Ruth Forbes

The Pentlands Open Studio Art Trail launched to great acclaim in 2025, welcoming hundreds of visitors across ten studios, featuring eighteen artists over one weekend in August. It was so successful, we will be back in August 2026, even bigger and better.

We are passionate about promoting creativity and the arts in our community. This Art Trail is a unique event which provides a fantastic opportunity to meet and talk to a whole range of highly respected, professional, award-winning artists about their work and creative processes within their own specialist fields. We include a wide diversity of art and craft practices to ensure a varied and inspirational experience for our visitors.

Situated in the southwest of Edinburgh, at the foot of the Pentlands Hills, the trail borders the beautiful Water of Leith and takes in the villages of Colinton, Juniper Green, Currie and Balerno and, along the way, will be lovely places to stop, relax and refuel.

And there will be special prizes too for those who participate.

If you attended the inaugural Pentlands Open Studios Art trail last year, thank you for coming and supporting us – we’d love to see you again and, if you’ve only just heard of us, then our artists would love to meet you next year.

Put the date in your diaries now and to find out more, go to our website POStudios.org and subscribe to our newsletter or find us on Instagram @POStudios