27 Artists and Craft Makers participating in the 'Artists Around Wetherby Open Studios' event taking place over two weekends in June '25, across six locations in and around Wetherby.

Phil Toft is a Landscape and Figurative Painter working in Oil and Acrylic paints. Inspiration is taken from his home county of Yorkshire and regular visits to the Northumbrian Coastline.

Toft is constantly striving to portray the atmosphere of a location and frequently  returns to a subject to explore the seasonal changes.

Jenny works and lives in Wetherby, using mixed media and especially enjoys painting sea and landscape inspired by the Yorkshire Moors and Dales as well as many coastlines visited in Great Britain.

She will be exhibiting her work along with four other artists in the beautiful Walton Village Hall, near Wetherby,  as part of this annual event.

Vicky is one of the 27 artists and makers taking part in this annual event.

Vicky is a textile and mixed media artist based in Boston Spa. Her textile work includes hand painted/dyed fabrics, freestyle machine embroidery and hand embellishment. 

Her mixed media work is a loose semi-representational style.

Each venue provides refreshments for a donation to our chosen charity, this year Yorkshire Cancer Research. Homemade cakes will be available at Vicky's venue.

Julie Atthews is a contemporary textile artist working with fabrics, threads and more unusual materials to create her artworks. Intrigued by the impact of nature upon wellbeing Julie is influenced by the colours, textures and surfaces within natural forms aiming to capture qualities that rekindle positive feelings and memories associated with nature experiences. 

Combining a passion for textile techniques with a love of experimenting with wire, Dawn (Alba) creates unique jewellery. She specialises in wire crochet and uses precious metals and semi precious gemstones, to design and make unusual and intricate pieces.

Katy is one of 27 artists and makers taking part in this annual event.

Katy is primarily a felt artist. Her main focus is painting with wool fibres. She has developed her work in wet felting for several years. She also loves to work with other textile forms and acrylic painting. Her work is inspired by the local countryside, the changing seasons and the beauty of the moors, the coast and the teeniest tiny flower.

Katy works in her tiny workshop in her garden, near Wetherby. As it's so tiny, she will be exhibiting in Ailsa's Studio in Bardsey.

An annual event taking place this year, 2025, on the 21 & 22 and 28 & 29th June. 27 artists and makers within 6 miles of Wetherby open their studio doors to the public to see them at work and enjoy the art. Painting in various media, sculpture, textile and felt art as well as jewellery and ceramics will all feature in this event. 

Find my studio off the A58. Travelling towards Wetherby take the fourth turning after the traffic lights at Bank Top just a short distance from Venue 2 where six of our members will be exhibiting. 

Rachel Bentley is a contemporary artist based in Walton (venue no. 16), creating expressive, soulful works inspired by the Yorkshire Pennines, Yorkshire Dales, the North York Moors and the landscapes of Lower Wharfedale. Her paintings capture the atmosphere and emotion of place, inviting viewers to connect with memory, light and land.

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Unleash your inner warrior at Gladiators: Heroes of the Colosseum - a blockbuster international exhibition storming into the Royal Armouries Museum for summer 2025. See rare Roman artefacts from Pompeii and the Colosseum, discover the gruelling training, battle tactics, and fame of the ancient world’s fiercest fighters, and immerse yourself in the roar of the crowd with thrilling interactive experiences. This is more than history - it’s blood, grit, glory… and you’re on the front row.