Save the date for the biggest ever Northants Open Studios art event this September

Artists across the whole of Northamptonshire are dusting off their drawings, firing up their kilns, preparing their printing presses and sorting their studios ready to welcome visitors to this year’s Northants Open Studios, which will see over 200 artists welcome you to their creative spaces to see where the magic happens!

The Northants Open Studios programme, which runs for the month of September, brings together hundreds of local artists who not only will be opening their studios for visitors but will also be running workshops, demonstrations and exhibitions at some of the county’s biggest art spaces including Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, 78 Derngate, Chester House, and Boughton House.

The Central Exhibition will also be held again at Lamport Hall, which brings together one or two pieces from each artist taking part and is a great starting point for visitors to see which artists they’d like to visit. Lamport Hall, who generously sponsor the event, saw 2800 people visit the exhibition last year during September and there will also be the return of the hugely popular mini masterpieces secret postcard sale to raise funds for next year’s event.

The Central Exhibition will be kicked off with a launch party on Saturday 2 September and will be open thereafter every Wednesday to Sunday throughout September. All the details of individual artists studio opening times will be available in a brochure which is distributed across the county and on the NOS website at www.northantsopenstudios.co.uk