Join us Thursday in Westport at 6:30 p.m.!

February Members’ Gathering

Please join us in person this week for our first Members’ Gathering of the year. Adrian Tió will be our featured speaker. He is a printmaker and the former Dean of UMass CVPA. He will talk about his work and will bring a mini-press and do a fun demonstration of his work.

Where: Westport River Watershed Alliance
493 Old County Rd, Westport, MA 02790
When: Thursday, February 16th.
Light snacks and refreshments: 6:30 p.m. Program begins at 7:00 p.m.

Adrian says: “Seeing is believing. What better way to share my studio process than by displaying samples of recent artwork along with the original woodcuts and tools followed by a hands-on demonstration of the relief printing process. SCA members will be invited to try their hand at printing a prepared ‘mini’ print as a keepsake of the evening’s presentation.”

The visual arts have long been a significant part of Latino culture, providing a visible means of expressing the legacy of Spanish, Taino and African forebears. Adrian’s studio time has been spent in developing a bi-visual means of communicating his Latino heritage in a concerted effort to expand and enrich his mainstream American identity. His works are hybrids that navigate between these two worlds.

Adrian Tió was born 1951 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to parents who had emigrated from the Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico. Tió received his fine arts training from Temple University (B.A. 1974), the University of Cincinnati (M.F.A. 1979), and studied at the Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy (1975-76). The artist has exhibited nationally as well as regionally in drawing, painting, and printmaking for over 40 years, and has conducted workshops on mural painting, papermaking, and the book arts.

Early Bird Registration Now Open

Registration is open February 1-14 for any artist who was on the 2022 Tour. Sign up today to reserve your spot on the 20th Annual Tour!

Registration is similar to past years, but we have made a few changes:

Increased square brochure image size: 300 dpi, minimum of 2500 x 2500 px.
Addition of a required second advertising image any size between 1-3 MB, minimum 300 dpi.
App information/images (optional submissions) must be submitted at the time of registration.
Increased Tour fee: due to the rising costs of printing and advertising, the Tour fee for 2023 has increased to $300/artist.
Website URL: when submitting a link to a website, you must enter a URL or hyperlink. Note: A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) usually starts with either an http:// or https://. URLs are the specific address to a designated webpage.

To see all of the tour rules and requirements, please log in to the member area of our website and click on the Open Studio Tour or Call for Entries icon to learn more and download the prospectus.

Have you renewed your membership?

If you have already renewed your membership, thank you! If not, you must renew prior to registering for the tour. Once you renew, you will find the new password for the Members Only area in your welcome email (be sure to check your junk folder if you don’t see it) where you can begin registration for the 2023 Open Studio Tour.

Click Here to Renew

We encourage you to take a look at the many resources available at your fingertips on our website, and also to make note of the key dates listed below and in our member calendar.

Mark your calendars with these
Key Dates 2023

NOW: Renew Your Membership
February 1 -14: Early Bird Tour Registration
February 15 to March 7: General Tour Registration
February 16: Members’ Gathering: Artist Talk and Demonstration by Adrian Tió
March 1: Annual Contest Submissions Open for Tour Artists
March 7: Tour Registration Closes. PLEASE NOTE: tour registration may close earlier if the maximum number of 75 artists is reached.
March 16: Members’ Gathering
March 21: Contest Submissions Close
March 31: Deadline to Update your Artist Directory Page
April 20: Members’ Gathering
May 18: Members’ Gathering & Contest Winners Announced
May 29-June 2: Drop Off of work for Members’ Invitational at Sprout Gallery in Providence, RI
June 5: Members’ Invitational Opens at Sprout Gallery in Providence, RI
June 15: Opening Reception for Members’ Invitational at Sprout Gallery in Providence, RI during Providence’s Gallery Night
June 21: Tour Kickoff Party at Weatherlow Farms in Westport, MA
July 15 & 16: Open Studio Tour Weekend One
August 19 & 20: Open Studio Tour Weekend Two

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February Members’ Gathering

Early Bird Registration Now Open

Registration is open February 1-14 for any artist who was on the 2022 Tour. Sign up today to reserve your spot on the 20th Annual Tour!

Have you renewed your membership?

Mark your calendars with these Key Dates 2023

Mark your calendars with these
Key Dates 2023