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Open Studios 2018 Photograph by Lisa Whiting

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This year, Open Studios is taking place online so you can enjoy it from wherever you are in the world.

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Esther Hesketh, Untitled (2021), cast pewter Esther Hesketh, Untitled (2021), cast pewter

Open Studios 2021

This year, Open Studios is taking place online so you can enjoy it from wherever you are in the world.

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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.

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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Open Studios 2021

Online Friday 28 to Sunday 30 May 2021, 9am–11.59pm, Free, donations welcome Explore Open Studios online

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Pacita Abad_Life in the Margins (2020) Installation view, Spike Island, Bristol. Photograph by Lisa Whiting

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

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