Spike Island Open Studios, from 6pm Friday 2nd May 2025
Spike Island is pleased to present Open Studios 2025, the hugely popular annual event offering free behind the scenes access to our 80,000 square foot arts space.
From 2-4 May, fans of art, culture and design are invited to see the expansive network of artist studios, galleries, and creative businesses that inhabit the former tea packing factory, as well as the working studios of UWE Fine Arts programmes and award winning Spike Print Studio, the largest open access print studio in the South West.
Beginning Friday 2nd May (6-9pm), visitors are free to explore Spike Island, an integral part of the South West’s cultural ecosystem and one of the UK’s largest spaces for contemporary art. With much of the building closed to the public during the rest of the year, this is a rare opportunity to immerse yourself in its community, learn about your favourite creative practices, from graphic design to sculpture, see works in progress, and even buy original pieces from both emerging and established talent.
Additionally, a variety of Bristol based street food and drinks vendors will be situated across the site to fuel your Open Studios visit, including Spike Island’s ever popular on-site Emmeline café and bar.
I’m going to be invigilating in the Print Space on Saturday morning, 3rd May, from 10am to 2.30pm, so if you’d like to come and say hello, it would be great to see you there.
The print studios are on the first floor, so if you make your way up the main staircase from the entrance hallway and then turn right at the top of the stairs and head along the corridor through two sets of double doors, you should find me in the etching studio!
