Many thanks to everyone who turned up to Open Houses this year. The event was deemed to be a fantastic success. It seems we will have an even bigger event to organise next year with a lot more venues and artists eager to join in. If you didn't make it to the meeting and you are 80% sure that you'd like to open your home/studio next year then please let us know and we'll add your address to the provisional list.

We have set the dates for next year as 24/25th July and 31st July/1st August. Again this ties in with the seafront festival which begins on 23rd July. Opening times will be 11.00am to 5.00pm. Amongst things discussed about this years event it was generally agreed that houses in clusters did better than isolated houses so it would be good to encourage other artists/craftspeople in your vicinity to open up if at all possible.

The charge per house was deemed to be good value in terms of support from the website, brochures, press and publicity but we also need to try and up the press and publicity for 2010. Charges may have to increase if we have an enlarged brochure and website next year but this might be kept in check with increased sponsorship and advertising.