Application Deadline
June 26, 2016, 11:59 PM
Eligibility
- You must live within the city of Tacoma limits and/or your working studio must be located within the city of Tacoma limits
- You must provide a demonstration of your art form and/or provide a hands-on activity for attendees
- You must actively promote the Studio Tour to your own contacts
About
The Tacoma Arts Commission is seeking professional artists who are willing to open their studios to the public for the Tacoma Studio Tour, one of the features of Tacoma Arts Month this October. The emphasis of this tour is on raising visibility of the arts and providing artistic opportunities for the community to connect to the arts. We encourage artists to have work for sale. Studios will be open on Saturday, October 15th and Sunday, October 16th from 11 am to 5 pm. Artists can choose to be open on Saturday, Sunday, or both days. The Tacoma Arts Commission will produce extensive electronic publicity materials including email newsletters, blog posts, and an interactive website and map. We will also produce a printed brochure for the Tacoma Studio Tour. The studio tours are free to both the artists and visitors.
Due to very positive feedback from both visitors and artists alike, we will be bringing back the Studio Tour Passport this year. The purpose of the Passport is to encourage people to attend multiple studios and studios they’ve never been to before by incentivizing attendance. Studio Tour artists are encouraged, but not required, to donate a small art item that can be included in the prize packages.
A private entity, ART BUS, is working on plans to provide a bus tour of studio locations. Studio Tour artists will have the opportunity to opt-in to being a stop along the bus tour route for a fee. More information about this optional service will be provided to all Studio Tour artists later this summer.
Applicants will be juried in a competitive process by a sub-committee of the Tacoma Arts Commission and selected based on the quality of artwork and the overall diversity of the work presented, as well as geographic diversity of the studios.
Questions
Contact Naomi Strom-Avila at 253.591.5191 or nstrom-avila@cityoftacoma.org
Apply
Submit the following three items by June 26:
- Fill out the Online Studio Tour Application
- Email 5 digital images of your work to tacoma.submissions@cityoftacoma.org. Original work and slides cannot be accepted. We will use the images in materials produced for Tacoma Arts Month.
• File Format - Submit only “High” quality JPEG files (do not use GIF, TIFF, or other formats.) Do not embed the images into PowerPoint or submit moving image or audio files.
• Image Size - Images must be at least 300 ppi resolution. Images smaller than 600 pixels per side are not recommended.
- Email your resume to tacoma.submissions@cityoftacoma.org. A resume is required only if you have not participated in the Studio Tour in the past 2 years.