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How and Why We Produce Open Studio Weekend

2008 Maps and Directions

Where to Pick up an Open Studio Map

Photos of some '04 Studios:

Adamant Attic
Vermont Glass Workshop
Thistle Hill

Most Vermont craftspeople work in studios located in or close to their residences. These are places of production and inspiration located in downtowns as well as at the ends of dirt roads. Wherever their locations, they are exciting places to visit because they reflect the dynamic yet organized process that is used to produce the finished work of art.

The studio itself is enormously informative because you can see at a glance how the artist works. You see the swatches that have not been chosen for the quilt or the work that is experimental or not serious enough for the gallery. Buying or ordering work during an Open Studio sale is a unique experience because you have the opportunity to speak to the artist directly.

The Open Studio Weekend was named one of the Top Ten Summer Events in a competition sponsored by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce in 1997.


Going from idea to reality: Placing studios on the map.

The process of organizing Open Studio Weekend begins in September, when applications go out to Vermont Crafts Council members and others who have requested them. Throughout the autumn and early winter, we are processing applications and typing directions to studios. In January and February comes crunch time when we have to distill directions, with the help of our Atlas, to specific spots on the map. Our map editors, Jennifer Boyer, Jennifer Grahovac, and Mary Spencer, create a working map, thickly feathered with tags and pins. After we are confident that new participants are in the correct relation to returning studios, we assign numbers to studios in a geographic flow and transfer the information to the map for our graphic designer, Sally Stetson.

The map goes to the printers in March and is available to the world, the first week in April.

Participating Members can download the Open Studio logo graphic for printing.

As a GIF file.

As an 8" x 10" PDF for printing on letter size paper

As an 11" x 16" PDF for large format printers


Vermont Crafts Council
PO Box 938
Montpelier VT 05601
vt1crafts@aol.com
802-223-3380
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