July 2024

Application Deadline Date: July 30, 2024

Event Dates: Saturday, November 9 and Sunday, November 10, 2024

Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Location: Your studio* or a venue featuring multiple artists.

From the snow to the shore, engage directly with the artists and the spaces that they create in.

Information and Guidelines

Strait from the Artists Studio Tour is a self-guided, free and open to the public, tour of multiple artist studios and exhibition spaces from along the inspiring Strait of Juan de Fuca, which includes the Sequim and Port Angeles Cultural Corridors. Attendees can visit, view, and learn directly from the artists about their diverse creative processes and the imaginative community-minded efforts of their work. Strait from the Artists Studio Tour is committed to the business of art and how creative enterprise is a respectable pursuit that empowers individuals, validates collaboration, and engages whole communities together.

Strait from the Artists Studio Tour is organized by local, Olympic Peninsula art businesses, arts advocates, and educators dedicated to encouraging education, positive professionalism, and creating inclusive and innovative opportunities. Creating cultural vitality is financially sound for a population and improves the quality of life in a community. A thriving arts community benefits all businesses that in turn support artists, educators, and cultural institutions.

Artist Selection Process: This is an invitational, juried show. We emphasize original, high quality, artisan work and wares and the opportunity for the public to engage directly with the artists and the spaces that they create in. Applications will only be considered from artists who personally handcraft the items they sell and who will be present in their studio or a shared space with other artists at a studio during the event hours of operation. Reproductions from your original works or licensed items will be considered. Commercial, imported or consignment items are not allowed. The artist must provide proof of license in order to use trademarked images in their products. Your application will not be juried until the application, images, Hold Harmless Agreement, and application fee have been received. The application and images may be emailed and the Hold Harmless Agreement and application fee must be mailed.

Strait from the Artists Studio Tour will provide the following: A webpage dedicated to each artist who is part of the Strait from the Artists Studio Tour website, StraitfromtheArtists.com. This will include a brief description, image or video, your name and business name. Each studio location along with the artists at that location will be listed on the website. There will be no selling directly from StraitfromtheArtists.com. Please provide reciprocal links from your website and online presence to StraitfromtheArtists.com Along with specific branded merch, we will provide branded marketing files that you can use online and / or print to support the collaborative marketing efforts we are doing together.

*Artists and Studio Requirements:

Each artist must have a current business license.

Studio Host locations must have liability insurance.

A “hold harmless” waiver signed by each artist.

Artists are asked to help collaboratively promote Strait from the Artists Studio Tour both online and with Strait from the Artists provided cooperative promotional materials. Artists will collectively spread the word about all the artists, including our website, on the Strait from the Artists Studio Tour on social media. Artists will be provided a list of links and hashtags (#) to use.

Comply with local pandemic precautions, if necessary, at the time.

Artist applications due July 30, 2024.