About Art Trails West-Northwest Open Studio
2015 saw the founding and first successful open studio tour for Art Trails, set up by and for artists in west and northwest Tucson. This happened as the Tucson Pima Arts Council (TPAC) announced that it was no longer going to hold a citywide fall open studio tour. After we got Art Trails started, TPAC received a donation, and the citywide TPAC tour -- held about two weeks later -- was back on. Art Trails continued, and response by visitors was quite positive. One artist in Picture Rocks who hadn't had many visitors because of her location counted 100 in one day!
2016 was the second tour -- but things have changed. We still had Art Trails, but we were joined by other artists and the whole tour was under the umbrella of the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance (SAACA), which sponsored FOUR weekends of art. West and northwest Tucson was still the first weekend, Oct. 22-23, 2016. SAACA extended this up to Catalina and Oracle.
Heart of Tucson Art (HOTA), which followed Art Trails in forming in 2015, also organizes a spring tour. It held its tour the following weekend, Oct. 29-30, 2016.
The third successful tour followed in 2017. In addition to the tour, a preview show was held at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Heart of Tucson Art, which covers mid-town Tucson, held its tour the following weekend. HOTA also participated in the preview event, which ran from September 29 to October 18. The preview show closed with a reception on Wednesday, October 18, 6 to 8 PM.
In 2018, the decision was made to move the tour to early 2019 during the Gem and Mineral Show. It was held on February 2-3, 2019. The preview exhibit at the Tucson Jewish Community Center opened on January 25, 2019, and closed with a reception on February 10, 2019.
In 2020, the preview show will again be held at the Tucson Jewish Community Center from December 30, 2019 - January 30, 2020. The open studio tour will be held the weekend of February 8 and 9.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at arttrailsaz@gmail.com.
2016 was the second tour -- but things have changed. We still had Art Trails, but we were joined by other artists and the whole tour was under the umbrella of the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance (SAACA), which sponsored FOUR weekends of art. West and northwest Tucson was still the first weekend, Oct. 22-23, 2016. SAACA extended this up to Catalina and Oracle.
Heart of Tucson Art (HOTA), which followed Art Trails in forming in 2015, also organizes a spring tour. It held its tour the following weekend, Oct. 29-30, 2016.
The third successful tour followed in 2017. In addition to the tour, a preview show was held at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Heart of Tucson Art, which covers mid-town Tucson, held its tour the following weekend. HOTA also participated in the preview event, which ran from September 29 to October 18. The preview show closed with a reception on Wednesday, October 18, 6 to 8 PM.
In 2018, the decision was made to move the tour to early 2019 during the Gem and Mineral Show. It was held on February 2-3, 2019. The preview exhibit at the Tucson Jewish Community Center opened on January 25, 2019, and closed with a reception on February 10, 2019.
In 2020, the preview show will again be held at the Tucson Jewish Community Center from December 30, 2019 - January 30, 2020. The open studio tour will be held the weekend of February 8 and 9.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at arttrailsaz@gmail.com.