C-Art 2012 will run from 1 September – 16 September and is now open for applications from both artists, designers and craftspeople across Cumbria. This year, in addition to artists, galleries are encouraged to get involved in a bid to develop C-Art as a definitive directory of art, craft and design across the county.

C-Art Open Studios is Cumbria’s biggest Opens Studios event, celebrating the breadth of contemporary and traditional visual art, craft and design to be found in the Lake District and across Cumbria. C-Art exists as a platform for collective marketing and professional development for artist and designers.

C-Art is run by Eden Arts, a cumbrian based arts development agency that exists to promote, support, develop and advise on arts and cultural activity in the England’s largest and most sparsely populated District (Eden) and across other parts of Cumbria.

C-Art 2011, which ran from 17 September – 2 October saw 100 artists and craftspeople across 80 venues open their studios for two weeks in September. For the first time, both fine and applied artists from across the whole of the county came together to promote their work collectively creating Cumbria’s biggest Open Studios event.

‘We found it brilliant, the whole exercise has made us review who we are and what we want to do as artists. Myself and 2 other artists are now running workshops from my studio…it’s been a terrific boost to our confidence so many thanks for all the hard work behind the scenes.’

C-Art 2011 participant Emma Wigginton

During the 2 week event there were over 8,000 visits made to the studios, generating £57,176 of sales, with one studio based in Allerdale making over £600 of sales in the first weekend alone.

Deadline for submissions is 29 February 2012. To find out how to take part, visit the website at www.c-art.org.uk

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