Berwick Open Studios Venues and Artists

Welcome to the inaugural Berwick Open Studios with 25 venues open to the public and over 60 artists and makers over 2 weekends; 26-27 September and 3-4 October 2026.

This is your guide to plan your route and discover Berwick-upon-Tweed’s creative community. 

You can download a copy of the map to print at home or pick up a printed copy in galleries and shops throughout the town from late August – including Berwick Visitor Centre on Walkergate. Match the map numbers to the listings below for full venue details. Many venues have multiple artists under one roof or other makers nearby.

All venues are free to attend, and open 10am-4pm, unless otherwise specified. Please also check dates in the listings as not everyone is open both weekends running.

Participating artists and venues 

1. 24 Glamis Hill, TD15 1NX
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Ali Edwards – Coostie Illustration (1st weekend only)
Painting, Drawing, Illustration

Ali Edwards is a self-taught illustrator and designer based in Berwick-upon-Tweed, creating hand-drawn maps, illustrations and nature-led work inspired by the landscapes, history and heritage of the Northeast. Visitors are welcome into her home studio to explore the illustration process from sketchbook to finished work, with sketchbooks, commission roughs and original drawings on display. Cards, prints, original artwork and gifts will be available to purchase.

alison@coostie.co.uk 
www.coostie.co.uk


2. 1 Lovaine Terrace, TD15 1LA
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Catherine Gowthorpe (both weekends)
Painting, Textiles 

Catherine is a painter and textile artist, whose education includes the City & Guilds Certificate and Diploma in Stitched Textiles. She is a member of EDGE Textile Artists Scotland, and she has shown work in several galleries. Her studio contains many examples of her paintings, drawings and textile pieces, including sketchbooks and embroidery samples. Her work is often inspired by the wonderful Northumbrian and Borders landscape. She currently teaches textiles classes in Berwick.

catherine.gowthorpe@googlemail.com 
07900 491450
www.catherinegowthorpe.com

Jill Spence (1st weekend only)
Painting, Photography

Jill paints landscapes en plein air whenever she can and also paints still life. Her favourite thing is to experiment and enjoy painting as a discipline. “About 3 years ago after retiring it was my goal to go back to painting. I had a mural business for several years in the states and was always painting other people’s ideas. I learned a lot, then moved back to the UK where I ran several businesses and had hoped that I could carry on painting as well…. but no! So when retirement came I started painting plein air whenever I could.” 

jillybeen57@hotmail.com 
07540 051349
@jillspence51


3. 9 Lords Mount, TD15 1LY
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Aileen Graham (1st weekend only)
Painting, Collage, Mixed Media, Drawing, Printmaking

Aileen paints what interests her, anything from lobsters to landscapes. Drawing is at the heart of her practice, but she also works in abstract. She loves to experiment with materials, tools and techniques – the messier the process, the more satisfying. Unmitigated disasters are high risk.    At the moment, Berwick is her muse for its heritage, its architecture, its relationship with nature and the elements.  Colour and the light change constantly so it’s impossible not to be excited.  Her studio is a window to the sea and she spends more time looking out being excited than working. 

amgraham5@icloud.com 
07722 983961


4. SUNMOON, 65 Castlegate, TD15 1LF
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SUNMOON (both weekends)
Painting, Mixed Media, Drawing, Illustration, Printmaking

Artist Lewanna Mountain works from her studio shop SUNMOON. Inspired by what she can get her hands on Lewanna will work with almost any material and medium. She screen prints t- shirts, oil paints on random pieces of wood, ink draws comics and has adventures in tie-dying. At SUNMOON you will find a colourful and eclectic mix of oil painting, ink drawing, screen printing and more.

lewannamountain@gmail.com
@lewannamountain


5. Barracks Artist Studios, Berwick Barracks, Parade, TD15 1DF
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Jo Thomas (Studio 3) (both weekends)
Painting, Textiles, Mixed Media, Drawing, Printmaking, Craft, Land Art/Ecology, Inkmaking

