Thank you so much for sharing this experience with us, Melanie. It was fascinating to read about the ins and outs of setting up an Open Studio. I'm glad you got some lovely sales too.
So glad to hear Gillian, there is quite a bit to think about and I'm sure there are more things that I could have written! Have you or are you considering taking part in one?
I have thought about it in the past but I don't think there is one local to me. It's not possible at the moment, but maybe in the future I should organise one ;)
Thank you for sharing, it’s lovely to hear your feedback. it was my first time doing open studios and I found it so joyful, the conversations and lovely people that visited.
We found our artist trail really helped encourage visitors to go to all of our studios within our collective, and hopefully made for a lovely day out for visitors.
My numbers were similar to you, I guess the two 50+ days were workshop days? I would love to run stitch workshops but would need to find a bigger venue. I’m so glad it was a success for you, and hope you will do it again.
Thanks Fiona! It is a great event to connect with others in the area and boost artists/makers profiles. Glad you found it inspiring to be part of. Thursday was my workshop day and we found a lot of parents came with children in the morning to do Pippa's paint a vase. The other day was a bank holiday but not sure why we had 50+!
Your artist trail was a great idea and I can see how that would encourage more visitors to do the rounds. Hope to do it again!
Thank you so much for sharing this experience with us, Melanie. It was fascinating to read about the ins and outs of setting up an Open Studio. I'm glad you got some lovely sales too.
So glad to hear Gillian, there is quite a bit to think about and I'm sure there are more things that I could have written! Have you or are you considering taking part in one?
I have thought about it in the past but I don't think there is one local to me. It's not possible at the moment, but maybe in the future I should organise one ;)
Thank you for sharing, it’s lovely to hear your feedback. it was my first time doing open studios and I found it so joyful, the conversations and lovely people that visited.
We found our artist trail really helped encourage visitors to go to all of our studios within our collective, and hopefully made for a lovely day out for visitors.
My numbers were similar to you, I guess the two 50+ days were workshop days? I would love to run stitch workshops but would need to find a bigger venue. I’m so glad it was a success for you, and hope you will do it again.
Thanks Fiona! It is a great event to connect with others in the area and boost artists/makers profiles. Glad you found it inspiring to be part of. Thursday was my workshop day and we found a lot of parents came with children in the morning to do Pippa's paint a vase. The other day was a bank holiday but not sure why we had 50+!
Your artist trail was a great idea and I can see how that would encourage more visitors to do the rounds. Hope to do it again!
Love the details, description. Great feel included. Thank you.
Thankyou! Glad you enjoyed reading about it.