Author: Chris Goldthorpe

Artwork by Bart Abraham

The Washington County Open Studios Tour is happening this weekend on October 19th and 20th from 10am to 5pm both days. As always the event is free, we hope to see you there.

Our free 2024 Map Guide is now available. The Map Guide contains the artist list for Open Studios 2024 and a map showing the location of the studios.

Locations where you can pick up a Map Guide include

• Grey Raven Gallery
• Valley Art
• Village Gallery of Arts

We advise you to call ahead to make sure that Map Guides are in stock at your preferred location.

Washington County Open Studios Tour is a free event that takes place simultaneously at fifty different different locations within Washington County in the third week of October. Open studios 2024 will be on October 19th and 20th. Open Studios 2024 is made possible by grants from the Cultural Coalition of Washington County , Hillsboro Arts and Culture Council and the Beaverton Arts Grant Program.

We are now accepting applications for the 2024 mentorship program. See https://www.washcoart.org/mentor/ for more information.

If you have not applied yet you have until Monday 22nd at 6pm to apply and get your photos in.

If you have already applied you will receive within three days of your application an email asking you to confirm your email address. If you think that you should have received this email but have not seen it first check your promotions and spam folders. If you still do not see that email contact us from the website.

Most applications will not be fully processed until after registration closes so be patient. Once your application is approved you will be given instructions on how to pay online.

In the meantime we are checking the address, website and Instagram of every applicant to make sure that they are valid addresses or URLs. Please take the time to make sure that your information is correct and in the correct format. We use software to convert the registration data into web pages and the online map but this only works if information is filled in correctly. The registration form has examples which show the correct format for the website and Instagram. For example https://www.facebook.com/Washcoart or facebook.com/Washcoart are both valid website entries. “My Facebook page Washcoart” would not be .

Most applications so far have been error free but we have already had one application with an incorrect street address and one with an incorrect contact email along with a few incorrect Instagram and website entries.

We look forward to seeing you on the 2024 Open Studios Tour.

CALL FOR ARTISTS!

Greetings! The Washington County Art Alliance (WCAA) invites you to apply to join us on the 2024 Open Studios Tour and so much more!

Artist’s registration opened at 9am April 1st and will close at 6pm on April 22nd. For more information visit our registration page .

THANK YOU!