Haarlem Artspace’s Open Studios offer a unique opportunity to step beyond the gallery walls and into the working spaces of the artists who make up its creative community. Across the studios, visitors can discover a wide range of approaches, materials and ideas, from painting, drawing and photography to printmaking, jewellery, assemblage and sound. It is a chance to see artists at work, explore the processes behind their practice and experience Haarlem Artspace as a living, working environment.

This year’s Open Studios brings together Sophie Cartmell, Amanda Graham, Amanda Nichol, Diana Green, Fiona Allen, Gunther Walker, Kasra Jalilapour, Martin Lowe, Pat McCabe, Peter Knight, Rebecca Gallagher, Rose Kindred-Boothby, Ruth Cox, Tricia Rice and Gavin Muschamp. Working across varied disciplines and perspectives, each artist brings their own distinctive voice to the Haarlem Artspace community. Visitors can expect to encounter work at different stages of development, from new ideas and experiments to more finished pieces, offering an insight into the breadth and variety of creative activity taking place within the studios.

Open Studios is also about connection: between artists and audiences, between different creative practices, and between the work made inside the studios and the wider community around Haarlem Artspace. Visitors are invited to take their time, ask questions, discover new work and meet the people behind it. By opening up these normally private working spaces, the event provides an informal and direct way to engage with contemporary creative practice and celebrate the artists who make Haarlem Artspace such a vibrant place to work and visit.