Where can you find video art and embroidery, contemporary crafts and creative writing, and open-air Shakespeare on the same bill as artists� open houses, studios and gardens? It�s all in the exciting line-up that has been confirmed for July�s Artists & Makers Festival.The independent arts festival features artists exhibiting everything from contemporary textiles to painting, photography and sculpture. Open houses, studios and gardens in Bolney, Cowfold, Cuckfield, Horsham, Plummers Plain, Pulborough, Slinfold, Southwater, Warnham, and Worthing, will showcase the work of 200 contemporary artists, makers and designers � many with a national profile for their work.
Other visual arts events include a Textile Arts Trail around Worthing town centre, a one-day textile arts festival, an open exhibition for photographers at Worthing Museum & Art Gallery and the annual show by Rusper Art Group.
And there will also be an exhibition of photography, film and video,
new media art and installations. The event, titled COURAGE, will
feature artists including Nathan Bean, Nina Reid and the festival's
founder Dan Thompson. As part of COURAGE, there will also be a day of
short films and video art, including work by students from Oak Grove
College alongside professional artists, and a new alternative craft
fair called I Made This.
�It's another great line up, and we'll be adding a few guerrilla art
events too,� says founder Dan Thompson, �making Artists & Makers
the most exciting, independent arts festival in West Sussex.