A new year brings new adventures and the challenge for Cum-bye arts
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By Bev Parker|Artist
Thu, Feb 27, 2025|Edited: Thu, Apr 17, 2025
January 2025 marked the second birthday of Craven Arts House and for me it meant I’ve been settled into my permanent base in Studio 3 just long enough to think about becoming part of the North Yorkshire Open Studios circuit … and I’m delighted that I’ve be accepted.
North Yorkshire Open Studios our focus this year
As my artistic journey continues I am experimenting with new colours, forms and materials and my first experience with NYOS will be its collaboration with the well known Rural Arts with the exhibition based upon 'Idea of North' a most exciting prospect. To visit: Rural Arts, The Old Courthouse, 4 Westgate, Thirsk YO7 1QS. https://www.ruralarts.org
Idea of North
Starts: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Ends: Saturday, March 22, 2025
The ‘Idea of North’ is an exhibition by artists who are also members of North Yorkshire Open Studios. Together these artists explore the ways that being in the North influences the making of art. The exhibition takes its title from a book by Peter Davidson who shows the North to be a goal rather than a destination, a place of revelation that is always somewhere absolute and austere – and eternally just out of reach. With this exhibition North Yorkshire is re-imagined as an idea that shapes the creativity of its residents. All work is for sale.
North Yorkshire Open Studios Spring Exhibition
Starts: Friday March 21, 2025
Ends: Saturday May 10, 2025
we at Craven Arts House will be hosting the SPRING EXHIBITION, a chance to see a piece of work by all this years cohort as a tantalising taster of what to see in their individual studios later in June. When visiting the SPRING in March do pop into our other studios at Craven Arts House as well … we’ll be ready and waiting to chat about what we
North Yorkshire Open Studios Summer art trail
Starts: Saturday June 7, 2025
Ends: Sunday June 8, 2025
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Starts: Saturday June 14, 2025
Ends: Sunday June 15, 2025
It’s the SUMMER NYOS OPEN STUDIOS where a marvelous tour awaits, with over 200 studios to choose to visit so gather together friends and family and start the planning early. This annual event enables artists and makers to open their studios, meet, promote, and sell their work direct to the public over the first two weekends in June. As North Yorkshire is such a large county, North Yorkshire Open Studios is split into 3 areas – Dales, Central, and Moors & Coast. We include Artists and makers working across a range of different disciplines including painting, printmaking, ceramics, woodwork, glass, jewellery, photography, sculpture, textiles, mixed media, and more! To see the brochure listing all artists and makers.
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