HOW TO PARTICIPATE AS A VOLUNTEER
Volunteers are needed on the Friday of the tour, between 10 and 3 pm to help artists set up their booth spaces and the studio hosts set up and manage the exhibit sites. From 3 pm to dark we need volunteers stationed at each of the studios to help patrons that are attending the SNEAK PEAK PREVIEW TOUR. On Saturday from 9:30 AM to 6 PM, volunteers are needed to sit at informational booths at each studio site and volunteers that roam the sites answering questions by our patrons and providing relief to the artists so they can take a short break. All volunteers are invited to participate in the SNEAK PEAK PREVIEW TOUR of all studio sites on Friday of our event that begins at 3. More information will be sent to confirmed volunteers. Volunteers have the opportunity to buy from the participating artists as we quickly tour each of the sites on Friday afternoon and finish up the evening with a complimentary dinner served outdoors in a garden setting, salads, vegetarian choices, gluten free, beer and wine provided.
To inquire about volunteering and to attend an informational meeting, email: lsrast22@gmail.com
HOW TO PARTICIPATE AS AN ARTIST
Deadline to participate for 2025 is April 1. Artists interested in participating should email 5 - 10 images less than 1MB each, a link to your web site or an active social media site, a short artist statement or biography: LSRAST22@gmail.com by the deadline of April 1.
Emailed images should be representational of works you want to include in your booth. As artists works change, many times they send us images of new works that vary from what they have shown before. We approve them through committee to go ahead and add that work to their space. For example a photographer that started printing photos onto silk scarves. We already had artists showing silk scarves so needed to be sure the photographic silk scarves were different then what was already in the show. We do not allow commercially produced prints of original artworks and the booth can only include work in it produced by the artist that submitted the jury application. As a participating artist, you must be present on the event day. You pay a small participation fee, currently $160., set up your artwork in an outdoor booth setting, manage and keep all the monies from your sales. No commission is charged by the tour management.
Your participation fee includes several preview exhibits leading up to the tour, links to your personal websites or shops on our tour website for the full year and a pizza feed on Friday evening. Set up of booths usually occurs Friday with some exceptions on Thursday. Staking of tents is not allowed, so tents must have weights on them. Take down occurs on Saturday at the close of the event. The tour happens no matter the weather. There are a few covered spaces available by contacting the studio hosts but most placements are outdoors with your own provided canopy.
Our goal in jury is to show diversity of medium at each of the studios. Limited numbers of jewelers and painters are accepted because our event already has large numbers of those mediums grandfathered into the exhibit. Once excepted you are included in all future events. We limit the number of artists, 50 to 60, in the event to help nurture individual sales. Because we grandfather our artists, we have a limited number of openings each year. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by June 1st.
FOOD SERVICE
Our studio tour is always on the lookout for non-profits or food trucks that would be interested in being part of this event. Most of our non-profits that have participated provide coffee, tea, water, soft drinks, etc., simple pre-packaged hand foods, like cookies or muffins. We have had popcorn, sandwiches, hot dogs, soups and even chili feeds. All monies donated to the non profit or paid for service are property of the food truck or non-profit. We expect to get the same number of people in one day, if not more, than what would be in attendance at our local farmers markets.
Please email us if interested.