Jo is a foraging artist and ink-maker, responding intuitively to the seasons and her local landscape through wild creativity. She paints with her handcrafted inks and pigments, creating works that are both oracle and devotion. Jo works closely with local wild plants and is inspired by human connections with the other-than-human world.

woodland-jo@outlook.com
www.wildrevival.uk 

Joel Arnstein (Studio 3) (both weekends)
Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Printmaking, Poetry

Printmaker and painter, Joel Arnstein is happy to talk about creative processes and techniques. Encounters with other art traditions and cultures during his years of travel have stimulated ideas and his life-long love of colour. Currently, he is working on a series of abstracts; each work with a rhythmic framework based on the intervals between prime numbers, overlaid with forms and colours inspired by the tidal river at Berwick with its moods and motions.

joelA4art@gmail.com  
joelarnsteinartist.co.uk 

Emily Cropton (Studio 4) (1st weekend only)
Sclupture, Performance/Live Art 

Emily Cropton is a multi-disciplinary artist working with sculpture, installation, walking and performance. Her research-led practice focuses on rural landscapes and cultures and is responsive to places and communities. Emily’s work explores the relationships between environmental cycles, life cycles, and making processes, and the moments where these connections fail or falter. Emily’s studio will display objects, maps, costume and material samples from her current projects in Northumberland and the Scottish Borders. 

croptonemily@gmail.com
www.emilycropton.com

Julia Sweryda Strawberry Field (Studio 5) (both weekends)
Pressed Sea Botanicals, Painting, Cyanotypes 

Julia usually works from her potting shed studio from home and uses locally foraged seaweed in her artwork and uses traditional methods to press them. She also uses it to create other seaside inspired artwork and paintings.  Aswell as this she is mainly inspired by the seaside and enjoys painting landscapes and doing cyanotypes with seaweed.

Juila is taking part after being awarded one of the new studio bursaries at the Barracks Artist Studios. The bursaries, which are available through The Maltings (Berwick) Trust, are for artists based in North Northumberland and the Scottish Borders and offer the use of a studio for one month, support towards the cost of materials and mentoring opportunities. One bursary this year is in partnership between The Maltings (Berwick) Trust and Berwick Open Studios and enables an artist who may not be able to participate in the event due to not having a studio the opportunity to do so.

Jools_strawberryfield@yahoo.com
jools-strawberryfield.square.site 


6. Upstairs @ Soul Kitchen, 103 Marygate, TD15 1BH
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Chris Morrison (1st weekend only) 
Painting, Mixed Media, Drawing

Chris Morrison has lived and worked in Berwick and The Borders for over 20 years after relocating from Bournemouth.  Chris is a painter who works primarily in acrylics and to a lesser extent in oils. He paints mainly local land and seascapes in a modern impressionistic style but also enjoys painting the occasional still life. Chris currently runs two weekly art classes in Berwick with the collective moniker of the ‘Tweed Bridge Artists’. 

The venue, Northern Soul Kitchen is a Berwick-based charity which, when supplies are available, uses food donated by local supermarkets to cook delicious snacks and meals. The pop-up gallery space is situated upstairs in a beautiful panelled well-lit space, just perfect for viewing artworks.

 chrisimo@btinternet.com
07875206267
Chris Morrison Artist

Tweed Bridge Artists (2nd weekend only)
Painting, Mixed Media, Drawing, Printmaking

Tweed Bridge Artists are a group of Artists who come together weekly to paint in a variety of media, subject and style. Artists include; Jean Standing, Jo Lloyd, Chris Morrison, Kathy Merrett, Nicky Ewing and Sherill Shariff. 

The venue, Northern Soul Kitchen is a Berwick-based charity which, when supplies are available, uses food donated by local supermarkets to cook delicious snacks and meals. The pop-up gallery space is situated upstairs in a beautiful panelled well-lit space, just perfect for viewing artworks.

 chrisimo@btinternet.com
07875206267


7. Abstract Berwick, 38 West Street, TD15 1AS
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Absract Berwick (both weekends)
Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics/Pottery, Collage, Mixed Media, Printmaking, Photography, Book Art

Several local artists will recreate elements of their studios within the gallery, offering a glimpse behind the scenes and an insight into their creative processes:

Maggie and Chris Jary, “Beyond the Surface”: abstract photography revealing beauty in overlooked details and everyday surfaces.

