Artists are being invited to take part in this year’s Stroud.
Twenty nine years ago SVA launched Site Festival and Open Studios alongside the renovations of the building in John Street. Since then the festival has grown and evolved with the landscape of the Arts in the South West.
There are a myriad of accessible ways to take part in the festival, and SVA continues to support emerging artists through discounts and a bursary. They have also been working with Cam & Dursley Creatives, plus Under the Edge Arts, to collaborate and connect our community more outside of the Stroud centre.
A spokesperson said: “Although in recent years Open Studios has been more centred around Stroud town, we’re very keen to invite more of our art community based in Cam, Dursley, Wotton-under-Edge and the rural spaces in between. So if you have a studio in Cam, Dursley, Wotton-under-Edge or in between get in touch for a 20% discount off registration fees.”
The festival is open to anyone with an art practice in the Stroud District, or anyone who would like to base themselves here for Site Festival.
“We regularly collaborate with artists from surrounding areas such as Gloucester and Bristol, but have also had visiting artists from Berlin and much further.”
Open Studios as a concept has become an incredibly popular and accessible way to discover new artists and embed our communities. It celebrates the incredible diversity of creative talent that exists here in the valleys, supports artists making a living from their work and builds meaningful connections in the artistic community.
Artists can take part in many different ways, and can register at sitefestival.org.uk between December 2024 and February 2025.
Each year the festival programme seeks to challenge boundaries, bring high calibre exhibitions and installations to Stroud, and raise awareness of the incredible diversity in the arts.
Talks from curators at Tate Modern, residencies for artists from different countries, and workshops to engage the public – every year is different and is an incredible resource and platform for local artists, plus an engaging choice of events for visitors.
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