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Art festival relaunches after funding shortfall

Cornwall Open Studios A smiling man in a paint-splattered blue hoodie holds a white canvas with a blue pain-effect on it. He is standing in front of a granite art studio with a weathered blue door, plants and a sign saying Jeremy Sanders Studio.Cornwall Open Studios
Cornwall Open Studios started more than 20 years ago but relaunched this week with a new logo and website

A Cornish art festival has relaunched after a funding shortfall earlier this year put next year's event in doubt.

Cornwall Open Studios started in 1998 but announced in September it would not run a 2025 event because of reduced grant funding.

However, a group of local artists have now relaunched the festival with a new logo and website, with a brochure planned for the spring.

Jeremy Sanders, from Cornwall Open Studios, said it was a "fresh start" for the festival and it was "building on more than 20 years of tradition by adding some exciting new features to benefit both artists and visitors".

A website on an tablet computer. The logo is a baby blue C with a weathered effect and Cornwall Open Studios in black. The site has a carousel of images, with a photo of artist Tony Minnion painting a landscape on top of a cliff.
The new website has an interactive map to allow people to find artists near them

Mr Sanders said the team developed the new programme after speaking to artists and creators across Cornwall.

The new site allows people to find a local artist using an interactive map, with a directory for artists to showcase their work, he said.

The festival allows the public to go into artists' studios all over the county and see how they create their work.

Cornwall Open Studios 2025 will run from 24 May to 1 June, with all studios open over the long weekends and some during weekdays.

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