OSAT 2020 Registration

APPLICATION DETAILS

$250 Participation Fee

**There will only be one price for OSAT this year. No early bird pricing available & no membership is required. Applications will only be accepted online.

Minimum of 4 hours of volunteering is required per participant

• Volunteer hours will be allocated by Area Lead Volunteers.

1 High Resolution photo

CA State Seller’s Permit number

• Temporary permits are available for the month of October and are available closer to the event date. If you don’t have a permit, visit CA BoE Permit and License page.

Applications must be submitted by the deadline to ensure participants receive catalogs and materials on time.

• Deadline is April 30th, 2020

Registration Opens February 17, 2020 and Ends April 30, 2020

What is Open Studios Art Tour?

The San Luis Obispo County Open Studios Art Tour, a program of SLO County Arts Council, takes place over two weekends in October each year. Free to the public, fine artists and crafters open their studios to showcase their art and share their process. Visitors create their own self-guided tour using the printed and downloadable catalog.

Residency: All applicants and participating artists must be permanent residents of San Luis Obispo County with proof of residency provided if requested.

Eligibility Requirements: We welcome all artists from emerging to professional. Your body of work should be well developed and demonstrate your competency, proficiency, and skill in your craft. In order to apply, you will need:

• At least 1 high-resolution, recent, original piece for the application; a minimum of 10 original pieces on hand for the opening day. The photo of your artwork is what brings people to you. It works to your advantage to have similar work available for purchase.

• High quality photograph of your work (hiring a professional photographer is optimal). Please save as either JPG or JPEG in high quality, at least 300ppi, cropped to a SQUARE format of at least 1500px x 1500px. Please make sure photo submitted is a recent, original piece and does not include any shadows. Choose pieces that looks good as a square format when cropped. Photos submitted require a plain background to be accepted.

• A short description of you and/or your artwork. The description is limited to 70 characters, including letters, spaces, and punctuation. This will be shown under your artwork image in the printed Artist Guide. If an artist fails to comply to 70 characters, a description will not be included.

Studio Eligibility: An Open Studios site is defined as the artist’s regular workspace and must retain the atmosphere of art-making, with materials, equipment, works-in-progress, and processes visible (does not apply if you’re being hosted). Retail galleries are not eligible for this event.

For More Information Please Check Out Our Guidelines & FAQs.

In your email receipt you will find the form for registering your studio. If we do not receive the form by April 30th, your money will be returned and you will not be in the 2020 Tour.