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We begin again…
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We trust you have all had a splendid festive season and are
ready for the work of the new year. We certainly are!
As a starting point, we would like to thank you for each and
every LIKE we have had on our Facebook page - You will also
find a button just below the cover image of this page that says LEARN MORE – click
on it and it will take you to our website
There is also a huge amount of information on our blog,
accessible on the website under the button BLOG - Have fun reading
all about what we do, how we do it and the biggest question of all: WHY we do
it!
That is a very good question... We do what we do because we are
besotted with art and artists – of almost every kind! The Cypriot market is
pretty small in comparison with the rest of the world markets for art and,
essentially, that is the reason why we are trying to help expose our local
creators to the local market and also to the international domain.
To this end, we have an international division that assists
2-dimensional artists with exhibitions abroad under the banner of Open Galleries Abroad (OGA) To this
end we would like to invite interested parties to contact us in order to be
added to our database for future communication about opportunities locally and
abroad. Just drop us a line at info@cyprusopenstudios.com and we'll keep
you up to date with what cooks.
2019 OGA
submissions have closed now... you need to be an early bird for
these! But don’t despair! There is 2020 and all the years to follow!
Create, create, create! And send us your name, email address and details - just
contact us!
Our local operations
under the banner of Cyprus Open Studios (COS) will once again be staged in
October, between the 11th and 20th, in the studios and
work-spaces of our participants, either individually, in groups or at selected
gallery spaces. We are in the process of negotiating with gallery owners who
would be interested in hosting such activities. Watch this space – we will let
you know as soon as we have concrete news. However, the point has always been
to open individual studios to the public.
We have also been invited by the Paphos Municipality to
participate in cultural activities – again, this is very much under discussion
at present. We would like to hear from other municipalities around our
beautiful island so that we may work together to give our creative people a
wider audience. They certainly deserve it! The talent we have here is
phenomenal!
Registration for this year’s open studio event will open on 1 April with an
absolute deadline of 30 June. This year’s website entries will go live after
that date but in the meantime you can view last year’s participants – AND
previous years’ participants under the ARCHIVE
button – click on the year you wish to view.
Please note that all material on the website is subject to
copyright! Permission to use material from the website can be obtained from
each artist whose information is listed on their individual pages – be kind and
play fair, please.
Until next time, keep on creating!
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