Welcome to our 2026 Open Studios Art Trail

We’re excited once again to open our studios in 2026.

Scroll down to see all our venues and click-through to our exhibiting artist details.

You can also download the full trail brochure below, but please consider the environment before printing this, as plenty of copies will be available around Bear Flat.

The trail brochure is available below. Plenty of copies will be available across the trail and to your door. Please consider the environment before printing this version.

Once again a big thankyou to our Sponsors for 2026, all of whom are local to the Bear Flat area.

We appreciate their support of Bear Flat’s creative community.

Click on the sponsors to find out more about them…

#1

10 Shelley Road

BEA COLBORNE

PEY OH

#2

6 Shelley Road

KATE MARSHALL

CLARE LLOYD

SIMON KALE

#3

80 Shakespeare Avenue

JESS JEWETT

 

#4

27 Chaucer Road

BEN HUGHES

ETHAN HUGHES

#5

54 Longfellow Avenue

JAMES NUNN

 

#6

5 Devonshire Place

CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES

#7

35 Longfellow Avenue

CATHARINE NAYLOR

 

#8

32 Longfellow Avenue

JAMES FOX

CHRISTINE WATTERS

#9

St. Luke’s Church

Hatfield Road

BATH ARTISTS STUDIOS

RITA LAZARO

#10

19 Hensley Road

TAMARA PENWELL

KAREN BATES

#11

31 Bloomfield Road

SALLY POLLITZER

 

#12

112 Wells Road

ANDREW CORNISH

WENDY CORNISH

#13

64 Lower Oldfield Park

KRISTINE O’CONNOR

HARRIET BOSNELL

NICOLA DAVIS

#14

4 Bruton Avenue

IAN HARGREAVES

 

#15

23 Bruton Avenue

SHAY PARSONS

 

#16

Methodist Church Hall

Bruton Avenue

PAUL BUCK

RICHARD GARDINER

CAROL BAINES

EMILY SLINGER

AMY NG

MARION DEACON

PHIL HENDY

Getting to Bear Flat

On foot: Bear Flat is only a 10 minute walk up the Holloway from the city centre.

Bus: a short hop from town, catch No’s 4, 4a or 4b from Bath bus station.

Car: Some parking, but please note residents’ parking now operates 7 days a week. If driving, check signage for free visitors’ parking bays for 2-4 hours.

Getting around: all venues are within walking distance of each other.

Access

Most venues are in private houses and some may involve uneven surfaces, steps or staircases and may have limited wheelchair or disabled access. Please contact individual venues for more information.

 Liability

The organisers of the Bear Flat Artists Open Studios cannot accept liability for any loss, damage or injury sustained by any member of the public visiting a studio or exhibition.