Chew Valley Arts Trail dates for 2013 are Sat 5th and Sun 6th of October. For an application form please email Sandy at tintinna@aol.com

Until then, please click on the various villages to see a snapshot of what visitors were able to look at on the last trail.

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The Chew Valley Arts Trail is an annual, privately run, weekend event, funded solely by the participants.  For the past ten years it has been a showcase for the creative abilities of people who live or work in the beautiful rural area situated in counties in Somerset. This lies between the main A38 and A37 roads just a few miles south of Bristol. As well as being very close to the famous Chew Valley and Blagdon fishing lakes and the Barrow Tank Reservoirs, it is also near to Bristol Airport, the World Heritage City of Bath, Cheddar Caves and the City of Wells.

Organiser Sandy Bell said "Our tenth anniversary trail took place on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th October 2012. We felt it was a huge success, Feedback from visitors showed they were impressed with the high quality of work they had seen.  A big thank you to those who visited and to those who put on their exhibitions."

Thirty one venues opened for the weekend and visitors were able to meet over one hundred exhibitors.  They included painters, illustrators, printmakers, cartoonists, photographers, potters, sculptors, jewellers and other fine craft makers such as those working in textiles, wood, bees wax and paper cutting.

Our feedback is that visitors enjoyed their weekend touring our studios, homes, outbuildings and village halls. They had opportunities to watch people at work and to discuss their styles and techniques, browse or buy and also to enjoy the countryside of the Chew Valley and they did that in large numbers.  Many remarked on the high quality of the trail. All local cafes, shops, pubs and restaurants saw an marked increase in customers during the two days and the sun mainly shone! 

If you need further information, email: Sandy Bell on tintinna@aol.com and include Chew Valley Arts Trail in the subject box. (See contact page).