Austin Studio Tour

November 9-10, 16-17, 2024

Studio Tour Numbers TBD

Preview: Austin Studio Tour Kickoff Party
November 2, 7 – 10pm at the George Washington Carver Center

Gallery Hours
During the tour (Nov 9-16): Saturday and Sundays 12-6pm
After the tour: George Washington Carver Museum hours,
Monday-Wednesday 10am -6pm;
Thursday 10am-9pm;
Friday 10am-6pm;
Saturday 10am-4pm;
Sunday Closed.

One artist showing at your space is invited to participate in the Group Exhibition as your representative!
The Group Exhibition is the starting point of the tour. It is the best way for Big Medium to promote all the artists on the tour and a great resource for the audience to see your work in person to plan their experience.

If you’re hosting artists, we encourage you to participate, but this is not a requirement to be part of the tour.

To opt in for the group show, please complete THIS form by Oct 21, 11:59pm.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Creative and Business Partners can submit ONE artwork for the group exhibition. Groups with more than one artist should choose a piece representative of the show.

* Visual art focused.

Only original art - Please, no reproductions.

Artwork drop-off is October 23–24 from 12– 8pm at the George Washington Carver Museum. Please have your piece labeled with your name AND tour number (to be provided later) when dropping off. We will not hold packing materials, so please make sure your artwork is easy to hand off to us and ready to hang.

Artists are responsible for retrieving all unsold work. Pick-up dates are December 16–17, 12pm – 8pm. Remember to bring packing materials if you want to protect your work on your way home.

Saturday, November 2, 7–10pm

The Austin Studio Tour Kickoff Party is the official event and fundraiser for the Austin Studio Tour. It is the moment to celebrate all the artists on tour with the opening of the Group Exhibition and is one of the first opportunities for the public to see a sample of what can be expected on the tour, plus purchase works tax-free!
Enjoy music, performances, and fantastic art! Creative cocktail attire is encouraged.

Creative and Business Partners get a complimentary ticket to the event. Stay tuned to your email for details and discount codes!.

CATALOGS

We will not print a catalog in 2024, if you requested extra catalogs, we can refund your investment, please allow us some time to connect directly to you.

Sign Pick Up
TBD

Each participant on the tour will receive one sign unless you order extra through the application. If you’d like more signs, we will provide the digital file for you to print your own in the Graphics Package. It is important that we all have the same signage design for audience recognition and consistency.

Map Distribution

Maps will be available in late October and until they run out.

The map will be widely available for free at all 20 branches of the Austin Public Library, Big Medium, the George Washington Carver Museum, the LINE Hotel, and local businesses.

The map is an on-the-go resource that functions as a companion to the app, and website. Highlighting the number path, identifying categories with colors, and listing artist names and venues, the map will get you from point A to point B with ease.

Library Locations and Hours

Updated 2024 App launching in late October.

We’re excited to keep growing the Austin Studio Tour App!

FEATURES

• Filters
  Filter the list of participants by medium, category, space type, and more.

• Track your favorites
  Create a custom list of favorites to help plan your tour, and easily share it with friends.

• Interactive Map
  Use the interactive map to find participants and events near you.
  Automatically map a route of your favorites to efficiently plan your route.

• Calendar of Events
  Browse for a list of specific events and participating artists.

• Follow along
  View all Instagram posts tagged with #austinstudiotour

Search Austin Studio Tour in the Apple Store and Google Play to begin mapping out your tour.

Each tour we ask that participants do what they can to spread the word about the tour and their own space.

Big Medium will be doing all we can to promote the tour, but we want to reinforce how important it is for everyone to contribute with emails, mailings, instagram, facebook, twitter, blogs, publications, etc. With everyone helping to promote, the tour’s visibility and attendance will grow exponentially. Part of the success of past tours is the collective energy and marketing of all of the people involved, making the studio tour a true group effort and movement.

We will share with you a graphics package like every year and we’ll have a celebratory moment announcing all participants on October 2 at 2pm CT.

TAG THE TOUR

#austinstudiotour

It is helpful to just use this hashtag so we can have one place to aggregate photos from the event.

Common hashtags to avoid:

• #austinstudiotour2024

FOLLOW BIG MEDIUM TO TRACK THE TOUR

• Instagram: @bigmediumaustin and @austinstudiotour

Find Fonts, Colors, and Graphics HERE.

Participants must be open 12 – 6pm on their weekend. Please contact us immediately if you cannot be open during any part. Spaces discovered to be closed during tour hours are subject to being excluded from future tours.

Participants must complete a post-tour survey.

Participants who do not pick up their sign will not receive a free sign for the next iteration of the tour.

The Austin Studio Tour is an all-weather event.

Participants are responsible for their own insurance but are not required to have a policy to be included in the tour.

Artists maintain copyrights to their own artwork.

Big Medium reserves the right to reproduce artwork, documentation of your studio, and artistic practice for promotional purposes in print and online.