Welcome to the 33rd Annual SF Open Studios!

For over 30 years, San Francisco Open Studios has provided the public with an opportunity to see artists in their workspaces. As the largest and first open studios program in the country, San Francisco Open Studios showcases artists without judgment and invites art lovers to make friends and start or build their art collections.

This year San Francisco Open Studios will span past the four weekends of October. The first weekend is dedicated to ArtSpan events, the following weekends feature artists’ studios, with the final Hunters Point Artist Colony weekend taking place in the first week of November.

SF Open Studios Artist Eligibility

SF Open Studios is a subsidized program for individual artists living and/or practicing in San Francisco. Each artist sells original artwork, made by him/herself. Each artist must join and pay separately.

SF Open Studios Exhibition at SomArts Gallery

The SF Open Studios Exhibition features more than 400 artworks hung salon-style by geographic location by different participating Premier Artist Members in a democratic forum. The Exhibition hosts SF Open Studios-related publicity and fundraising events, such as:

• Private Preview Gala, Saturday, October 4, 2008 (ticketed event)
• Exhibition Opening Reception, Sunday, October 5, 2008 (free event)
• pARTicipate pARTy, Date TBA (ticketed event)

SF Open Studios Artist Membership Benefits:

• Please read the benefits of each level of membership carefully before registering.
• Online registration is now available. Please click here.
• All deadlines are absolute. Postmarks are not accepted.
• ArtSpan communicates important, time-sensitive information to SF Open Studios Artists via email. Please place "artspan.org" on your email contact safelist to prevent these emails from Artspan to be marked as junk mail.

• Studio information and one color image in the Printed Guide (Bay Area Distribution: 35,000 copies / Full color magazine). 300 dpi, CMYK TIFF file or slide required. Use the Online Registration Form to upload your image.
• Studio information and one color image in the Online Guide. 72 dpi, RGB JPEG file required. Use the Online Registration Form to upload your image.
• Eligibility for one 20 x 20 space in the SF Open Studios Exhibition
(invitations to reserve space will be sent on a separate form due August 22)
• All benefits of Participating Artist Membership (see below)

• Participation in SF Open Studios 2008
• ArtSpan Membership
• Studio information in the Online Guide. 72 dpi, RGB JPEG file required. Use the Online Registration Form to upload your image.
• Inclusion in the SF Open Studios Map in the SF Bay Guardian
• Eligibility for the juried exhibition, Selections 2009, and other juried show opportunities
• Access to the SF Open Studios 101 workshop
• Access to the California College for the Arts professional development conference, invitations to be sent in the Fall
• Eligibility to submit announcements to ArtSpan's monthly eNewsletter
• Discounts on Private Preview tickets
• 20% Discount at Rocket Postcards
• One Official SF Open Studios Artist Sticker
• 10 SF Open Studios posters to be picked up by artist
• 10 SF Open Studios Guides to be picked up by artist
• Discount on SF Open Studios T-Shirts