We have the brochures and leaflets now. You can pick them up from Craft and Canvas, open every day except Monday. They ask you to not visit at the weekend if you can help it as this is when they are very busy so please try to go Tuesday – Friday to collect what you need.

Shared venues and studio groups have their posters already. If you’re opening a solo studio you can collect them from Rebekah, Coordinator – just message her on WhatsApp.

We’re on Facebook and Instagram. If we’re not following you message us to say – we do try.

Hashtags have to be event specific to be seen. Please include #hbopenstudios25 in your post and tag us @hbopenstudios

The algorithm promotes engagement; so the more interaction the better. Ask questions, leave comments of a few words (rather than just a smiley face – put that too!), share on Facebook.

It’s like ‘repost’ but all comments and likes are concentrated on one post that appears in both our feeds. This is much better than repost!

After uploading your Reel or feed post tap “Tag People”

In the bottom right corner, you’ll see an option to “Invite Collaborator.”

Search for the user you want to collab with (that’s us @hbopenstudios). Once you’ve selected our account tap the checkmark to confirm.

Then write your caption and add hashtags, please make sure you include #hbopenstudios25

Now share your post.

When we see it and accept, your post will be seen on our feed too.

You have to tag and invite collaborator before you post, it doesn’t work as an edit afterwards.

Make sure that we’re following you otherwise you won’t be able to collab. Send us a message on Insta, Whatsapp or email and we’ll follow you if we’re not already.

There are lots of versions with text as well as blank versions for you to overlay your own text on. Mostly square cropped, also portrait size for reels.

It’s a Dropbox folder, but you do not have to have Dropbox installed yourself to access it, view and download the files.

For six days, starting Sunday 29th June we will post a prompt on the @hbopenstudios Instagram page using the letters that make up the word STUDIO.

You can interpret it as creatively as you like. Remember to invite @hbopenstudios to collaborate before you post so it will be on our feed as well as yours. There’s instructions and video about this on a previous message or go to ‘Artists notes’ tab in the footer menu of the website.

S = Studio (Sunday 29th) – tell everyone about where you make your work, or if you are exhibiting somewhere other than your studio, do tell us about that too. What do you love about it, how long have you been there, do you share it with anyone else? We would love to know.

T = Trail or Town Hall (Monday 30th June) – If you have a piece in one of the shop windows please tell everyone about it, or if you have a piece in the town hall exhibition you could shout about that too. If you don’t have anything in either it would be great if you could tell your followers that this is happening around town and help raise awareness.

U = Unveil (Tuesday 1st July) – Is there anything that you plan to unveil during open studios? Anything that people will be seeing for the first time?

D = Do (Wednesday 2nd) – What do you do with your day, with your paints, with your materials? Tell us about a technique or a practice that you love. Or perhaps you are going to DO something special during open studios? Let everyone know.

I = Inspiration (Thursday 3rd) – What is it that inspires you to make your work. Or what inspired you to take part in open studios this year?

O = Open (Friday 4th) – This will be the first day of open studios. Perhaps post a photo of the entrance to your studio so people know what they are looking for and give people directions. Or post a photo of your open door. Or your open arms welcoming everyone to your space!

When you post (in the challenge and about anything open studio related) PLEASE use the hashtag:
#hbopenstudios2025
Then people can find the posts.
Thanks

We’ll post the photo prompts on each morning as a reminder.