How to apply

What you make

Choose the mediums that describe your work. If none of them fits, there is a free-text option for you to name your own.

• Ceramics
• Drawing
• Jewellery
• Mixed Media
• Painting
• Photography
• Print-making
• Textiles

Where visitors will find you

Tell us which of these describes your situation. If you do not have a venue, say so and we will not ask you for one.

• My venue is my home address
• My venue is not at my home address
• I do not have a venue

If you do have a venue, you will be asked which kind it is:

• Studio or Gallery
• Open House
• Open Garden

Access at your venue

Answering the wheelchair question is required. Being wheelchair accessible is not — plenty of studios and houses on the trail are not, and saying so plainly is what lets a visitor plan a day they can actually manage.

We count a venue as wheelchair accessible when there are no barriers anywhere in the home (zero-step entries at all doors, smooth level flooring throughout); consistent wide clearance for movement in every room; no barriers to entry of the home (zero-step entry, no steep slopes).

You will also be asked about parking, a toilet, whether your work can be seen from the pavement, and whether you offer food or drink.

Words and pictures

Two pieces of writing and the images that go with them.

• An artist statement of up to 25 words
• A biography of up to 200 words
• Images at least 1920 pixels wide, as JPG or PNG

The image size is a printing requirement rather than a preference. An under-sized original is discovered at the brochure, which is far too late to ask you for another.

The fee, and when it is due

There is a registration fee, and you pay it only after your application is approved. Nothing is taken when you apply.

£55

Starting, and coming back to it

You do not have to finish in one sitting. An application can be left part-finished and picked up again whenever you have a moment — everything you have entered is kept, and you carry on where you left off.