About Us

"Your community of people and friends was great to get to know and share some time with. 

Living and working in an area where people come together for the greater good , spirituality and 

fun is the best of all worlds." -Linda Sheard ▪ porcelain artist in 2019-

Steering Committee members look for new potential artists all year at art festival, gallery exhibits, and through recommendations. Interested Artists can apply by filling out our Artist Applications due by Friday, December 1, 2023. 

Steering Committee: Paul Klein, Sharon Fujimoto, Mike Jagielo, and Jessie Fritsch 

The Hidden Studios Steering Committee invites and rotates guest artists and guest studios each year so that the tour remains fresh, interesting, balanced and manageable. The capacity for adding new artists is limited; artists from different media are added as the need arises. Decisions regarding continued participation of invited artists and/or studios do not reflect on the quality of the artist’s work, but rather what is needed each year to keep the tour balanced.

• Guest Artist must commit for two consecutive years to the tour. October 4-6, 2024 and early October 2025.
• Guest Artist must pay a $300 booth fee each year. Booth fee is subject to increase slightly as needed.  
• Guest Artist is responsible for their own display system. Art Tour is held indoors. 
• Provide 6-10 high-resolution images needed for brochure and prefer artists to use  Dropbox for all required documents and photo downloads.  
• Help promote the Tour. 
• Demo your process if possible. 

We are always looking for new art studios to add to the tour. Working Art Studios need to be located in the Amherst/Almond/Waupaca area. No studios in Stevens Point Area. 

Requirements:  

• Guest Art Studio must commit for two consecutive years to the tour. October 4-6, 2024 and early October 2025.
• Guest Studio and Artist must pay a $275 booth fee each year.  Booth fee is subject to increase slightly as needed.   
• Guest Studio and Artist is responsible for hosting 1-3 artists at their art studio. Studio Artist should also try and provide housing for hosted guest artists. 
• Guest Studio and Artist is responsible for providing bathrooms for tour guests, refreshments, and volunteers to help with guest counting and parking at their studio. Art Tour is held indoors. 

If interested in becoming a guest studio and artist please mark artist's interest on artist application and send images of your studio space and property.  Artists need to be invited as a guest artist before their studio can be reviewed. The steering committee needs to visit each interested studio before a studio invitation can be made. 

 Artist Application Instructions:
1. There is no jury fee. 

2. Email the following to  HiddenStudiosArtTour@gmail.com.

• HST Artist Application
• Resume/Bio
• Artist Statement
• Website and social media accounts. 
•  6-10  images to represent your body of work for the tour.

Image Guidelines follow ZAPP guidelines (Artist Application Platform). 

Minimum Image Requirements. 

Dimensions: 1400 pixels on the longest side. File Format: jpeg, jpg, tiff, png. File Size: Under 5 MB

3.  If interested in being a guest working art studio please send images of your studio space and property. 

4. Deadline to apply is Friday, December 1, 2023. Invites are made mid December.  Artists will be notified by email.  

5.  Artist Contracts and booth fee due Friday, February 2, 2024.

 We are artists supporting artists.