More than a dozen artists from Whitby, the moors and the coastline will open their studio doors to art fans giving them behind the scenes access.
The annual event, North Yorkshire Open Studios (NYOS) returns next month over two weekends with 18 artists taking part.
Their genres range from ceramics, to painting, print-making, glass, jewellery and sculpture, and art fans will be given a rare glimpse of where and how they work.
NYOS began back in 2005 and has developed into one of the most anticipated diary dates in Yorkshire’s cultural calendar.
Each year sees new artists added to the line-up alongside art fan favourites who have been involved for many years.
Ceramicist, Aphra O’Connor first took part in 2024 and will exhibit again this year, alongside her mother Numi Solomons in their garden studio.
She said: “I like working by myself, and it is nice to work with Numi, but NYOS is a chance to have a conversation with people who come to the studio, because they come specifically to see your work.”
Numi is also a ceramic artists, and while they do have differing styles, keen observers may spot similarities.
Aphra joked: “Sometimes I use similar shapes but then I think she might have been doing them for years and I have been copying.”
NYOS takes place on June 6 and 7 and June 13 and 14, between 10am and 5pm.
Artists from Whitby and the surrounding areas are:
Ceramicists, Aphra O’Connor and Numi Solomons of Sleights; Kit Hemsley, ceramicist at Runswick Bay; Ian Burke, painter and printmaker at Lealholm; Magick & Wilds textiles and mixed media, Hutton Mulgrave; Emma Evett, glassworker from Newholm; Amy Smith, ceramicist in Whitby; Textile artist, Lacey Brown of Whitby; Louise Garrett, painter, Goathland; Grosmont based painter and printmaker, Maria Bennett; Paintings and drawings by Anne Thornhill at Aislaby; Paul Blackwell, painter at Aislaby; Stained glass artist, Janet Fraser of Sleights; Ailsa Nicholson, fused glass work at Sleights; Jean Cunion, Ugglebarnby ceramicist; Art by Ester, a Sneaton based painter; Sue Wilmington, applied art and design, near Sneaton; Anj Bone, painter at Stainsacre.
