BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:126@inbristol.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260905T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260906T170000 DTSTAMP:20260828T093624Z URL:https://inbristol.org/whatson/open-studio-as-part-of-the-bs5-art-trail -5-6-september-2026/ SUMMARY:Open Studio as part of the BS5 Art Trail - 5 & 6 September 2026 DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_custom_heading source="post_ title" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" el_cl ass="main_head"][vc_column_text css=""]\n\n\n\nWe will be opening our door s to our neighbours and to the wider community on Saturday 5 &\; Sunday 6 September 2026 as part of the BS5 Art Trail.\n\nYou’ll be able to see work created by our resident artists and also take part in drop in worksh ops.  More to be announced soon!\n\nWorkshops &\; Activities:\n\nPLEAS E NOTE TIMES MIGHT VARY\n\n Saturday 5 September\, 11am-12.30pm: Drop in Flag Making Workshop with Studio Meraki (Car Park)\n\nSuitable for adults and children accompanied by adults - donations welcome.\n\n Saturday 5 Se ptember\, 1pm-2pm: Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestler) Life Drawing Class with Jude (Car Park)\n\nFamily fun for all ages.  This is a drop in workshop - donations welcome.\n\n Saturday 5 September\, 2pm-3pm: Lucha Libre Thumb Wrestling Costumer Workshop with Jude (Car Park)\n\nFamily fun for all ag es.  This is a drop in workshop - donations welcome.\n\n Saturday 5 Sept ember\, 3pm-4pm: Lucha Libre Thumb Wrestling Tournament with Jude (Car Par k)\n\nFamily fun for all ages.  This is a drop in workshop - donations we lcome.\n\n Sunday 6 September\, 11am-1pm: Puppet Workshop with Studio Mer aki (Car Park)\n\nSuitable for adults and children accompanied by adults - donations welcome.\n\n Sunday 6 September\, 11am-1pm: Ceramic workshop w ith Birdcanfox Ceramics (Ceramics Workshop)\n\n\n\nJoin Birdcanfox ceramic s to make your own stemmed watering vessels for the garden\, with ceramic artist Birdcanfox.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExperience our delightful pottery st udio with a small group of 10 and learn to sculpt colourful toadstools and flowers into watering stations for bees\, butterflies and insects.\n\nIn this workshop we’ll be hand sculpting  vessels in clay and decorating t hem with colourful underglazes. Your pieces will be fired after the worksh op and available to collect two weeks afterwards.\n\n\nBeginners welcome\n £32.40 tickets available from Headfirst - https://hdfst.uk/e161390\n  \;\n\nAll Weekend – Silent Art Auction\nWe will be running a silent Art Auction with money raised going to the Venezuela Earthquake.  A5 artwork and other items created by In Bristol Artists past &\; present will be on display throughout the weekend and visitors will be able to bid on the piece or pieces that would like to own\, with the winning bids being annou nced on a few days later.\n\n \;\n\n\nArtists &\; Makers Taking Par t:\n\nStudio Meraki - @studiomerakibristol/\nWe are an artist-led collecti ve specialising in community co‐design\, public art\, and place-making. We’ll be hosting FREE drop in workshops for children and families during the open studio.\n\n\n\n\nAng Hui Qing - @chickensaredoodling\n\nIllustra tor and animation artist with a love of telling stories with colour and ch aracters.\n\n\n\nZachary Wiltermood - @wilty_xox\n\nWilty is a digital ill ustrator\, decor creator and costume maker from Bristol. He loves bringing immersive dream worlds to life and is drawn to a kind of surreal nature.  You can see his illustrations come to life as posters\, decor and costum es for parties in Bristol and beyond.\n\n\n\nEmily Gliddon Jewellery - @em ilygliddonjewellery\n\nA magpie at heart\, Emily reveals the beauty in eve ryday experience: found objects\, nostalgic emblems and natural shapes are reworked into captivating modern jewels.\n\n\nBristol Jewellery Workshops - @bristoljewelleryworkshops\n\n\n\n\nEmily provides excellent facilities and an inspirational work area in which you will be guided through the je wellery making processes by an experienced teacher. Courses include: Silve r Jewellery Courses\, Wedding Ring Workshops\, Hen parties and Private Tui tion from her studio at In Bristol.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\nGUEST MAKER: P ure Form Jewellery - @pureformjewellery\n\nHand made silver jewellery from my garden studio. Simple\, stylish pieces for everyday wear plus\, bold s tatement designs that are clean\, minimal and modern.\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n \nFlorence Meadows - @florencemeadows_ \n\n\n\nRecently I’ve been worki ng on process-led\, playful projects combining collage and cyanotype. Usin g details from my photographs\, abstract shapes and found materials\, I co nstruct imagined spaces and landscapes.\n\n\nJess Hellens - @jesshellens/\ nDreamy abstract landscape paintings\, using metallics\, acrylic and ink o n canvas.\n\n\n\nElliot Coffin - @elliot_coffin/\nMultidisciplinary artist working across print\, sculpture and collage. Using found materials\, tex ture and layered imagery\, I explore memory\, transformation and the creat ive potential of fragments.\n\n\n\nCalum McCutcheon - @calummccutcheon\nI am a multidisciplinary artist working across painting and installation. My work invites chaos &\; control to coexist\, embracing both destruction and careful reconsideration.\n\n\n\nAlastair Burgess - @alastair_burgess/ \nSculptor and Metalsmith\, working in metals and mixed materials. Sculptu re\, furniture\, wearable and decorative pieces.\n\n\n\n\nKate Laura Meyle r - @katelaurameyler\nI am a multi-disciplinary artist including painting\ , drawing and sculpting. I will be exhibiting clay sculptures alongside a selection of available drawings\, paintings and sculptures in my studio.\n \n\n\n\n\n\nKathryn Stevens @kathryn_stevens_\nKathryn is an oil painter. She enjoys experimenting with various textures\, colours and layers of oil paint. Her paintings evoke a sense of mystery and imagination.\n\n\n\nEmm a Jean Kemp www.emmajeankemp.com\nEmma’s art explores the human experien ce\, inviting reflection and celebrating life.  On show in her studio wil l be some of her bronze figures and clay studies as well as new work of vi brant steel sculptures and expressive prints capturing movement of acrobat s.  \n\n\n\n\nLost Sound Project @lostsoundproject\n\nImmersive sound ins tallation. Audience participation invited! Make your best noise and hear i t turned into music using 90’s sampling machines and studio FX hardware. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\nTom Colebrook - inbristol.org/artist/tom-cole brook/\nHaptic photographic exploration\, hand printed B&\;W photograph s\, printed from colour negatives\, creating textural\, grainy images that defy scale and a recognisable subject matter.\n\n\n\n \;\n\nMore arti sts to follow.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nDate: Saturday 5 &\; Sunday 6 Septembe r 2026\nTime: 11:00-17:00\nCost: FREE\, although donations are requested f or workshops &\; activities[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text="" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css="" link= "url:%23"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image source="feat ured_image" img_size="large" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://inbristol.org/studiospace/wp-content/upl oads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-04-at-12.37.07.png CATEGORIES:Community,Event,Exhibition,Free,Open Studio LOCATION:In Bristol Studio\, Great Western Lane (entrance opposite Cotton M ill Lane)\, Bristol\, BS5 9BB\, United Kingdom GEO:51.453263;-2.562267 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Great Western Lane (entranc e opposite Cotton Mill Lane)\, Bristol\, BS5 9BB\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE- RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=In Bristol Studio:geo:51.453263,-2.562267 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR