Doors Open Days 2023

Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival and invites visitors to explore hundreds of fascinating buildings across the country.

In September 2023 our resident artists opened their doors, offering a rare opportunity to see what they do and how they have transformed empty commercial spaces into studios, performance spaces and creative community hubs.

ABERDEEN

Holborn House

Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 September
See how artist Emily Weaver’s new installation, combining large scale textile work and papier mache sculpture, has transformed office space at Holburn House. There will also be an opportunity to meet the artist and find out more about their work.

Image: Emily Weaver, Fish Folk, 2022

GLASGOW

Outer Spaces, Sauchiehall Street

'please pay for your shopping before taking it into the toilet’

Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 September

An exciting and unique opportunity to explore the former M&S building on Sauchiehall Street, which is currently occupied by 80+ Outer Spaces artists.
Visit open studios, exhibitions, and performances and find out how artists are utilising and reanimating empty buildings on the High Street.

Image credit: Beth Shapiro

PERTH

80-84 High Street

Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 September

Take part in a range of workshops to celebrate Perth Unesco City of Craft, where traditional crafts meet the new digital world. Workshops will be hosted by jewellery designer, Roberta Pederzoli (Quinta Essenza Jewellery) and creative computer programmer, Kerry Kidd (RaspiKidd).

EDINBURGH

57 Henderson Row

Saturday 23 September

An exciting and unique opportunity to take a behind the scenes peek inside the former Royal London building on Henderson Row, which is currently being occupied by over 50 multi-disciplinary artists.
This open studio event is an opportunity to see artists at work and find out how they utilise and reanimate empty buildings in the city of Edinburgh.