Staithes Festival of Arts and Heritage

Staithes Festival of Arts & Heritage has established itself as one of the friendliest festivals on the Yorkshire coast — a must-see weekend in the regional arts calendar.

Step inside a village like no other as the doors of cottages are thrown open, transforming Staithes into a trail of pop-up art galleries showcasing painting, print, ceramics, textiles, sculpture, photography and more.

Alongside the open studios, enjoy a programme celebrating Staithes’ rich history and heritage, including walks, talks, photographs and film shows.

Location: Staithes — 11 miles north of Whitby (TS13 5BH)
Contact:  info@staithesfestival.com

North York Moors, Scarborough Borough Council and Welcome to Yorkshire
Photo: Duncan Lomax

Photo: Duncan Lomax

Staithes Festival Artists Beginning with C

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Fiona Mazza Ceramics

Fiona Mazza is a ceramic artist living in Yorkshire over the years has developed numerous skills through making, teaching and technician work. The core of the work is based on nature, particularly the amazing butterfly world. However, Fiona enjoys the challenge of designing and making individual pieces using many techniques, this allows her to explore clay in many areas. Ceramic Pieces are produced in various techniques, she loves incorporating different materials, often working with other craft makers to produce truly different pieces of work. Fiona loves exploring the surface of the pot, using the surface like a canvas, pushing the material to its limits, often representing the natural world’s challenges from mans impact.

Venue: Annies cottage 6 northside staithes TS13 5BY

Medium: ceramics

Penny Phillips Ceramics

I am a ceramic artist whose work over the past decade has focused on celebrating British wildlife. Working primarily in rich red earthenware clay, I create pieces defined by heavily textured surfaces and restrained surface decoration I frequently present works in pairs, encouraging interaction between forms. This approach imbues each piece with a dynamic sense of energy and movement, expressed through gesture and composition. My practice seeks to capture both the inherent wildness of my subjects and their underlying vulnerability

Venue: Kindly Light Wessley Chapel Square Staithes TS13 5BA

Medium: Ceramic Sculpture

Emma Cook

Artist and Architectural Illustrator, Emma works primarily in Acrylic, taking inspiration from the local countryside and industrial landscapes of the area

Venue: Shared space at St Peter’s Centre

Medium: Acrylic painter

Sarah J Cooper

Sarah creates immersive seascapes that blur the lines between memory and place. Bold palette knife work, sweeping gestures of colour, her paintings capture the emotional weight rather than literal details of a landscape. Approaching each canvas intuitively; colour, movement and emotion guide the composition, resulting in work that evokes solitude, power and the quiet poetry of the natural world. Light plays a central role, emerging as a luminous break through clouds or reflections across water, suggesting moments of calm within turbulence. Sarah’s paintings invite viewers not just to observe a scene, but to feel it.

Venue: Seacrest Cottage 3 Barrass Square

Medium: Oil Painter

PandA Fluid Art Creations

Peter and Anita are self-taught fluid artists who started their art adventure during the Covid pandemic to relieve the pressure and tension of their jobs working at the local NHS hospital. Their passion is now an outright obsession producing beautiful, interesting and unique artworkon different surfaces using various techniques.

Venue: Coastguard Cottage, High Street, Staithes

Medium: Fluid Art