DATE: Saturday 19th September - Sunday 4th October 2026
TIME: Opening times vary - please contact individual artists to confirm.
LOCATION: East Quay Studios
Launch Party on Saturday 19th September, from 6pm!

Somerset Art Weeks Open Studios is returning for 2026, with a whole range of fantastic art on display here at East Quay and throughout the county.

Come and explore the varied work of our resident studio artists, who will be opening up their doors and inviting you to enter into their studios, see what they’ve been making and find out more about their creative processes.

Individual studio opening times as follows:
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Studio 1: Vanessa Clegg - Painting and mixed-media
- Open daily
- Closed on Mondays & Thursdays
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Studio 2: Jenni Dutton - Textiles and mixed-media‍
- Open daily, 10am - 4pm
- Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays
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Studio 3: Amanda Shears - Sculpture and Painting
- Open daily, from 11am - 4pm
- Closed on Tuesdays
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Studio 4: Maddie Rock- Painting and mixed-media
- Open daily from 10am - 4pm
- Closed on Monday 21st, Friday 25th, Saturday 26th, Sunday 27th, Monday 28th & Sunday 4th
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Studio 5: Melanie Deegan -Sculpture
- Open daily, from 11am - 5pm
- Closed on Friday 24th, Saturday 25th, Sunday 26th, Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd
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Studio 6: Alison Jacobs - Painting and mixed-media
- Open daily from 10am - 5pm
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Studio 7: Zoe Snape - Painting and mixed-media
- Open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10am - 3pm
- Open Saturdays, from 11am - 4pm
- Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays & Sundays
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Studio 8: Georgina Towler - Painting
- Open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays from 10am - 5pm
- Open Tuesdays & Wednesdays from 1pm - 5pm
- Closed on Mondays
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Studio 9: CLOSED
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Studio 10 Project Space: Somerset Artist Residency - Bethan Harris
- Open daily from 10am - 6pm
- Closed Tuesday 22nd

Studio 11: John Hailstone
- Open daily from 11am - 5pm
- Closed Monday 21st, Thursday 24th, Monday 28th, Tuesday 29th & Thursday 1st
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East Quay Print Studio
- Open daily, from 10am - 5pm

Two Rivers Paper
- Mondays to Fridays, from 9.30am - 4.30pm
- Saturdays, from 10am - 3pm
- Sundays tbc

For further information about the studio-holders and to confirm visiting times, please contact the artists individually.

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