• Open your own studio or join one of our Art & Craft Fairs for our wonderful Christmas event.
• Inclusion in our leaflets and maps widely distributed locally, to our mailing list and to all the art galleries in the region.
• Promotion of the event by our dedicated publicity team via social media, flyers, banners, posters and traditional news media.
• Your own page on our website with your contact details, links, more detailed information, images and videos.
• Support with the technical side of logging in to edit your page. It really is quite straightforward once you know how.
• Member access to behind the scenes artist only areas of the website.
• Informal social events for HBOS artists to network and discuss each other’s work and ideas.
• Be promoted on our social media, collaborate with us on Instagram.

Deadlines:
September 22 to apply for our art & craft fairs
September 29 to be included opening your own studio

Costs:
Current HBOS members:
£20 per individual artist to open your own studio and be included in the event.

New members:
£35 to join HBOS for this event and open your studio.

What you get:
– your own page on our website where you can add contact details, web and shop links plus your own text and as many images as you like.

– promotion of the Christmas event by our dedicated publicity team via social media, flyers, banners, posters and via traditional news media

Location:
This is a winter event and outlying individual studios may struggle. If you are not close to the center of Hebden Bridge or Mytholmroyd we recommend joining a central location with other artists or applying for the art and craft fairs.

Application deadline September 29 if you want to open your own studio.
 

Hebden Bridge Town Hall 2 day Art & Craft Fair

Saturday Nov 30 and Sunday Dec 1, 10.30 am – 5 pm. Set up from 8am Saturday morning.

Cost: £55 for Hebden Bridge Open Studios members, £70 for new members

One table per exhibitor 150 x 75 cm (5’ x 2’6”) with room for two chairs.

Additional space for print browsers etc. is limited. Some tables will have wall space behind them to hang framed work using the Town Hall’s hanging system.

If you cannot set up in the time allowed please apply for the Methodist Church or The Making Mill.

First allocation of space September 22
 

Methodist Church, Market Street 2 day Art & Craft Fair

Saturday Nov 30, 10.30 am – 5 pm and Sunday Dec 1, 12 noon – 5 pm. Set up Friday 2 – 8.30 pm and from 7am Saturday morning.

Large space – Cost: £45 for Hebden Bridge Open Studios members, £60 for new members

Includes two tables: 182 x 76 cm (6’ x 2’6”) plus 122 x 60 cm (4’ x 2’) with space for a print browser.

Two chairs provided which may be behind or at the side of the tables.

Small space – Cost: £30 for Hebden Bridge Open Studios members, £45 for new members.

Includes one 182 x 76 cm (6’ x 2’6”) table. A smaller table can be provided if you require space for a browser.

A very prominent location on the main road where we will site large banners in the weeks prior to and during the event. Plenty of time for setting up.

Layout varies due to the shape of the room, some spaces are deeper than others. If you do not require the tables you can book the equivalent space.

First allocation of space September 22
 

The Making Mill, Valley Road 2 day Art & Craft Fair

Saturday Nov 30 and Sunday Dec 1, 10.30 am – 5 pm. Set up Friday 3 – 8.30pm and from 7.30am Saturday morning.

Cost: £45 for Hebden Bridge Open Studios members, £60 for new members

A great location next to Brooklyn and Northlight Studios. Two rooms available that will easily accommodate four artists in each, only drawback is that access is up a flight of stairs. See details here.

One table provided 150 x 75 cm (5’ x 2’6”), plus additional space for print browsers etc. Additional small tables available on request.

Please note: This is the only venue where you do not need your own public liability insurance as it is covered by the venue itself.

First allocation of space September 22