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• Please read the Tour Requirements before applying

• The application is very simple but it does ask you for an Artist Statement and 4 pictures of your work. These will be used to create your profile on the website. Have them prepped prior to starting and it should only take you 5 minutes.

• Payment will be due by May 1 and can be paid online or sent to Zoe Osenbach, 252 Deer Harbor Road, Eastsound, WA 98245

Tour Requirements

2024 Tour dates are August 9, 10, 11, 2024

The Orcas Artist Studio Tour exists to share the creative processes and studio spaces of working artists with visitors and locals and provide an opportunity to purchase original art directly from the artists.

In 2023, the tour featured over 40 local artists, showing their work in studios from Deer Harbor to Doe Bay.

​We make every effort to create a premier art experience for visitors, and a successful exhibiting and sales venue for artists living on Orcas.

Advertising and Promotion

Tour participants share the benefits of group advertising including their own page on the Tour website (www.orcasartiststudiotour.com).  The page is left up during the entire year for visitors to use to view your artwork and contact you for additional sales.

• Group Exhibit at the Orcas Center opens two weeks prior to the Tour

• Directional signs to help visitors find your studio

• Social Media posts and boosted ads on Facebook and Instagram

• A beautifully designed brochure, including tour maps and art photos as well as information about each artist. Posters are placed in local establishments, street banners, and signage throughout the community.

Studio Tour Jury and Participation Fees

Applications open March 1 and close May 1, 2024. Participation fees for 2024 are $200. These fees are per artist not per studio. Fees are due no later than May 1, 2024 and can be paid online or mailed to Zoe Osenbach, 252 Deer Harbor Road, Eastsound, WA 98245.

Requirements for Acceptance

Standards of Work

All work sold during OAST must be original works in its execution and design and handcrafted by the applicant. Works that have been produced with commercial kits or prefabricated forms are not acceptable.

Tour Participation

• All artists are responsible for collecting and paying taxes to the appropriate city, county, and/or state tax agencies.

• The Orcas Artist Studio Tour does not provide any insurance. It is the responsibility of the artist to carry the appropriate insurance.

• Artists’ studios must be open all days and hours of the tour. Artists must be present in their respective studios during the Tour barring extraordinary circumstances.

• Artists must live on Orcas Island. OAST strongly encourages each artist to provide demonstrations and/or visual representations of their artistic processes to the public.

• Acceptance of visitors to the artist's studio will be at the artist's discretion. You must provide your requirements to the Tour so that we can update your artist page on the website. For example, if you require masks to be worn in your studio or your display area or you can only accommodate X number of people at a time.

• The studio space must be suitable to show work.

• The studio and display space must be large enough to accommodate tour visitors safely, with Covid Protocols, if required at the time and to offer them parking space.

• The studio must be located on Orcas Island.

• During the tour days and hours, the studio must sell only work by participating tour artists who have juried, been accepted and paid the OAST application and studio fee.

• Studios that provide education or instruction as a regular course of business may display but not sell student work during the show (unless the student is a paying OAST artist participant), unless you are a visiting juried tour artist sharing another artist’s studio, as a prearranged agreement.