Art in Ditchling Trail
- The AID Trail is open to all venues located in Ditchling, Westmeston, and Street
that have registered with AOH (Artists Open Houses) Brighton. - Each Venue that has registered with AOH pays an AID Trail fee to be reviewed
annually. 2024 fees are: Venues with 1-3 exhibitors £35; venues with 4 or more
exhibitors £50. This entitles the venue to the following:
a. Listing on the Art in Ditchling website (two images and link to venue website)
b. Listing and promotion on the Art in Ditchling Instagram Site
c. Listing on the Art in Ditchling Trail flyer and map - Local businesses looking to promote or sponsor the Art in Ditchling Trail pay a
minimum of £50. This entitles them to the following:
a. Listing on the Art in Ditchling website (link to their website)
b. Listing on the Art in Ditchling Trail flyer/map
c. Listing as a sponsor in the AOH brochure. - Venues or artists / makers that apply after the AOH / AID registration deadline
and wish to be included on the AID Trail website pay a late fee at the discretion of
the Steering Committee. - All artists/makers are welcome to attend AID meetings. In making decisions that
require a vote there is only one vote per venue. - The Art in Ditchling Trail aims to operate within the terms and conditions set out
by AOH. - All prices will be subject to an annual review as part of the Art in Ditchling AGM.
- Steering Group
a. Chair
b. AOH Representative
c. Treasurer
d. Venue Representative
e. Social Media Facilitator
Key Artists Open Houses terms and conditions
NB: Refunds
Full refunds are available right up until the end of the main registration
period (28th February). Partial refunds for listings withdrawn from the
festival after this date will be offered where possible, from proof stage and
beyond, but cannot be guaranteed.(See: T&C 7 for more info).
- The Artists Open Houses (AOH) festival is open to all artists living within
the Brighton and Hove telephone code area. (Open Houses are welcome
to also display work of guest artists from outside the area). - Brochure listing size – please note:
Venues with 2-3 studios (or occupancies) must take out a minimum of a double listing.
Venues with more than three studios (or occupancies) must take a full-page listing.
Venues with more than 15 artists must take out a minimum of a double listing.
Venues with more than 30artists must take a full page listing - It is a condition of taking part in AOH festivals that all Open Houses must take out public liability insurance. We recommend AN AIR: www.a-n.co.uk/about/insurance. AOH takes no responsibility for injury to members of the public when visiting Open Houses.
- Artists Open Houses reserves the right to review submitted listings and change details which do not comply with the AOH house style, or which are felt to be untrue or offensive. Listings which exceed the stated word count will be edited.
Composite images– where a single image is made up of several smaller ones – will not be accepted. - The design and lay-out of the AOH brochure is dictated by necessities of space and other essential design considerations, meaning we are not able to accept requests from individual Open Houses or trails concerning specific listing placements or trail order.
- The Artists Open Houses purpose is to promote practicing artists displaying/selling their own work. Commercial premises are welcome to take part in the Artists Open Houses, but the images and words used in AOH listings must be relevant solely to the exhibition of artists’ work that they are hosting. Listings must not be used to promote a business or other unrelated business activities, but if a commercial premises would also like to promote their business they can, in addition, take out an advert in the AOH brochure (contact:info@aoh.org.uk)
- Full refunds are available until the end of the registration period only. It is agreed that full refunds for listings withdrawn from the festival cannot be made once the brochure has reached proof stage. Partial refunds only will be offered, where possible, from proof stage and beyond, but cannot be guaranteed.
- It is agreed that images uploaded as part of AOH listings or sent to AOH and/or their PR campaign coordinator for any promotional purposes, can be used by AOH and their PR campaign coordinator for any relevant promotional purposes without payment to the artists or seeking their further approval. AOH and/or their PR coordinator will supply all publications with artist image credits, but cannot be held responsible for any publication’s failure to credit images.
- It is recommended that Open Houses with dogs make sure the dog is controlled or shut in a different area of the house during open ours, particularly if the dog has a tendency to be child or visitor unfriendly.