Trail News

I’m sure everyone will agree that the 2020 Trail was sorely missed by artists and visitors alike…whilst the Online 2020 Art Trail had its successes, it was just not the same as the usual more interactive format! SO...

I’m lucky enough to have been commissioned to design and create a large sculpture for Cala Homes to be installed at the entrance to their new housing development at Kings Barton near Winchester. The client really liked my...

A LETTER OF NEWS & INFORMATION GOOD WISHES & THINGS TO HELP Good News! Although we will not be able to open our Venues, the Trail continues to be a voice for our art and artists. We may...

Dear Artists It is heartbreaking to let you know that we are making the decision, in line with our peer organisations, to cancel the 2020 Chichester Open Studios Art Trail. In the light of the evolving situation with...

The Trail Guide has been printed and we now are getting ready for Collection Day – a watershed day in the 2020 Art Trail calendar.  Pick up supplies to make your workplace a Trail Venue, plus, see yourself and your Venue in print in...

My cunning plan for the Art Trail weekends is to turn the garden of Venue 118 into an art trail all of its own…with guided tours. Through the Black Gate, up the Long Gallery to the Tool Box;...

THERE’S NO DOUBT, IT IS A THRILL to see all the data we have been gathering from 177 artists finally come together in this year’s Trail Guide. Now is the time to view your own entry…which is destined...

This year, we have taken more great steps to ensure that the Art Trail event is respectful of the beautiful environment in which it takes place. As lush as the growing May grass, or as verdant as our spring...

2020 Trail artist, Heather Bowring, has written a novel about one of her paintings. Based on her belief that the space between you and a painting is filled with your own history, the book is about fate and...

CRACKED IT! 177 artists are now co-ordinated into 147 Venues to make up the 2020 Chichester Open Studios Art Trail. This is a January update of things happening, and soon to happen in the next 3 months leading up to the...

This is the monthly Newsletter sent to artists on the current Chichester Open Studios Art Trail. WELCOME to all artists on the 2020 Trail We now have a new Trail in the making, and this is a message...

Here is a message from a visitor, lovely to receive, which sums things up vey well… Thank you for co-ordinating the Art Trail. I had a very pleasant few hours visiting the four venues near me yesterday. The...