Welcome to South Bank Studios
A creative community of artists in York, established in 2018
We currently have 19 artists in residence, working in studio spaces on the vibrant Bishy Road in the South Bank area of York.
Visit our gorgeous Winter Fair
Our annual Winter Fair is one of the highlights of our year. Taking over the entire ground floor of the building. We’ll be showcasing hand-crafted products from local artists, makers and crafts people.
There will be wide variety of creatives joining South Bank Studios artists. Come and find gorgeous handmade work including textiles, ceramics, jewellery, printmaking, painting, photography and more.
Saturday 29th November
10am to 4.30pm
Visitors will have the chance to shop from over 30 unique, high quality creatives all in one place. It’s the perfect festive shopping event to get amazing and unique, gifts from local artisans. It’s a real destination event in York.
We also have Wreath making workshops taking place all day long during the fair - more info here.
And when you are ready to take a break our wonderful cafe with homemade cakes, bacon butties and sweet treats is right there. It’s a gorgeous festive event not to be missed.
More information on all the artists and makers in this years fair are here.
Meet the artists
There are 19 artists in residence here at South Bank Studios. Our artists work across a range of disciplines that includes painting, textile art, installation art, jewellery and metalwork, collage, printmaking, photography, theatre and social design.
Find out more about our artists and their practice on our ‘creatives’ page.
North Yorkshire Open Studios 2025
We are delighted to have a number of South Bank Studios artists taking part in this event in June and November 2025
NYOS is an annual event enabling artists and makers to open their studios, meet, promote and sell their work direct to the public.
With studios located across the county, from the remote hills of the Upper Dales to the suburban streets of Harrogate, across the Vale of York to the rural North York Moors and Coast.
Weekends of 7th-8th & 14th - 15th June and 1st - 2nd November 2025
Here at South Bank Studios, 97 Bishopthorpe Road, YO23 1NX
More information at https://nyos.org.uk/
South Bank Studios artists run, host and collaborate on a number of community art projects and events.
We’d love you to get involved. Find more information about community projects here
York Open Studios 2026
We are delighted to have 8 of our artists taking part in York Open Studios next year.
It is Yorks longest running arts festival, taking place over two weekends in April. Over 150 York artists and makers will be taking part!
Weekends of 18th & 19th and 25th & 26th April 2026
10am to 5pm
Here at South Bank Studios, 97 Bishopthorpe Road, YO23 1NX
More information at www.yorkopenstudios.co.uk
We are also raising money for Alzheimers Research UK
Upcoming events.
As well as providing studio space, South Bank Studios also has lots of other creative opportunities.
Our artists run art classes, a wide variety of creative workshops, as well as monthly drawing and crafting groups and even art holidays too!
We hold regular exhibitions including our annual Winter Fair in November (great for finding amazing Christmas gifts from local artists and makers), York Open Studios in April, North Yorkshire Open Studios in April and November, Studio Sales in September and other events throughout the year. We are also involved with a weekly gallery cafe too on Saturdays.
