Portland Open Studios creates a unique educational opportunity for the public to witness art in the making, learn about media and materials, and the business of creative endeavor. Through this interaction, Portland Open Studios creates a platform for local artists to thrive, to engage and to foster a community that values the arts.
The tour is composed of one hundred local artists who apply and are selected by an independent jury panel. Portland Open Studios prints a Tour Guide and Map Ticket for visitors to purchase, which contain the artists’ contact information and directions to their studios. Artists throughout the metro area open their studios during the second and third weekends of October to demonstrate the working life of their creative space.
In keeping with our educational mission, Portland Open Studios offers scholarships to two young artist applicants each year. The Kimberly Gales Scholarship for Emerging Artists is available to artists between the ages of 20 and 30. Applicants are juried with all other applying artists.
Read about current and past Kimberly Gales Scholarship winners.
For more information about the Scholarship for Emerging Artists, please click here.
Each year we invite a different group of jurors. The 2011 Jurors are Mark Wooley, Elise Wagner and Modou Dieng.
Board of Directors
Bridget Benton, President (president@portlandopenstudios.com)
Robyn Williams, Secretary (info@portlandopenstudios.com)
Shawn Demarest, Member Services/Volunteer Coordinator (membership@portlandopenstudios.com)
Jason Kappus, Events Coordinator/Workshops events@portlandopenstudios.com
Alicia Navarrette, Communications Chair/Public Relations (publicrelations@portlandopenstudios.com)
Kris Paul, Guild Liaison (krispaul1@comcast.net)
The Portland Open Studios Board is an amazing group of people dedicated to the arts, education, and cultural advance. If you would like more information about what each member facilitates or an application for membership, please contact us at info@portlandopenstudios.com
