HOW TO PARTICIPATE AS A VOLUNTEER

Volunteers are needed on Friday of the tour, between 10 and 5 pm to help artists set up their booth spaces and the studio hosts set up and manage the exhibit sites. We need a volunteer to pick up rental tables and chairs. Volunteers to set up those tables and chairs. This is more of the physical help day.

Volunteers are invited to tour all three studios on Friday during set up, noon until 5:30 pm at their leisure. At 6 pm on Friday all volunteers are invited to attend the artist pizza dinner located at the Freuen studio, served outdoors in a garden setting, salads, vegetarian choices, gluten free, beer and wine provided.

On Saturday from 9:30 AM to 6 PM, we need volunteers to sit, meet, greet and direct 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. We also need volunteers to help with parking at all three studios. We have volunteers already in place that are experienced with the parking, they just need helpers. At 5 pm we need help taking down road signs and helping artists take down tents, load up and helping direct them off the studio grounds.

To inquire about volunteering and to attend an informational meeting, email: lsrast22@gmail.com

HOW TO PARTICIPATE AS AN ARTIST 

Deadline to participate for 2026 is April 1.  Artists interested in participating should email 5 - 10 images less than 1MB each, list some shows or exhibits you have participated in, a link to your web site or an active social media site, a short artist statement or biography: LSRAST22@gmail.com by the deadline of April 1.

Emailed images should be representational of works you want to include in your booth. We do not allow commercially produced prints of original artworks and the booth can only include work in it produced by the artist that submitted the jury application. 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 and following 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.

Our goal in jury is to show diversity of medium at each of the studios. Limited numbers of jewelers and painters are accepted because our event already has large numbers of those mediums grandfathered into the exhibit. Once excepted you are included in all future events. We limit the number of artists, 50 to 60, in the event to help nurture individual sales. Because we grandfather our artists, we have a limited number of openings each year. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by June 1st.

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.