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Britain's biggest free affordable art fair

The Artists' Open Houses (AOH) of Brighton and Hove are the jewel in the crown of the annual Brighton Festival. At a typical Open House during the weekends of May, you can see art displayed in an informal domestic setting and buy affordable artworks direct from the artist or maker. Entry is free and it is a unique opportunity to view the studios, homes and gardens of practising artists.

As well as the visual arts - paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture - you'll also find ceramics, furniture, jewellery, stained glass, clothing, cards, in fact all of the applied crafts, on sale direct from the maker/designer or craftsperson. And although Open Houses are open access to all artists, local or guest, many exhibitors are professional artists, illustrators and makers with international reputations. The Brighton and Hove Artists' Open Houses model has been adopted by artists' groups and arts festivals throughout the UK.

Seven Dials Artists Group about Seven Dials Artists and Open House
Brighton Festival May 2007 Welcome to the Seven Dials Artists Open House trail: Fourteen venues full of intriguing, exciting and beautiful art. All within easy walking distance of the city centre. From right next to Brighton station over to Hove, through Seven Dials with its great mix of shops, cafes, restaurants and bars. The Seven Dials Artists trail shows fine quality artwork from a full spectrum of art forms (and provides the occasional tea and cake stop along the way!) all shown in domestic, friendly and informal settings, with the artists on hand to welcome visitors and discuss their work. Please note that opening times may vary www.sevendialsartists.co.uk. Travel information: The Seven Dials Trail is easily walkable from central Brighton and Brighton Station. All venues are less than ten minutes walk from Seven Dials.
Britain's biggest free affordable art fair The Artists' Open Houses (AOH) of Brighton and Hove are the jewel in the crown of the annual Brighton Festival. At a typical Open House during the weekends of May, you can see art displayed in an informal domestic setting and buy affordable artworks direct from the artist or maker. Entry is free and it is a unique opportunity to view the studios, homes and gardens of practising artists. As well as the visual arts - paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture - you'll also find ceramics, furniture, jewellery, stained glass, clothing, cards, in fact all of the applied crafts, on sale direct from the maker/designer or craftsperson. And although Open Houses are open access to all artists, local or guest, many exhibitors are professional artists, illustrators and makers with international reputations. The Brighton and Hove Artists' Open Houses model has been adopted by artists' groups and arts festivals throughout the UK.	Links to trails: Beyond the Level Central Brighton Art in Ditchling Fiveways Hangleton Hanover Hartington Hove Kemp Town Newhaven Patcham Prestonville Rottingdean Seven Dials Artists Open Houses Open House Online
Background: The Open Houses started back in 1982 when artists living around the Fiveways area decided to get together and form the Fiveways Artists Group. They were soon followed by other groupings of Artists' Open Houses, including Beyond the Level (founded 1996) and Kemptown Artists. This year there are 14 different Trails: from as far afield as Rottingdean and Saltdean in the east; Patcham and Prestonville in the north; Hove, Portslade and Shoreham in the west; and right in the middle of the City are Central Brighton Artists, The Hartington Trail, Hanover Art Trail, and - since 2005 - Seven Dials Artists . Open House: every weekend in May. Check individual houses for opening times.
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