South East Open Studios

Every year in June, artists and craftspeople across south east England open their doors to the public. It is a unique opportunity to meet, talk to and see them at work as part of the South East Open Studios event.
The next SEOS event will take place on 1st - 17th June 2012.

The SEOS 2011 event took place from 3rd - 19th June with 312 artists and craftspeople taking part. A wide range of work was on show from traditional oil and watercolours to ceramics, textiles and fine metalwork. As usual, the event was free to the public and a full colour guide was published and distributed in May. It included a description of each artist's work with contact details, travel directions and maps. The guide is still available in PDF format on the downloads page. The next event will take place on 1st - 17th June 2012.

We are always interested to hear from artists who would like to join us. If you would like to participate next year or want to know more, please click on How to Join or contact us.

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SEOS Updates

ARTISTS AND MAKERS- This is the final call for SEOS 2012! The deadline for participating members is Tuesday 31st January. Don't be left out!

SEOS Committee

ARTISTS AND MAKERS- Postal applications for groups and individuals for SEOS 2012 must be posted on Thursday 26th (2nd class) or Saturday 28th (1st class) to reach us in time.

SEOS Committee

Rag Rug and Feltmaking workshops with tutor Debbie Siniska www.debbiesiniska.co.uk 'OLD INTO NEW' Rag rug making workshop Sunday 29 January.'FELTED AND FABULOUS'Feltmaking workshop Sunday 26 February. Both held at Mayfield Scout Hut, Mayfield -

Debbie Siniska

My recent painting of Amy Winehouse was produced with the participation of children and parents at St Barnabas School, Tunbridge Wells as part of the Big Draw organised by CREATE. Here's a video of some of them at work... http://youtu.be/QbfmsMEeN6g

Mark Welland

Always inspired by the light and atmosphere of the landscape and the forms of the figure.

Jennifer Blackwell

Studio News. New post on creative blog. Check out and follow me at http://rodmcintosh.blogspot.com and also on twitter @dawltonbarn

Rod McIntosh

POPUP Gallery at Battle Memorial Hall - Six SEOS artists taking part. Paintings, Etchings, Drawings, Ceramics, Jewellery, Glass, Prints and Cards. Thursday 8th December 6-9pm for Battle Xmas late night opening, also Friday 9th 10-4pm.

Felicity Flutter

Weekend of 26th and 27th November: part of the Artists of the Rother Valley exhibition in The Muddy Duck, the pub in the centre of the village of Northiam, opposite the Post Office. The exhibition is open from 11am to 5pm each day.

Phil Harrison

You can find more of my work at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2515073920355.143779.1358413002&type=1&l=d2a3ca893f See original paintings and greetings cards. Contact me on artistsinactionuk@rocmail.com

Susanne Lawrence

I am taking part in an event called "Art in a Box" exhibition at Allington Library Maidstone on until 2nd December. A selection of my work can also be seen at the Hazlitt Arts centre in Maidstone in the christmas exhibition starting 2nd December.

Sue Batt

ARTISTS AND MAKERS- Applications to join SEOS 2012 start on December 1st. See our How to Join pages for more information http://www.seos-art.org/howtojoin/

SEOS Committee

Dominique Morgan will be on hand to explain the Nuno felt technique to visitors at Godinton House Christmas Art Fair on Fri 2nd, Sat 3rd and Sun 4th Dec, 11am - 4pm. Nuno felt scarves, cobweb felt scarves, paintings and cards will be on sale.

Dominique Morgan

Shelley Rose is exhibiting some of his silkscreen prints as well as a new illuminated circle print in the 'Art of Colour' exhibition at The Portico Gallery, London Road, Riverhead, Sevenoaks TN13 2BU. The show will be running until January 2012.

Shelley Rose

Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/lizgarnett

Liz Garnett

My next exhibition is at St Julians Club (01732 458261), Sevenoaks, Kent. TN15 0RX The private view is on Sunday 13th November 2011 from 4pm to 7pm. All are welcome. The exhibition then continues from Monday 14th November to Wednesday 7th December

Graham Lock

The SEOS website includes information about all of the artists participating in SEOS. Events and opportunities can be found on the message board. If you have details about arts events in south east England, items for sale or comments that you would like to share please feel free to post a message (you will need to sign up for a free message board account first).

Looking for artists? You can browse through images of work by all participating artists, look for artists working in a particular medium in our category list (for example painters, printmakers or metal workers), type a name into the search box at the top of the page. Our online studio location map with clickable links to each artist's web page can be found under Artists.

SEOS News - Show all news stories»

Obituary. Ann Holdway

by Sue Howes

SEOS artist Ann Holdway died unexpectedly in early December 2011

8 January '12

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How NOT to photograph your work for SEOS

If you are joining SEOS 2012, make sure your image is one of the best!

15 December '11

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SEOS Friendships result in Christmas Exhibition

Networking with other local artists is one of the benefits of SEOS membership. In Northiam, East Sussex, members form a local group and get togther for a Christmas Exhibition.

1 December '11

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