HOW TO PARTICIPATE AS AN ARTIST 

Deadline to participate for 2024 is April 1.  Artists interested in participating should email 5 images less than 1MB each, a link to your web site or an active social media site, a short artist statement or biography to: LSRAST22@gmail.com by the deadline of April 1. 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.

We have a limited number of openings each year. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by June 1st.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE AS A VOLUNTEER

Volunteers are needed on the Friday of the tour to help artists set up their booth spaces and the studio hosts set up and manage the exhibit sites. On Saturday 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 preview tour of all studio sites on Friday of our event. Artists and volunteers get the first peak and opportunity to buy from each other as we quickly tour each of the sites, finishing up the evening with a complimentary pizza dinner, salads and beer provided.

To volunteer, email: lsrast22@gmail.com

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.