York Open Studios

York Open Studios York Open Studios is York's largest arts festival! We showcase over 100 artists showing all across York.

You can visit jewellers, ceramicists, painters, printmakers, woodworkers, sculptors, digital artists, furniture makers, textile artists, collage artists, papercutters and illustrators over our two open weekends in April

2026 YOS Artist ✨Chris Hall 🟡 Venue 62Chris uses lino etching combined with drawing and watercolour to overlay transpare...
16/04/2026

2026 YOS Artist ✨

Chris Hall 🟡 Venue 62

Chris uses lino etching combined with drawing and watercolour to overlay transparent layers of colour to reference the expansive horizons of the landscape of the Yorkshire Coast and the Yorkshire Wolds.

2026 YOS Artist ✨Julia Leonard 🟡 Venue 81Julia creates vibrant oil paintings and pen and wash images of York and North Y...
15/04/2026

2026 YOS Artist ✨

Julia Leonard 🟡 Venue 81

Julia creates vibrant oil paintings and pen and wash images of York and North Yorkshire. Crinkle crankle art to view in a garden studio. Oils, prints and cards available.

2026 YOS Artist ✨Patricia Issitt 🟡 Venue 85Using inks and papers, Patricia's work is based on movement and felt experien...
15/04/2026

2026 YOS Artist ✨

Patricia Issitt 🟡 Venue 85

Using inks and papers, Patricia's work is based on movement and felt experience. Expect small artist's books to treasure, images on paper, paper vessels telling stories of the land.

2026 YOS Artist ✨Jo Bagshaw Jewellery Designer & Maker 🟡 Venue 80Jo Bagshaw is a jewellery designer and maker who create...
14/04/2026

2026 YOS Artist ✨

Jo Bagshaw Jewellery Designer & Maker 🟡 Venue 80

Jo Bagshaw is a jewellery designer and maker who creates beautiful, contemporary, silver jewellery. Her inspiration comes from the lines and shapes she observes in the world around her.

Jo Bagshaw Jewellery Designer and Maker

2026 YOS Artist ✨Simon Palmour 🟡 Venue 35Simon has been a photographer for over 40 years, working with a variety of clie...
13/04/2026

2026 YOS Artist ✨

Simon Palmour 🟡 Venue 35

Simon has been a photographer for over 40 years, working with a variety of clients, having work published and exhibiting at many venues.

As well as his abstract work, Simon has produced photo essays on the Yorkshire Wolds, and the Kingdom of Elmet and is working on his third book ‘Work Collected - Rules Ignored’, which will be previewed.

2026 YOS Artist ✨Mark Druery 🟡 Venue 32Mark creates colourful and vibrant sketches and drawings in pen and watercolour. ...
13/04/2026

2026 YOS Artist ✨

Mark Druery 🟡 Venue 32

Mark creates colourful and vibrant sketches and drawings in pen and watercolour. His studies include both natural settings or cityscapes in the UK and abroad, including York and Venice.

2026 YOS Student Artist ✨Lucy Coultart 🟡 Venue 70 Lucy is currently a Fine Art student studying at York St John Universi...
11/04/2026

2026 YOS Student Artist ✨

Lucy Coultart 🟡 Venue 70

Lucy is currently a Fine Art student studying at York St John University, and focuses on creating unique textured art work.

The materiality of her work is an important element as she finds excitement in allowing her mediums to guide her work. She also celebrates the beauty in imperfections, which are created by handcrafted textures, to make each piece interesting and original.

2026 YOS Artist ✨Tim Pearce 🟡 Venue 92Following a successful career as an art teacher in South Yorkshire schools, Tim ha...
11/04/2026

2026 YOS Artist ✨

Tim Pearce 🟡 Venue 92

Following a successful career as an art teacher in South Yorkshire schools, Tim has, since moving to York, intensified his creativity on a full-time basis.

He creates paintings and sculptural ceramics in equal measure informed by a cubist sensitivity to form, colour and rhythm displayed in studio, house and garden.

2026 YOS Artist ✨Marcus Chapman - Karma Winds Photography 🟡 Venue 71Marcus has a lifelong love of the natural world, art...
10/04/2026

2026 YOS Artist ✨

Marcus Chapman - Karma Winds Photography 🟡 Venue 71

Marcus has a lifelong love of the natural world, art and photography. He has a Degree in History of Art and a passion for painting and drawing, birds in particular.

Over the years, photography has become Marcus' predominant creative output aligning as it does with his love for the outdoors and travel.

2026 YOS Artist ✨Peter Monkman 🟡 Venue 45Peter is an award-winning figurative artist whose oil paintings and mixed media...
10/04/2026

2026 YOS Artist ✨

Peter Monkman 🟡 Venue 45

Peter is an award-winning figurative artist whose oil paintings and mixed media works show a deep, exploration of identity, perception, and appearance. ‘The Changeling’ is an ongoing theme.

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