The 2012 Worcestershire Arts Trail launched this week with a call for new artists and makers to get involved in the event. A flourishing Open Studio and Arts Trail the 2011 event saw hundreds of visitors being welcomed into more than 50 artists and crafts people’s workshops around the county. From enamellers in Bromsgrove to illustrators in Worcester the event gave a real sense of how much hidden artistic talent there is in this beautiful county.
“Artists are so often hidden away, working in their studios - some of us rarely meet the people who buy our work” explained Becca Williams, a local jeweller, who helped to organise the 2011 Trail. “We wanted to get people into artist’s studios’, seeing what was going on among the dust and disorder where creativity happens.”
The 2012 Arts Trail is set to be even bigger, with plans to involve up to a hundred artists and makers alongside workshops, classes and demonstrations all around the county over the Jubilee weekend (1st – 4th June). With a lower rate for students and those in the first year of running a creative business it’s a great time to be part of the Arts Trail.
If you’d like to get involved in the Trail (1st – 4th June 2012) then visit www.worcsartstrail.org to download an application form, email worcestershireartstrail@live.com or call Becca on 07845 579 377 to request one.
