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Open Studios

Open Studios

Open Studios 2018 Photograph by Lisa Whiting

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This year's Open Studios is taking place from 7 to 10 May 2020
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Open Studios 2020

Every year over the early May bank holiday, Spike Island opens its doors to the public.

Open Studios is a chance to explore behind the scenes of this former Brooke Bond tea packing factory, home to over 70 artists’ studios, Spike Print Studio, UWE Fine Art BA/MA students, as well as many other creative practitioners including designers, writers, filmmakers, animators and photographers.

This year's Open Studios is taking place from 7 to 10 May 2020

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Artists' Studios at Spike Island: Sarah Wilton. Photograph by Lisa Whiting
Artists' Studios at Spike Island: Sarah Wilton. Photograph by Lisa Whiting

Visitors have the chance to meet artists in their studios and see what they were working on. Dotted around the building, screenings, performances, installations, workshops and talks take place, and some of Bristol’s best street food traders host pop-ups.

Our programme differs every year; no two Open Studios weekends are ever the same.

A visitor studies art work at Open Studios 2017.
A family look at a studio holders' work.
A large group of people are crowded in our sculpture yard watching three people, wearing protective clothing, pour molten metal into a cast.

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More in Programme

Sriwhana Spong Ida-Ida (2019) Performance still, dancer Benjamin Ord, Spike Island, Bristol. Photograph by Max McClure

What's on
A visitor stands looking at four tall paintings of ladders. Each painting has a shadow appearing differently behind the ladder.

Exhibitions

Events
Six people look at Bristol's Harbour from a balcony. The sun is shining.

Projects and residencies
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