Staithes Festival has established itself as one of the friendliest festivals on the Yorkshire coast – a must-see event in the regional arts calendar.
Doors of cottages are thrown open as pop-up art galleries in a unique selling exhibition.
Celebrating the history and heritage of Staithes with a programme of walks, talks, photographs, and film shows.
Staithes is 11 miles north of Whitby, TS13 5BH.
Contact us at info@staithesfestival.com.
Photos: Duncan Lomax, Jackie Ambrosini
Photo: Duncan Lomax
Inspired by small scenes and nature in the everyday, Zosia's work centres on landscapes, flora and fauna with richly textured gold leaf. Bringing tactile organic surface together with multiple layers of gilding, her paintings are a celebration of the decorative object. She was lucky enough to win Jackson's Art 'Atmospheric Acrylics' Competition, and has been a contestant on Sky Landscape Artist of the Year.
Venue: Rose Lea
Medium: Mixed Media Painting
I am a painter and potter living, and inspired by the North East coast . I also have a permanent stand at Staithes Arts and Crafts
Venue: Sealey Cottage , High Barrass
Medium: Ceramics, Landscape paintigs
Mixed Media Artist inspired by nature. Lou uses found items within her work from Mudlarking along river beds, coastlines and woodlands. Her work usually tells a story and is inspired by the Art Povera movement.
Venue: The Cottage, High Street Staithes.
Medium: Mixed media, collage, sculptural
Suzanne is a full-time artist based in Leeds. Suzanne is passionate about our diverse countryside and coast and conveys the beauty through watercolour. From large washes of paint to the tiniest of detail, her paintings invite the viewer to explore the scene she has created.
Venue: Crows Nest Cottage 9 Cowbar Bank Staithes TS13 5BZ
Medium: Watercolour artist
Having studied at Chelsea College of Art, then spending ten years working as a designer, art consultant and teacher, Alex has combined her skills to work full time as an artist. Alex creates abstract seascapes inspired by the dramatic, moody seas of Yorkshire, where she was born and now lives. She works with a range of media, but predominantly ink, acrylic and gold leaf, all artwork is then finished with a distinctive clear resin glaze.
Venue: One Beckside Cottage, Staithes, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, TS135BU
Medium: Resin glazed seascapes