Artists from all over San Luis Obispo County have until Monday, April 25 to submit their application for the 2011 Open Studios Art Tour (OSAT), the 13th annual three-weekend visual art event taking place throughout the County this October, ARTS Obispo reported in a media release.
There will be the return of free catalogs, a $25 a piece, 50-page, full color guide ARTS Obispo produces for visitors, allowing them to preview and find all 200+ artists. Submissions in the catalog for artist is free.
With a guaranteed 2,500 printed and distributed throughout and outside of SLO County, and of course, available to download online, more visitors will be able to find and visit local artist studios, the organization reported.
The OSAT Spotlight Blog is a new feature to this year’s Tour; benefitting artists and educating visitors. This blog features artists talking about their art in ways of “My Favorite Tool” or showing a piece “Before & After” and even showing fans a peek into what’s to come in October with “In My Studio, I am…”. The OSAT Spotlight blog allows artists to show their diversity in a way that can’t be done in printed material. It allows Tour visitors to get to know the artists before they take up their free catalog, fasten their seat-belts, and head off onto the roads of SLO County, in search for their favorite artists.
Artists of SLO County have until April 25 to sign up for the 2011 Open Studios Art Tour to be part of the largest visual art event on the Central Coast and to benefit from the distribution of free catalogs and the OSAT Spotlight.
Applications can be downloaded from the ARTS Obispo website: www.artsobispo.org or picked up at the AO office at from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at 570 Higuera St., Suite 175 in the SLO Creamery. Visitors can read about the artists on www.osatspotlight.wordpress.com
For more information on the Open Studios Art Tour, visit ARTS Obispo’s website at www.artsobispo.org or call 805.544.9251.