Scarborough Art
5 July – 3 August 2025
Scarborough Art
5 July – 3 August
ABOUT SCARBOROUGH ART
Scarborough Art is an exciting event taking place between Saturday 5 July and Sunday 3 August 2025 at various venues across Scarborough town centre and beyond. It’s a great opportunity to visit different places and spaces around the area and discover work from across the creative community.
Artwork of a wide range of media will be showcased from paintings and sculpture to photography and printmaking. This event is perfect for art lovers of all ages to enjoy a day filled with creativity and inspiration. Come and celebrate the rich artistic heritage of Scarborough and find the hidden gems waiting to be uncovered. As well as exhibitions, several artists and makers across the town will be hosting workshops for visitors to take part in and create art of their own.
Exhibitions, installations, and workshops
Scarborough Art takes place between 5th July – 3rd August, providing an essential platform for close to 70, mostly local, visual artists of all disciplines. You will be able to view, learn about and, importantly, to buy work directly from the artists who have created it, in galleries, outdoor locations, artists’ studios, and in their homes.
Exhibitions
Assemblage
Collage
Community
Digital Art
Environmental & Ecological
History & Heritage
Mixed Media
Painting & Drawing
Performance Art
Photography
Political
Installations
Sculpture
Site-specific
Open Studio
Abstract
Ceramics
Community
Glass
Mixed Media
Painting and Drawing
Photography
Street Art
Community
Painting & Drawing
Talks & Workshops
Collage
Community
Craft
Glass
Mixed Media
Painting & Drawing
Participatory
Pottery
Print Making
Talk
Textiles
Workshop
Find out what’s happening each day at Scarborough Art
Please note the information included within the Daily Diary above is subject to change. For the lastest information on events, click here.
Scarborough Art 2024
To get a real feel for the festival, take a look at this video from last year.
ARTS & CRAFTS
From stitching and textiles to jewellery making and pottery, these workshops and exhibitions are an exploration and celebration of making. There are opportunities to learn about different crafts by having a go at making a piece yourself, walks to immerse you in Scarborough’s landscape and inspire you, and unique works of art created in the community on display.
Click on each listing below to learn more about each.
ARTS & CRAFTS
From stitching and textiles to jewellery making and pottery, these workshops and exhibitions are an exploration and celebration of making. There are opportunities to learn about different crafts by having a go at making a piece yourself, walks to immerse you in Scarborough’s landscape and inspire you, and unique works of art created in the community on display.
Click on each listing below to learn more about each.
WORKSHOPS
Scarborough Art is not just about viewing work – you can also make some by taking part in one (or more) of the workshops on offer. If you’ve ever wanted to make something but don’t know where to start look at the Home Spun Printmaking Workshops and create a work using recycled materials. Get creative with leftover fabric with Material Moves and make accessories to take home with you. At the Mixed Media Print Workshops you might create a complete piece of work or experiment with several new techniques. Finally – SHEP Kitchen are thinking about art in a completely different way and inviting you to make a masterpiece in the kitchen, combining both art and food.
INSTALLATION
Two immersive installations are being created for the festival. In St Mary’s Church, Birds of Heart and Sky by composer Sarah Dew celebrates vulnerable birds. Animated Objects are creating Touch Tour, an interactive tactile mural throughout the town.
PHOTOGRAPHY AND PRINT WORK
Go on Celestial Adventures with Astro Dog at Electric Angel Gallery through a night photography and astrophotography exhibition. Learn more about photography yourself on a Photography Walk with Wandering Photography. Or head to the SeaGrown Centre at Vincent Pier to see an exhibition of their Artist of the Month.
VISUAL ART
A feast for the eyes as artists fill Scarborough with artwork in venues of all shapes and sizes. Exhibitions will feature abstract paintings, mixed media work, landscapes, glass art, textiles, drawing, sculpture and much more.
With work based on diverse themes from social history and environmental sustainability to space and comic books, there will be something for everyone to enjoy and engage with.
For some of these exhibitions, artists are opening up their studios and in some cases their homes to give you a look inside the space where their creativity flourishes. Other venues include established galleries as well as new spaces opening for the first time this year.
