Scarborough Winter Art

Scarborough Winter Art runs from Thursday 29 October to Sunday 29 November, the town's winter arts season and part of the wider Scarborough Fair programme of extreme sports, free street entertainment, celebrations of creativity and light-based activities. It's a month of painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics and mixed media on display in venues and open studios across town, and it runs alongside Scarborough Fringe. The exhibitions draw on themes from social history and environmental sustainability to space and comic books, with night photography and astrophotography also in the mix.

One of the highlights is the Open Studios Day at the Old Parcels Office (OPO) artspace on Saturday 31 October, 11am-44pm. You'll find Jacqui Barrowcliffe, Kane Cunningham, Ian B. Glover, Dominic Lumley, Michael Murphy, Salona (Jean White), Taylor Shaw, Trish Shaw and Mary-Ann Stevens showing their work. Barrowcliffe, a studio holder and OPO Trustee, says it's a chance to see the creative world behind the gallery doors, with new members joining the artists' community this year. Also at OPO is Figuratively Speaking by Michael Murphy, curated by Rob Moore.

Over at St Mary's Church, composer Sarah Dew has two immersive installations: Birds of Heart and Sky and the interactive tactile mural Touch Tour. If you're more into making than looking, there's a programme of hands-on workshops running alongside the exhibitions, including Home Spun Printmaking, Material Moves, Mixed Media Print Workshops and SHEP Kitchen, which combines art and food. The season wraps up with the Christmas Artisan Fair by Yorkshire Coast Makers on Saturday 28 November, 10am-3pm at Queen Street Methodist Central Hall.

Entry is free, and the whole thing runs from Thursday 29 October through to Sunday 29 November across venues and open studios in Scarborough.