Artist Registration Form

Every artist will have their own webpage containing 3 images of your work and one of you working in your studio, venue information, and up to 200 words for a statement or biography.

Please add any further information you would like to be included such as social media profile addresses.

NB. The colour and design of the page are not negotiable.

The first image you enter will be used in the guide, unless we feel a different picture would work better to represent your work. Any later changes to images may incur an administration fee so please ensure you chose images wisely.

All images supplied will be on the website and may be used on social media and throughout the guide and other publications.

The image of you working in your studio can be a close up of your hands, a birds eye view over your shoulder, or a picture of the whole space with you working inside.

Please submit as JPGs ONLY.

The size per image should be between 1MB and 3MB.

Image files should be named with your own name and an image number e.g. joebloggs1.jpg, joebloggs2.jpg, joebloggs3.jpg, joebloggsstudioimage.jpg.

Please tell us how you will be paying for your application fee.

BACS payment at point of registration preferred please.

If using cheque, payments must be received within 5 days in order for your registration to be valid.

Declaration

Complete your entry by agreeing to our terms and conditions.

Chichester Open Studios from its very beginning as Open Doors in ‘2001’ then becoming Chichester Art Trail, has always been an exciting event where visitors enjoy meeting artists in person in our own creative worlds.

Visitors are buying into our ideas, concepts, processes and personalities. This in turn encourages many to take some of our work home with them, follow us online, contact us for commissions and visit us at other events. It is such a multi-layered and unique experience.

Upon registration, you agreed to abide to the following regulations: (These are essential commitments that ensure the smooth running and success of Chichester Open Studios for artists and visitors.)

Agreement

1. Artists failing to fulfil this declaration may find they are disqualified from future events. This committee retains the right to refuse entry.
2. Artists are allowed to have work displayed as they wish, including “gallery style”. It is important to have work attractively displayed for selling purposes, however enrichment of working practices must be part of the display.
3. It is not a gallery trail.
4. I agree that my email address to be held in the Opens Studios database for communications regarding information for participating artists.
5. I agree to read all emails and communications thoroughly. (NB We need to get a lot of info to all artists.)
6. As in previous years, registration fees are non-refundable and un-negotiable.
7. I agree that all images I submit may be used for publicity.
8. I will open and supervise my Studio on all the dates and for the specific times advertised only. Bank holiday is optional but decided when you register and your decision to be upheld.
9. If artists are sharing a venue/Studio, they may choose whether to take part in the Art Trail on Bank holiday Monday as long as it has the agreement of all other artists at the venue/Studio. However, it is not permissible to leave your work on display on the Bank Holiday Monday without your attendance as the discussion of your working practice and meeting the artist is central to the ethos of COS.
10. No more than 6 participating artists at one Studio, the exception is where multiple artists frequently work in one space and all work displayed for the Art Trail is Only by registered participants.
11. I will provide demonstrative evidence such as live demonstrations, showing a video of me at work, displaying a series of photos of my working process, explaining work in progress plus sketchbooks or visual inspiration. (NB you don’t have to do all of these but at least one is advised and the more exciting your Studio the more engaged your visitors will be.)
12. Sell only my own original works of art or prints, and no other items unrelated to my artwork are to be sold.
13. I will actively promote the Chichester Open Studios through social media (if I use it), provided flyers and distribution of Guides.
14. Provide a piece of work for the Snap-shot Exhibition in April 2026, if I have agreed in registration to take part. I will drop off the work on hanging day and collect at the end of the exhibition, if not sold.
15. Be available to collect all that is needed for the Studio or arrange another artist to collect on my behalf (signs, Guides, publicity material etc). Date is to be confirmed.
16. Ensure that directions and signs to my Studio are prominently displayed.
17. Ensure that all signage is removed from public highways immediately after the last day of the Art Trail.
18. I will coordinate with other artists in my area, especially with leafleting and signposting.
19. I will conform with Health & Safety requirements in relation to access, materials and equipment.
20. I will print out and display the Important Notice for Visitors (available on the Venue Safety page) which alerts visitors that they enter the Studio at their own risk. ALSO PRINTED IN YOUR VENUE PACKS
21. I will use the provided Evaluation Form to give feedback during Open Studios. This is used to improve the organisation in future years. (All collected data will be for the committee only and never passed to 3rd parties and individual information will not be made publicly available.)
22. Artists will receive an Evaluation Report at the end of the event, usually in the summer.
23. If necessary, I will make my Studio/venue adhere to government guidelines that are in force at the time, for the safety of artists and visitors.