CALLING all artists, designers and craftspeople. It doesn t matter if you are amateur or professional as Hertfordshire Visual Arts Forum wants you to sign up for this year s Open Studios. The event takes place during September and gives the public the cha

CALLING all artists, designers and craftspeople.

It doesn't matter if you are amateur or professional as Hertfordshire Visual Arts Forum wants you to sign up for this year's Open Studios.

The event takes place during September and gives the public the chance to meet artists at work in their studios.

Artists open their homes or places of work to visitors at specified times during the Open Studios period.

It is all in aid of making the arts more accessible and to make the public more aware of the art and crafts that are created around them.

Since the HVAF Open Studios event started in 1991, each year around 200 artists take part and around 11,000 to 13,000 members of the public visit the studios.

To take part, download an application form from www.hvaf.org.uk