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
Nina is a young North East artist, inspired by her time living in Korea she brings the fun of the popular Korean photo both to Staithes with a characterful twist. Stop by and enjoy having your likeness doodled in a four cut frame, a fun takeaway memory from the festival, bring a friend!
Venue: Ling Cottage, Beckstone Yard
Medium: Comic Artist
Living and working on the East Coast of Yorkshire and working mainly in watercolour and acrylic, Janet’s preferred subjects are wildlife, seascapes and landscape.
Venue: Roraima House
Medium: painting
Amelie is an artist and printmaker who is inspired by nature, wildlife and the countryside in which she lives. Her work mainly features florals and plants, using a colour palette inspired by nature. She creates designs for fabric by combining traditional techniques such as hand drawing, painting and printmaking with digital processes to create pattern repeats. She also has a range of artworks - her linocuts are produced using both the single cut and the reduction methods. Amelie’s gouache paintings also include birds observed in the garden and on woodland walks.
Venue: East View, High Street, Staithes, TS13 5BQ
Medium: Fabric, linocut, painting
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Penny Phillips is a contemporary sculptor, artist and teacher based in York. Her work explores wildlife and the nature of species loss, conveying the beauty, fragility, and vulnerability of her subject matter.
Venue: Kindly Light Wesleyan Chapel Chapel Yard Staithes TS135BS
Medium: Wildlife Ceramic Sculpture
I am Local Photographer with a wide range of prints for sale from Landscape to Wildlife and Architecture. However, my main body of work is Street Photography; capturing images from my travels in England and further afield. These images are presented in both monochrome and colour, all hand mounted, packaged by myself and for sale at affordable prices. I try to look at the world differently and capture the emotion and intrigue within it. I am always interested in people’s views on my images, I look forward to meeting you and sharing my work.
Venue: Homlea, High Street, Staithes TS13 5BQ
Medium: Photography
As a ceramic artist based in North East England, I draw inspiration from the rugged coastline, blending observational sketches with memory and imagination. My work transitions from two-dimensional studies to three-dimensional hand-thrown vessels, exploring both large and delicate forms. Each piece becomes a canvas for experimental stoneware glazes, where structured shapes meet fluid, expressionistic surfaces. This interplay of form and abstraction reflects the landscape’s textures and emotions, inviting personal interpretation.
Venue: Corner Cottage, Gun Gutter Street, TS13 5DD
Medium: Ceramics
I am a retired and paint in all mediums purely for pleasure. I do take commissions for animal portraits. I only sell at Staithes. You will find , if you visit my exhibition , that I paint in many different styles- whatever I think is appropriate for the subject. My paintings are very reasonably priced as I am more concerned with people enjoying my work rather than making great profits.
Venue: Brooklyn, Browns Terrace
Medium: All mediums