Washington County Art Alliance will be holding an open meeting to review the 2022 Washington County Open Studios Tour and discuss plans for Open Studios 2023. This will be held in the community room of the Brookwood Library at 3pm on Saturday February 4th. The meeting is open to anyone who wishes to attend and will be of particular interest to artists who wish to participate in the 2023 Tour or who participated in 2022. The Brookwood library is located at 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro, OR 97124.
Agenda items will include
- A review of the the 2022 Open Studios Tour
- Introducing Online Studios
- Mentorship and Education Programs
- Planning for Open Studios 2023
This will be an interactive meeting and the audience will be encouraged to ask questions.
At this stage we have not yet been able to assemble the complete team of volunteers necessary to be able to make the October 2023 Tour Weekend a reality. We hope to make some progress towards that goal at this meeting. We need to assemble the team by the end of March, otherwise we will have to wait till October 2024 for our next tour weekend . The other programs – online studios, education and mentorship will take place regardless of whether the tour weekend in October happens.
We have put together a list showing the volunteer positions that need to be filled. That list is at washcoart.org/volunteers2023 . On that page there is a link to a form that you can complete if you are interested in becoming a volunteer or want to learn more.
Introducing Online Studios
Many artists would like to join the Open Studios Tour but are unable to do so because their home is not suitable for hosting an art tour or because of health concerns. Online studios is a program that was piloted in 2021 that allows those artists to participate by presenting their art online. We have expanded that program for 2023, applications will be accepted starting on February 1st and episodes will air in the spring of 2023. For more information visit washcoart.org/online-studios-2023 . More information will be presented at the public meeting.
I hope to see you at the meeting. Our next meeting ( tentatively scheduled for early March ) will be conducted via Zoom.
Minutes of this meeting will be posted on washcoart.org within a week of the meeting.
Chris Goldthorpe ( Chairman Washington County Art Alliance )
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