Sarah crossfield
A visual artist working mainly in printmaking, painting, and photography. Sarah is based in Brockley and joined the team in 2019. Graduated from the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University. In her practice Sarah is drawn to exploring the ephemeral nature of the world we inhabit. Her observations capture moments in time, using both representational and more reductive/abstract approaches. Shifting forms, light, texture, and colour are reflected in her pieces alongside themes of transition, regeneration, and disintegration.
Andrew Sleightholme
Andrew is a Brockley-based photographer and musician. He grew up in the North-East of England on the border of County Durham and North Yorkshire, and was drawn from an early age towards the dark and powerful landscapes of the Pennines and the North Sea coast, experiences which have informed his creative practice and love of wild places and the metaphors distilled within them. Andrew went on to read music at Oxford University, and has exhibited photographic work in solo shows in both London and Whitstable.
Hülya corty
A Brockley based photographer and actor who’s been part of the core team since 2017. She and her previous partner created the 25th anniversary book and Hülya has been helping with the organisation of the yearly Brockley Open Studios event as well as the Christmas Fair and is running the social media channels.
KAORI HOMMA
Kaori Homma is originally from Japan, gained a BA in Fine Art from the Tokyo University of Art and Design and a MA in Fine Art Sculpture from Chelsea School of Art. Based in London exhibiting internationally. Homma’s works are in both public and private collections, and awarded by international awarding bodies, including Parker Harris Award, Aqua Zero Award, International Drawing Award, British Women Artists Award. Homma is one of the co-founders of Art Action UK, a platform for artists' creative and critical responses to global crisis. Homma is also a board member of Morphe Arts, and steering committee of art for all, Brockley Open Studios. Homma also teaches at CSM and Camberwell at University of Arts London
CGC
Brockley Open Studios is a not for profit community arts group founded over 30 years ago. You can read about our story on the home page. We formally approved our organisation as an unincorporated association in March 2022. This was to improve transparency, clarify roles in the committee and ensure we are following up to date best practice and guidelines. Our constitution can be downloaded here.
Our aims are to:
Bring together the local community through providing free access to local arts through open studios and other community events
Enable local artists, in all disciplines/media to exhibit and sell their work outside a formal gallery or funding network through open studio events, workshops and fairs within Brockley
Provide artists with opportunities to network professionally, share information about and opportunities with other local initiatives
Promote local artists’ work through our website, social media and other communication methods
Ensure our events are inclusive, open to everyone and encourage all discipline/mediums beyond the traditional to celebrate the diversity of talents, traditions and culture in Brockley
Use all the funds raised to reinvest in these aims
Committee members:
Chair - Sarah Crossfield
Treasurer - Andrew Sleightholme
Secretary - Hülya Corty
AGM
Our next AGM will be held early 2024. Please check the website in due course for details of the date and time.
Past Events
Brockley Open Studios 2022
Another successful summer Open Studios with a great variety of artists.
Thank you again to all our visitors!
Christmas Fair 2021
This year’s Christmas Fair saw another great group of local artists and craft makers come together to sell their work.
We’ve had musical entertainment by the Klezjammers and Hornstars, delicious freshly baked goods by The Little Nest Bakery and refreshments from Salthouse Bottles.
A fantastic group effort!
Big thank yous to our collaborators and large number of visitors. We hope you enjoyed your time at the fair and cannot wait to welcome you to more events in the new year!
Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.
Your BOS Team.
Brockley Open Studios 2021
This year’s Brockley Open Studios was special for all of us. After a tough year getting through this Pandemic, it was a wonderful occasion to get back together as a community and showcase the great breath of artistry that can be found in Brockley. Thank you all for coming. To many more!
Christmas Fair 2020
Another successful Christmas Fair with lots of great participating local artists and craft makers.
Virtual Open Studios 2020
Unfortunately, due to the pandemic BOS couldn’t take place this year in the way we are used to.
However, we overcame the obstacles and hosted the first ever VBOS - Virtual Brockley Open Studios!
16 local artists kindly recorded themselves and invited us into their homes to showcase their
work and tell us about how the pandemic affected their ways of working.
Please see their exciting work in the gallery. You can also email us for more infos and we’ll happily connect you to the artists: brockleyopen@gmail.com
Your BOS Team
Kaori, Sarah & Hülya
Christmas Fair 2019
Another great Christmas Fair at St Peter’s Brockley took place end of November 2019. Thanks again to everyone who joined the festive gathering and supported local artists and craftmakers.
Brockley Open Studios 2019
Another wonderful Brockley Open Studios with a great variety of local artists and great visitors. Thanks everyone for coming. We look forward to seeing you again at the BOS Artists Christmas Fair on 23rd November.
Christmas Fair 2018
We had another successful Christmas Fair at St Peter’s Church. A wonderful range of artists and craft makers took part and many visitors came to support local art. To many more!
Twenty Five
A limited edition book to celebrate 25 years of volunteer run Brockley Open Studios.
Designed, art directed and photographed by Sam Taylor and Hülya Corty – this book was a snapshot in time, celebrating the artists, the community and the people who year in, year out make it happen. We wanted to give each artist the same ownership within the book, no matter if they had joined for the first time or been part of BOS for all 25 years.
There are still a small limited amount available for £15. Send us a message if you would like a copy.
Contact Us
Christmas Fair 2017
For the 2nd time we hosted our Artists Christmas Fair at St. Peter’s Church in Brockley where we welcomed over 250 visitors and featured the work of a variety of artists, designers and craftmakers.
Local artists sold artworks including painting, jewellery, pottery, cards, prints, fabric, sculpture and many more.
Brockley Open Studios 2017
Summer 2017 was an exciting time for Brockley Open Studios. We celebrated our 25th anniversary of local artists first opening their doors and sharing their talents with the community.
Over 3 days, 38 artists opened their studios to some 700 people. It was a fantastic opportunity to buy pieces directly from artists, or simply visiting and browsing through their artworks.
We celebrated with the publication of a book commemorating this special event. The book showcases some artists who have helped make this the anticipated annual event it has become.