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The Sheffield culture guide written by in-the-know locals

Open Up Sheffield

Free

Open Up Sheffield is a huge annual open studio event, showcasing creative talent in and around Sheffield for over 25 years.

Taking place over two weekends in spring, the free, volunteer-run event allows you to visit working studios, talk to the artists and makers and have the chance to buy original pieces of work. It features over a hundred artists and makers each year, working in a wide range of art forms – everything from watercolour, oil and acrylic painting to jewellery, ceramics, textiles, crafts, wood, glass, photography, printmaking, digital and mixed media.

Studios span the length and breadth of the city and beyond – as far apart as Barnsley and Mosborough and with many locations in between.

Studios open 11am–5pm each day but check the Open Up website for which artist is involved on each open day.

Use the neighbourhood guide to plan your visits, view the full guide online or pick up a printed copy from studios or locations around the city.

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Ashley Holmes

An artist with a multitude of interests – music, film, visual arts, archiving – investigating social and political histories, and exploring the ways that stories of Black people in Britain are told.

Clee Claire Lee

A sculptor working with wire, welding and weaving it into ethereal forms and bringing in light and sound to create immersive installations.

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Former Wilko, 196A Bradfield Road, Hillsborough, S6 2BY

An exhibition in the former Wilkos in Hillsborough. With work by 17 artists responding to and informed by this former shop floor and themes of late-stage capitalism.

David Fennell-Roberts

A painter and printmaker capturing the essence of the area around Long Island, an overlooked part of Sheffield at the core of this city's rich history.