Melbourne Open Art Fair

Melbourne Open Art Fair Melbourne Open Art Fair is managed by Arts Melbourne CIC.

30/01/2025

OPEN ART FAIR 2026

There will NOT be an Open Art Fair 2025

The reason is NOT that the 2024 Art Fair failed; it was a terrific success.

The Creative Melbourne Gallery has been appointed the Creative Hub for South Derbyshire; this is very good news as it means we can take our programmes for community workshops (the 2024 Blossoming programme) and developing start-up creative businesses (Spaces to Create) outside Melbourne and guarantees their future.

It does mean, however, that the managers and volunteers are flat-out, at least for the next few months, ensuring these ventures are executed in the same professional manner visitors to the Gallery and the Melbourne Festival expect.

Our commitment to encouraging community creativity is total, so we intend to hold an Open Art Fair in Spring 2026.

We have retained the web domain and contact details of the art groups and artists, and we will let everyone know of our plans as they develop.

We have learnt many lessons from the Open Art Fair 2024 and intend to offer a much better experience to artists, creatives, and visitors in 2026.

The Melbourne Open Art Fair is over for 2024. It has been a brilliant success. We have achieved all our objectives: we g...
07/05/2024

The Melbourne Open Art Fair is over for 2024. It has been a brilliant success. We have achieved all our objectives: we got 350 pieces of excellent art in front of hundreds of art-loving people; we have raised a good sum to support the next round of our 'Blossoming' community workshops; we met a terrific community of artists with whom we can plan for next year; we have discovered half a dozen new artists for our Creative Melbourne Gallery and the Melbourne Festival...........and we had a good, albeit knackering time.

I attach more images of visitors, volunteers and our developing artists' team.

06/05/2024

Wonderful 3D art as well as 2D hangings on show
The Art Fair is open until 4pm this afternoon.
Come on down!

Last Day!! We are open from 10am until 4pm. Here are a few pictures of artists, volunteers and visitors enjoying themsel...
06/05/2024

Last Day!! We are open from 10am until 4pm. Here are a few pictures of artists, volunteers and visitors enjoying themselves.

End of Day 2 of the art fair. In total, 280 people have visited plus artists and volunteers. The response has been terri...
05/05/2024

End of Day 2 of the art fair. In total, 280 people have visited plus artists and volunteers. The response has been terrific, particularly in respect to the quality of the work. The organisation has been deemed acceptable to avoid yours truly becoming complacent.

We have made £2800 of sales in total, so some artists will be pleased. There are no off-putting gaps on the boards, as we have replaced sales with some lovely, lively work by a group of young Ukranian artists.

We still have Monday and rain isn't forecast until 2, so we expect another good day.

Here is Jane Howard in front of her work.

Revised poster with opening and closing times!!
04/05/2024

Revised poster with opening and closing times!!

04/05/2024

We had a lovely first day, with 200 paying people through the door, plus artists, plus ladies going to the Methodist coffee morning that is normally where 50 7-foot lumps of chipboard now reside. On top of that, £1,400 of sales were made.Since the art fair pass is for repeat trips, we hope today was, in part, reconnaissance.

Please note that the poster does not specify the times we open and close. They are: Sunday 10am to 5pm and Monday 10am to 4pm. I will endeavour to get the poster changed and re-published.

04/05/2024

Take a quick walk through the Open Art Fair Gallery, then come on down.
See our website for details: https://www.artsmelbourne.co.uk/
Open 10-5 Saturday & Sunday 10-4 Bank Holiday Monday.
All work for sale!

Artists, Volunteers and Arts Melbourne Supporters all gathered tonight to see the Art Fair ahead of the opening tomorrow...
03/05/2024

Artists, Volunteers and Arts Melbourne Supporters all gathered tonight to see the Art Fair ahead of the opening tomorrow.

Wonderful art on show! 2D and 3D pieces, and unframed art too

We have, or had, a mistake on our poster. We sent people who do not know Melbourne in the wrong direction. It was DE73 8...
03/05/2024

We have, or had, a mistake on our poster. We sent people who do not know Melbourne in the wrong direction. It was DE73 8GW; it is now correct: DE73 8DW.

The Art Fair boards are filling after 80 artists delivered their work today.
02/05/2024

The Art Fair boards are filling after 80 artists delivered their work today.

The show is going up.Over 80 artists have delivered today.It's looking good
02/05/2024

The show is going up.
Over 80 artists have delivered today.
It's looking good

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