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East Austin Studio Tour
Saturday, November 17 - Sunday, November 18
Various Venues (Austin)
Free, 10am-5pm Daily
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Here's our guide to E.A.S.T. 2007:

• The tour runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
• With 113 studios and over 200 artists participating, it's a good idea to check out the map in advance and plan your route on this self-guided tour. You can view it online as a whole or in pieces through the links below. Printed maps are also available at Cafe Mundi, Bolm Studios, and a few other places around town.
  • Complete Map: jpg
  • Section 1: jpg pdf
  • Section 2: jpg pdf
  • Section 3: jpg pdf
  • Section 4: jpg pdf
    
• This year's theme is all about Reducing Your Speed and enjoying the tour in an environmentally friendly, low-impact fashion—as such, they're encouraging you to ride your bikes from gallery to gallery.
  • Saturday morning at 10 a.m., there will be a "gigantic" launch of 100 bikes from the Yellow Bike Project at Cafe Mundi
  • If you want to make your way via bike but would rather someone else do the actual pedaling, Metrocycle Pedicab is booking tours ($50/hr, 2 hr minimum), and will allow folks to choose their own route and see the sights along the way with no worries over finding a parking space.

• The maps are helpful, but the E.A.S.T. catalogs, which come in a nice square form-factor, go into much further detail about almost all of the participating artists and galleries.
  • You can pick one up for an affordable $5 at various places around town, including BookPeople, d berman Gallery, Cafe Mundi, Wally Workman, Big Red Sun, and Bolm Studios.
  • These, along with various tour-related merch (t-shirts, tote bags, etc), make for nice souvenirs. Last year's batch sold out pretty quickly, so get yours early.
  • All of the proceeds from these sales go straight back into keeping the tour going, which is a great thing for both the artists and our city.
• Look for orange signs posted outside of each studio, with numbers corresponding to the official map
• Finish your tour with some great (and free) eastside events:
  • SOL-ART opening party from 8 p.m.-11 p.m. on Saturday night at 1141 Perry Road (Austinist post)
  • Black Star Co-Op's November Beer Social at The Compound, from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. (info)
  • Opening Reception for Introduction to Mountain Making: Okay Mountain Staff at Okay Mountain, starting at 7 p.m. (Austinist post)

Participating Artists

Matt Norris: East Austin Studio Tour Rocks

Lanie McCormick

Peter Staats | Peter Staats Photo Studio

Piercarlo Abate Photography