Image detail from: The Wrecked West Pier, Brighton, II – Gill Levin

Thirty professional artists, all within an easy bike ride of Harleston, invite you into their studios over three July weekends to see where and how they work, and to browse a wealth of paintings, prints, sculpture, photography, studio ceramics and textiles. Some studios offer workshops; and at all of them you can purchase original works of art at studio prices.

Entry to all studios is free, and many artists open their gardens too. You can follow the Trail as the mood takes you – a Harleston town route; a village route; or a Bungay route. Bikes are available to hire at the Swan Hotel, Harleston.

Throughout July there will be an exhibition by Trail artists at the new Harleston Gallery and Studio Café where you can see examples of their work and plan your route over a refreshing drink, snack or light meal.

Here’s a list of the artists opening up their studio for the art trail weekends.. (which are the weekends of the 5th/6th, the 12th/13th, and the 19th/20th of July).

Pick up an illustrated brochure with map and brief descriptions of artists’ work, from the Harleston Gallery, Harleston Information Plus, the Fisher Theatre Bungay, and shops and other public places in Harleston, Bungay and the surrounding villages – and meet for yourself some of the tremendously diverse community of artists living and working in the Waveney Valley.

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