City: LEEK | Country: United Kingdom | Leek Open Studios - Meet The Maker
This is a one-day event and will be held on Saturday, 20th September 2025, from 10 am until 4 pm. Leek is a wonderfully creative town, and our event is designed to offer local (30-mile radius) artists or designer-makers the chance to celebrate their creativity and showcase how they work to an engaged and enthusiastic audience.
This is a “Meet the Maker” event, and whilst you are welcome to make sales and display your work on the day, the event is primarily an opportunity to meet the public and demonstrate what you do.
It’s a chance to engage and inspire your visitors, and we encourage you to offer opportunities for public participation if appropriate to your work.
You can apply to take part using your own studio space or for those who do not have a studio in the town or would prefer a shared space for the day, we will be arranging Creative Hub spaces at central venues in Leek.
This is the third year we have run the event with hub spaces, allowing for a larger number of participants, and it is a well-attended and growing event.
Early Bird Offer - Save £5 on the event fee if you apply and pay by the 7th February 2025.
Selection Criteria
* Applicants must live within 30 miles of Leek.
* To be paid on application. Early Bird Offer - £40 if application and payment are received by 7th February 2025. Full Fee - £45 if application and payment are made AFTER 7th February 2025.
* You must have Public Liability Insurance and a copy must be submitted as part of your application.
* You must submit a risk assessment for your planned demonstration and display for the event day with your application.
* You will need to submit good quality images to support your application: 5 detailing your work and 3 demonstrating your process. Ideally, one should include yourself, but this is not a requirement.
* You must be an artist, designer, or craftsperson – e.g., painter, printmaker, jeweller, graphic artist, ceramicist, mixed media artist, textile artist, or illustrator. This is not an exhaustive list, so please get in touch if you have any questions about your creative discipline if it is not listed here.
* You (as the applicant) must be the artist/designer maker of the items you display and sell.
* You (as the artist or designer maker) must be the person running your display and demonstrating your work, although you may have people helping you out on the day.
* There is a selection process for taking part in the Leek Open Studios - Meet the Maker Event, and the organisers reserve the right to decline an application that doesn’t fit the criteria. Please read them carefully and email if you are unsure before applying.
* If we are oversubscribed, we will give preference in order of application and date received – i.e., first come, first served.
* Applicants will be notified by Friday 4th April.
Group applications are not accepted.
A group may arrange to display in the same venue, but each artist must apply as an individual. This is to ensure that all artists are equally and fairly represented in our marketing.
Payment is due on application, and your application cannot be processed without it.
There are more details and instructions on each section of the form; we suggest you look over it before you start filling it in and have your images ready to upload.
Sections marked with an asterisk must be completed. Please use the "Contact Curator" tab if you have any questions, but please bear in mind that it may take a few days for us to get back to you as we work on this voluntarily.
Many thanks for your interest in our event.
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