Day one of the Artists Open Houses went off with a bang, despite the drizzle. We started off in Ditchling at the Handmade House (Venue 69, 98 Lewes Rd), which, quite apart from having some of the most cosy-looking bedrooms I’ve ever seen, offered some beautiful jewellery from Emma Willcocks, local paintings (and a nice chat) [...]

Well, it managed to stay fine for most of the day – the first day of this Christmas’s Artists’ Open Houses season. Recovering from last night’s splendid PV at Six Clifton Street (thanks Chris and Judy) I reported for duty at the Dragonfly House, 48 Ditchling Rise (house 49), to invigilate for the first session [...]

Last night saw the kick-off of most Christmas Artists Open Houses – and it’s already shaping up to be our best year yet. I headed down to Six (Venue 24, 6 Clifton Street) for Judy Stevens’ prints, Ingrid Plum’s multimedia installations, Carola del Mese’s reclaimed vintage jewellery (which definitely won the prize so far for [...]

We’ve been asked by Disability Arts Online for a list of Open Houses with wheelchair access. Here it is, and if there are any disabled artists or makers showing this Xmas, they’d like to know about you. Use the pull-down menu on the home page for more details. Other houses may well be accessible, but [...]

Welcome to the AOH blog! As Fred has said, we’ll be keeping you up to date with the Christmas Open Houses as we traipse from warm kitchens to lively sitting rooms, seeing the best of Brighton’s art and crafts world. God, what we do for you people.
We’ll be starting this year’s Christmas Open House trail [...]

Article in Latest magazine
http://thelatest.co.uk/homes/latest-businessjobs
Judy Stevens interviewed:
And what makes the Christmas Artist Open Houses so special?
‘‘Well there will be a wide range of original gifts from £2 upwards plus special events like Peter Chrisp and Lisa Wolfe who will be creating a diorama in our bathroom. There is almost a bathtub theme as another artist [...]

Well, it’s less than a week until the Xmas AOH Festival of Open Houses kicks off. Harriet Mancey-Barratt and myself will be blogging here to keep you informed of what’s happening over the next couple of weekends, and during next year’s May festival. But first let me introduce myself. I’m Fred Pipes and AOH’s official [...]

Circus Kinetica is a free film show at Embassy Court – AOH house 18 –
this Sunday 22 November at 7.15 and 8.15

The 2009 brochure is now available. Please note that there are a small number of corrections to the printed Christmas brochure listings

The VisitBrighton website is highlighting the AOH Xmas Festival.