Northamptonshire-based artists have gathered to re-launch Northants Open Studios for the first time since the last event held in 2016 at an Earls Barton venue.
Celebrations took place at Jeyes of Earls Barton where more than 180 visitors came to visit the central exhibition and enjoy a relaxed afternoon in the Moongate Garden.
Artists have been preparing work for several months to fill venues across the county as well as their own studios to host a series of open studio events for members of the public to have a look behind the scenes at their work and reveal where the artistic magic happens as they create their masterpieces.
Katie Boyce, director of Northants Open Studios, said: “This really has been a long-awaited but a very welcomed relaunch of our open studios after what has been an uncertain and difficult time for the arts and culture everywhere. But we have come through it and here we are, once again, all together and in the same place, being able to offer the opportunity to expose…