Announcing the 2025 Port Townsend Artist Studio Tour

ABOUT: The Port Townsend Artist Studio Tour celebrates its 20th year! The 2025 Tour will run from 10am to 4pm on Saturday-Sunday, August 23-24, 2025. The Studio Tour is free and self-guided and offers visitors an opportunity to see inside the life of a working artist, find new sources of inspiration, share and learn, buy work from local artists, and build community. It’s a fun weekend of exploring Port Townsend and surrounding areas and artists' workspaces!

GROWTH: In 2024, the Port Townsend Artist Studio Tour showcased 60 artists working in over 10 different media, with 50 studios spread throughout Port Townsend and the surrounding areas. Organized by the Raw Art Collective, the tour marked a welcomed return after a five-year hiatus, generating excitement throughout the community for the return of this beloved event. Studios welcomed 30 to 200 visitors. Throughout the event, new friendships were formed, old connections were rekindled, creatives inspired one another, and stories were exchanged. Art was sold, art was commissioned, and several artists secured new gallery representation.

WHAT’S NEW FOR 2025: We’ve taken your feedback from 2024 to heart and are excited to bring you even more in 2025:

  • Expanded Hours: Now 2 full days—Saturday and Sunday

  • New Hours of Operation: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM each day

  • Streamlined Registration: We’ve simplified the process by integrating registration directly into our website and offering multiple payment options for your convenience.

  • Professionally Designed Paper Map to help you navigate the event. Maps will be available at the kick-off event and around town beginning the week of the tour.

  • More Artist Flyers: Each artist will have additional materials to showcase the tour.

  • New Tour Signs: The old ones took their last beating! We will have new ones and extended pick up times.

  • Kick-Off Event: A chance for artists to connect, view each other's work, and give the public a sneak peek. Save the date - Friday August 22 (location announced early summer 2025).

  • Increased Social Media Promotion to help spread the word.

2025 REGISTRATION: Artist registration will be open from December 2024-April 2025.