Open Studios Art Trail 2022
This year Chichester
Open Studios Art Trail embarks on a new chapter in its history as it celebrates its 21st birthday this year.
Former chairman Nicola Hancock has stood down, and a new team has taken over: Mim Mccann is the new chairman, Becky Rose is treasurer and social media, Daphne Casdagli is a volunteer and Helen Button is advertising and publicity coordinator.
For this year, after a
July trail last year, the trail returns to its usual slot over the first two weekends in May. The dates are April 30 to May 2 and May 7 and 8. The new team are pleased to report that 160 artists registered, underlining the popularity of the trail to both the creative community and to visitors alike.
As Mim says, 160 is a number very close to the maximum she has ever known since first joining the trail in 2013.
It’s an exciting time: “Nicola did an absolutely fantastic job with the trail and we were thinking that it was just about taking the model that Nicola had and running with it, but at the same time we’ve got a new team together and that has been really inspiring so we are perhaps thinking about putting our stamp on the trail as well.
“Becky is a brilliant social media person. She is so good at all of that and perhaps things are changing in the way we are going forward with this.
“Nicola did an amazing job with so many elements of it and now we are wanting to take it further, really taking it into the community and supporting all the local artists. We are trying to give as much back to the artists as we can.”