{"id":60410,"date":"2024-05-03T14:04:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T14:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=60410"},"modified":"2024-05-03T14:04:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T14:04:21","slug":"open-up-festival-creates-vibrant-community-for-local-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/open-up-festival-creates-vibrant-community-for-local-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Up Festival creates vibrant community for local artists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Open Up Festival is creating a community for Sheffield artists who are coming together to exhibit their artwork this bank holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, which takes place across two weekends, 4-5 May and 11-12 May, is curated by artists from all around the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It allows members of the public to experience local studios, see artwork, and have the chance to buy original pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lizzy Alageswaran, a member of the Open Up committee, said: \u201cWe deliberately moved to Sheffield, for not only the surrounding countryside, but we also visited Sheffield when Open Up was here, and it just seemed such an exciting event.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 120 artists take part in the event which takes place every year, with locations ranging from the city centre to Hathersage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/NicolaWatson1-Brochure-1024x758.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60417\" style=\"width:466px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/NicolaWatson1-Brochure-1024x758.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/NicolaWatson1-Brochure-980x725.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/NicolaWatson1-Brochure-480x355.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Open Up Artist Nicola Watson&#8217;s pieces:  \u2018Sand,Sea,Sky\u2019 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Artist Sue Nichol said it creates a sense of community and belonging between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said: \u201cI find that I have quite a few people that come back year after year, which is really nice, there is always someone new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA few of my visitors have even become friends, and big collectors!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a wide range of media from photography studios to jewellery, with more traditional methods such as canvas paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival is free to attend and more information is available online at <a href=\"https:\/\/openupsheffield.co.uk\/about\/\">About \u2013 Open Up Sheffield<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Open Up 2024\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CArQeNJtpN0?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Open Up 2024, on YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Up Festival is creating a community for Sheffield artists who are coming together to exhibit their art this bank holiday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":639,"featured_media":60434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[415,43,1],"tags":[1074,251,38,131],"class_list":["post-60410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-culture","category-uncategorised","tag-artist","tag-festival","tag-sheffield","tag-south-yorkshire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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