, York.
Donna Maria Taylor, mixed media, South Bank Studios, Southlands Methodist Church, 97 Bishopthorpe Road, York.
Caroline Utterson, textiles, South Bank Studios, Southlands Methodist Church, 97 Bishopthorpe Road, York.
Jo Yeates, textiles, South Bank Studios, Southlands Methodist Church, 97 Bishopthorpe Road, York.
Pamela Knight, printmaking, Studio entrance, Back Lane (off Richardson Street), Bishopthorpe, York.
Mick Leach, painting, 57 Fenwick Street, York.
Kate Semple, ceramics, 13 East Mount Road, York; Friday preview.
Marcus Jacka, 94 The Mount, York; Friday preview.
Ruth King, ceramics, 94 The Mount, York; Friday preview.
Mark Hearld, collage, 104, The Mount, York; Friday preview.
Mim Robson, mixed media, 11 Mount Parade, York; Friday preview.
Jill Tattersall, mixed media, 11 Mount Parade, York; Friday preview.
Ben Arnup, ceramics, The Cottage, 2 Love Lane, York; Friday preview.
Peter Heaton, photography, The Cottage, 2 Love Lane, York; Friday preview.
Richard Frost, furniture, 36 White House Gardens, York.
Emma Whitelock, painting, 11 Trentholme Drive, The Mount, York; Friday preview.
Constance Isobel, 3 White House Rise, Tadcaster Road, York.
Jacqueline Warrington, jewellery, 3 White House Rise, Tadcaster Road, York.
Phil Bixby, photography, 24 Hob Moor Terrace, York.
Caroline Lewis, painting, 24 Hob Moor Terrace, York.
Peter Donohoe, sculpture, Walnut Cottage, 17 Tadcaster Road, Dringhouses, York.
Lucie Wake, painting, 15 Slingsby Grove, York.
Pennie Lordan, painting, Greenwood Barn Studio, Moor Lane, Copmanthorpe, York; Friday preview.
Gail Fox, painting, 60 Hob Moor Drive, York; Friday preview.
Simon Palmour, photography, 60 Hob Moor Drive, York; Friday preview.
Joanna Lisowiec, printmaking, 28 Nursery Drive, York; Friday preview.
Nick Kobyluch, drawing, 73 Acomb Road, York.
Michelle Hughes, printmaking, 67 St Swithin’s Walk, York.
Dianne Turner, painting, 19 Wetherby Road, Acomb, York.
Fran Brammer, textiles, 81 Jute Road, Acomb, York.
Peijun Cao, digital prints, 60 Jute Road, Acomb, York.
Leo Morey, painting, 27 Boroughbridge Road, York; Friday preview.
Ted Schofield, digital prints, 4 Winchester Avenue, York.
Adele Karmazyn, collage, 32 Wilton Rise, Holgate, York.
Jane Dignum, printmaking, 63 St Paul’s Terrace, Holgate, York.
Ruth Claydon, mixed media, 38 Kingsland Terrace, York; Friday preview.
Jane Atkin, 22 Swinerton Avenue, York; Friday preview.
Duncan McEvoy, photography, 22 Swinerton Avenue, York; Friday preview.
Lesley Seeger, painting, 39 Bismarck Street, York.
Charlotte Willoughby-Paul, painting, 80 Brecksfield, Skelton, York, Friday preview.
Jo Rodwell, printmaking, 42 Dikelands Lane, Upper Poppleton, York.
Beccy Ridsdel, sculptural ceramics, South Cottage Workshop, 5 South Cottages, Shipton Road, York.
Dawn Ridsdel, ceramics, South Cottage Workshop, 5 South Cottages, Shipton Road, York.
John Hollington, mixed media, 68 Ouse Lea, York.
Lesley Birch, mixed media, 11 Clifton Place, York; Friday preview.
Gerard Hobson, printmaking, 51 Water Lane, Clifton, York.
Steve Williams, painting, 2 St Luke’s Grove, York; Friday preview.
John Green, furniture, The Studio, Compton Street, York.
Nduka Omeife, painting, 37 Baker Street, Clifton, York.
Hazel Battersby, painting, Whitestone Gallery, St Peter’s School, York; Friday preview.
Chris Hall, printmaking, Whitestone Gallery, St Peter’s School, York; Friday preview.
Helen Wrigley, painting, 1 The Sycamores, Sycamore Place, York.
David Campbell, painting, 22 St Mary’s, York.
Sarah Raphael Balme, painting, 32 Marygate, York; Friday preview.
Emily Harper-Gustafsson, painting, Bootham School Arts Centre, Bootham, York; Friday preview.
Freya Horsley, painting, Bootham School Arts Centre, Bootham, York; Friday preview.
David Swales, painting, Bootham School Arts Centre, Bootham, York; Friday preview.
Sarah K Jackson, mixed media, PICA Studios, 7a Grape Lane, York; Friday preview.
Evie Leach, jewellery, PICA Studios, 7a Grape Lane, York; Friday preview.
Katrina Mansfield, painting, PICA Studios, 7a Grape Lane, York; Friday preview.
Lu Mason, textiles, PICA Studios, 7a Grape Lane, York; Friday preview.
Lesley Shaw, printmaking, PICA Studios, 7a Grape Lane, York; Friday preview.
Ealish Wilson, textiles, PICA Studios, 7a Grape Lane, York; Friday preview.
Greg Winrow, printmaking, Second Floor, 56 Goodramgate, York.
Boxxhead, mixed media, Rogues Atelier, 28a Fossgate, York.
Ron Burton, mixed media, Rogues Atelier, 28a Fossgate, York.
Jo Walton, painting, Rogues Atelier, 28a Fossgate, York.
Charmian Ottaway, jewellery, 4 Penleys Grove Street, York; Friday preview.
Lesley Williams, painting, 4 Penleys Grove Street, York; Friday preview.
Fiona Lane, painting, 8 Claremont Terrace, York; Friday preview.
Anna Cook, paper, 8 Claremont Terrace, York; Friday preview.
Anna-Marie Magson, ceramics, 14 Vyner Street, York.
Philip Magson, ceramics, 14 Vyner Street, York.
Ali Hunter, painting, 52 Rose Street, York.
Ann Sotheran, glass, 345 Burton Stone Lane, York.
Jo Ruth, printmaking, 85 York Road, Haxby.
Gonzalo Blanco, painting, Rose Dene, Moor Lane, Strensall, York; Friday preview.
Patrick Smith, painting, Nesslyn West End, Sheriff Hutton, York; Friday preview.