Phil Ravetta, “Human and Machine”: mixed media examining the impact of technology on humankind.

Madeleine Ravetta, “At the Heart of the Matter”: monotypes and mixed media inspired by inner workings and hidden places.

info@abstractberwick.com 
07950 788344
www.abstractberwick.com

Brenda Moody (both weekends)
Painting, Mixed Media, Drawing

Exhibiting with several other artists in the beautiful Abstract Gallery in West Street, Brenda moved back to Berwick after completing a career in Marketing, a First Class (Hons) Degree in Textiles and many years spent exhibiting through Open Studios and in Galleries within Warwickshire.  

She creates bold paintings using acrylics and pastels inspired by the surrounding sea and landscapes, with a focus on material exploration, surface and the relationship between colour and form.

Brenda will be showing her sketchbooks and discussing her paintings in Abstract Gallery both Sundays during Berwick Open Studios. 

brendamoody@btinternet.com
07769 913686
Society of Scottish Artists – Brenda Moody


8. Tweed Gallery, 1 Church St, TD15 1EG
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Tweed Gallery (1st weekend only)
Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Craft Wood/Furniture 
Making, Feltmaking

Tweed Gallery is a community led art gallery; local artists include Bernie Wisniewski, Janette Carter, and Anthony Marshall. Anthony Marshall will be painting in-house during open studios. 

amanda@tweedgallery.com 
07444 4550801
@tweed.gallery


9. Artisans at Serendipity, 1 Marygate, TD15 1AT
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Artisans at Serendipity (both weekends)
Painting, Ceramics, Textiles, Glass, Craft, Wood turning, jewellery, leather work, knitting/crochet

“Artisans at Serendipity” is a co-operative group of up to 12 permanent artists and makers whose work is handmade in Northumberland and the Scottish Borders. We also invite local artists and makers, by selection, to join us for up to 2 months a year as guests.  We have been established for 13 years supported by Berwick Community Trust. We pride ourselves on handmade, unique art and craft work which is locally made. 

artisansatserendipity@gmail.com
@serendipity_local_artisans


10. The Quayside Artisan Huts, The Quayside, TD15 1HA
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Ravn Clay Pottery (1st weekend only)  
Ceramics/Pottery

Based in Ford Village, Ravn Clay is the working studio of Keith Webster. Here, he designs and creates distinctive stoneware pottery—from functional mugs to rugged, sculptural forms inspired by landscape, nature, and archaeology. Visitors can expect a welcoming venue where they can glimpse the raw making process or actively participate through his teaching studio’s regular workshops. It is an immersive, creative hub offering a true taste of Northumbrian craftsmanship.

During Berwick Open Studios weekend one, Keith will be working out of one of the Quayside Artisan Huts in Berwick and have a selection of works for sale. 

keef@ravnclay.co.uk 
07884 065306
www.ravnclay.co.uk 

Artist_in_a_Shed – Dave Green (both weekends)
Painting, Collage, Mixed Media

Dave works outdoors and in various locations around Berwick. His current obsessions include: kelp, rocks, tidal detritus, dead birds and clouds. He uses found detritus and incorporates them in his paintings. 

Davidinmorebattle@outlook.com 
07709851007
@Artist_in_a_shed

Maria Laffey Cooper (both weekends)
Painting, Ceramics/Pottery

Maria is an oil painter and ceramicist and has recently moved to Berwick upon Tweed. She paints from life, on location, working quickly to convey the light and feeling of a scene in the moment. Come and see Maria painting ‘en plein air’  (wind speed permitting!). She will show a selection of recent paintings (and some hand built ceramics) influenced by life on the beautiful Tweed Estuary.

mariacooperlaffey@icloud.com 
07415 388226
@marialaffeycooperartist

Laura Johnson (2nd weekend only)
Jewellery