About Gower Open Studios

Welcome to Gower Open Studios, this year running concurrently with Gower Festival during the first two weeks of July. Gower is home to a thriving community of artists practicing a range of disciplines, of whom 20 will be opening their doors. 

Open Studios is a common practice around the country. It is an occasion at which artists introduce themselves to the public by inviting them to visit their workshops and/or display places. This is a mutual opportunity both for artists to meet their audience, and their audience to meet the artists, to view their work and the manner of its production in the environment in which it is created. It also provides an opportunity to purchase work directly from the artist. Access into the studio is a rare opportunity to witness the working practices behind the finished artworks. 

Gower Open Studios is a community-based initiative, intended to benefit both our local artists and the interested public.The public can enjoy art in a more relaxed atmosphere than usually presented in traditional galleries or exhibition spaces, whilst Gower artists can expand their community and common interest, particularly since they often work in isolation. 

Partners and Funders

Special thanks are due to Swansea AONB, the Gower Society, Friends of Swansea Music and Arts and Councillor Lyndon Jones for their funding and support. We hope that Gower Open Studios will become an annual event with many more artists participating.