Cheltenham Open Studios is a not-for-profit association run by artists. Like other Open Studios organisations around the country, it is evolving out of an art festival event into a thriving community of artists. With over 200 artist members, it aims to network artists together to promote the visual arts in Cheltenham and its surrounds, engaging people directly with the wonderful work being created on their doorsteps.

'Original Art Made Here'
See the work of over 200 artists on an open-door-to-door trail of 79 venues. Meet the artists, view their work, learn about their practice.

Organised by artist-run association, Cheltenham Open Studios, COS19 is the 11th time the artists from Cheltenham Open Studios will open their doors to the public in this celebration of the visual art being made in the area. Guides are printed and your free copy wlll be available, amongst others, from the following outlets... Dodwells on the Bath Road, Chapel Arts, The Wilson, Gardens Gallery, Waterstones and Suffolk Anthology Bookshop. A downloadable guide is also available online from the COS website: www.cheltenhamopenstudios.org.uk.

Artist PJ Crook, said:

“This inspirational biennial event gives the people of Gloucestershire the rare opportunity to take a glimpse at that intriguing relationship between heart, head, hand, and eye that forms the creative process and the diverse environments in which it occurs. For so many artists to open their studios or gather together to show the fruits of their labour all at one time, is a most glorious celebration of the visual arts.”