Artists Open Houses (AOH) provide an opportunity to buy unique work directly from the artist or maker.

There are now two Open House festivals during the year, Summer (May) and Christmas (November/December).

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The main Open Houses Festival takes place over the first four weekends in May, during the Brighton Festival.

More than 1,000 artists exhibit their work at over 200 venues, spread across the city of Brighton and Hove and the surrounding area. This is the biggest event of its kind in the country and has been running since Ned Hoskins first opened his house to the public in 1982.

In 2010, the festival dates will be May 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 15th, 16th, 22nd and 23rd.

A review of the May 2009 Festival can be found in the AOH May 2009 section.

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The Christmas Open Houses festival started in 2003 and currently runs for three weekends in late November and early December.

In 2009, the dates are November 28th and 29th, December 5th, 6th, 12th, and 13th.

More information on the Xmas 2009 Festival is available in the AOH Xmas 2009 section.
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  • In both festivals, be sure to check the opening times and dates of venues. Although the most popular opening times are between 11am and 6pm on the designated festival dates, these do vary.
  • The majority of houses are ordinary homes and may not have disabled access so please check with individual venues.
  • Please also note that most houses are unable to take card payments – so remember to bring cheque books or cash
  • Artists Open Houses are a part of the Be Local Buy Local scheme, encouraging people to support their local community
  • Artists Open Houses is a limited not for profit companyblank
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Xmas Venues

News

AOH sculptor shortlisted for Yale
Tue 02 Mar 10

Jill Tattersall writes: Peter Eugene Ball, who will be showing work in May at the new Hove AOH venue, ‘The Wolf at the Door’, has been shortlisted (with an American sculptor) for a commission for the Yale University Chapel.  You can see a film of Peter in his Nottinghamshire studio here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7U6RjS5xAQ
Peter, who has work in [...]

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Museums at Night
Thu 18 Feb 10

Museums at Night is a UK-wide programme of late openings at museums, galleries, libraries, archives and heritage sites, which this year takes place over the weekend of Friday 14 – Sunday 16 May. The idea behind it is to attract new audiences to try something different in cultural and heritage venues at night. Museums at Night events take [...]

Shop wanted for Festival urban art
Mon 01 Feb 10

A collective of young Brighton urban artists (spraypaint, stencils) are looking for shopfront windows to paint during the May festival. They are looking for a space such as a retail shop or ground/mezzanine floor area frequented by tourists and the curious and is accessible by public transport. To date, they have 12 confirmed artists, with [...]

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