ARThouse Open Studios Festival

22 June - 1 July 2012

Welcome to ARThouse 2012, Richmond’s annual Open Studios Festival.

Residents and visitors get the chance to experience the abundance of creative talent living and working in the borough. Over the two weekends between 22 June and 1 July artists and creative craftspeople will open their homes and studios to exhibit their work in their own unique environment. Last year’s festival involved over 150 artists who exhibited their current creations and project in their homes, studios, community centres and schools.

The event provides a wonderful opportunity to meet some of the area's finest creative people, pick up creative advice from artists, and even buy original pieces.

Admission to all open studio venues is free.

Opening dates and times

ARThouse 2012 will take place over two weekends from Friday 22 June - Sunday 1 July. During this period artists are invited to open their homes or studios on at least two of the following six dates:

Weekend one

• Friday 22 June 6 - 9pm
• Saturday 23 June 11am - 6pm
• Sunday 24 June 11am - 6pm

Weekend two

• Friday 29 June 6 - 9pm
• Saturday 30 June 11am - 6pm
• Sunday 1 July 11am - 6pm

Apply to take part in ARThouse 2012

The festival is open to all artists, schools, community groups and creative crafts people living or working in the Borough of Richmond who would like to open their houses, studios or an alternative space to the public. ARThouse aims to promote the creative communities based within the Borough, and showcase the range of work produced in the local areas. The festival allows visitors to engage with the relationship between the artist and their art, experiencing the same environment and space in which the work is created.

Applications for ARThouse 2012 will open on Tuesday 3rd January. Please contact the Arts Service if you wish to be added to the mailing list to receive information about next year’s open studios festival or future exhibition opportunities.

Download application forms and guidelines here:

• Individual Artist (MS Word, 972KB)
• Artists' Group (MS Word, 274KB)
• College/School (MS Word, 969KB)
• 2012 Entry Guidelines(pdf, 146KB)

Make application payments online

Brochure and venues from 2011

• View our interactive map of venues and artists
• Download the ARThouse brochure(pdf, 1282KB)

Our festival brochure details all the open studio venues local to you and their opening times.

Feedback

Visitor feedback is of great value and helps us improve the festival for future years. If you visited any venues in 2011 please give us your thoughts on ARThouse by filling out the visitors' feedback(pdf, 90KB) form.