As in the past, the tour provides the opportunity to visit artists studios in East Austin. This year the participating studios will be open from 10am until 5pm on Saturday the14th and Sunday the 15th and again on Saturday, November 21st and Sunday the 22nd. This year, for the first time, the tour also features 20 exhibition spaces, 49 “Happenings,” and 30 programs taking place throughout the nine days.
The tour will kick off with a preview party presented by the Art Alliance Austin on Thursday, November 12th from 7-10pm. Attendees will be chauffeured to six of the many participating studio spaces where they will enjoy catered drinks and food and get a sneak-peek at all of the amazing art. (Tickets are $45 and available online.)
Now in its eighth year, EAST includes over 200 individual artists (at 154 studios and galleries) working in a variety of mediums with an amazing array of materials. During the Tour, you can see a bevy of new and current work by painters, sculptors, ceramicists, photographers, jewelry makers, stone carvers, and metal and mixed media artists, among many others.
...instead of limiting the number of participants we lengthened the tour and actually opened the event up to even more artists.
As part of our coverage of East Austin Studio Tour, we'll be publishing artist interviews and information about EAST events all week long. Be sure to check out the EAST Web site for a list of participating artists and studios, detailed schedules, printable maps, additional photographs of artwork, and an interactive Google map for digital navigation. As always, EAST is free and open to the public!




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