The seventh Christmas Artists Open Houses festival opened for three weekends.

Venues opened on the last weekend in November: 28th and 29th, as well as the first two of December: 5th, 6th, 12th and 13th. Venue listings are available here.

The Christmas Open Houses offer a great selection of art and handmade goods and are ideal for discovering unique and beautiful gifts for your friends and family.

As well as paintings and sculpture, most houses showed a broad range of work, including: ceramics, jewellery, textiles, lighting, furnishings, cards and a large variety of hand-made Christmas decorations. Many also offered mulled wine and Christmas fare while you browsed.

You can chat to the artists and makers about their work and when you find the piece you’re looking for, buy direct from them – supporting your local artists as well as acquiring a unique gift.

Venues are often clustered together within walking distance of one another, so it is easy to spend an enjoyable day visiting them. Why not avoid the queues and frustration of shopping in the high streets and malls?

Enjoy Christmas shopping this year, in the relaxed warmth of an Artists Open House.

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