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      Meet the artists and explore the creative spaces where Spartanburg's artisans work, experiment, and bring time-honored crafts and original artworks to life.

    • Visit Working Studios

      The Open Doors Studio Tour Spartanburg is an exciting annual event that offers a unique opportunity to explore the vibrant arts community in Spartanburg. This self-guided tour allows you to visit the working studios of local artists, see demonstrations of their techniques, and purchase artwork directly from the creators.

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    • How to Tour

      Tips and instructions for how to have the best experience of this amazing event.

    • Plan Your Route

      Visit any participating artist’s studio at any time during event hours. There is no fixed schedule or order to follow.

      Use the online interactive map to plan your route.View The Map

    The Studios

    Get an online sneak peek into the artist's studios on this year's tour. See photos of their art and studio.

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  • Have your space clean and professional-looking. Yes, it is a working space, but make it inviting for people to enter.
  • Set up a demonstration area that is safe and effective.
  • Kidproof the studio and store away solvents, sharp tools, etc.
  • Look around your space for any trip hazards.
  • Have a substantial amount of presentable work and have it nicely displayed. The key is to offer enough in a presentable way without overwhelming. Make it look fresh: they do not know how long that piece has been sitting around.
  • Label the work in your studio with your name and price, or NFS.
  • Have bios, statements, and newspaper articles in your career book for customers to flip through.
  • Leave out an empty sketchpad, notebook, or guestbook in a prominent place and politely suggest that your guests sign in if they’d like to be notified of your upcoming events. Leave space for comments — people love to leave their two cents.
  • Have extra business cards in your studio for interested visitors to take.
  • Try to make important notes immediately regarding your visitors as soon as possible after they leave.
  • Have plenty of packing materials for your sold work.
  • Do you want to provide seating for people to relax? Sometimes visitors sitting in a studio space will spot something they didn’t see while walking around.