Open Studio Trails
Open studio trails are usually artist led events held over a weekend and are a wonderful opportunity to see behind the scenes, meet fascinating artists and buy some of their treasures.
Most are held during the warmer months, often on long weekends so a very competitive time in Tassie for events.
It is very easy to love getting along to open studio trails. It must be something to do with the exploration, the discovery of new artists and getting to find out that special bit more, whether it’s upcoming workshops and class or exhibitions.
It is probably best to follow favourite artists to find out when they’re part of an upcoming open studio trail as only a few are regularly on at specific times.
Find Out What’s On in the ATT Newsletter
Join the Art Trails Tasmania Newsletter to stay up to date with What’s On, Artist Profile blog interviews, new members and more.
Being Listed
If you would like to join the Art Trails Tasmania family just pop over to the Member’s Hub and choose from one of the membership options.
Find Open Studio Trails Leading You Across Tasmania
Here you’ll find the Art Trails Tasmania members who are running open studio trails across the state.
To help you plan your explorations we look at Tasmania as nine regions:
North West
West Coast
The Islands: Bruny, Flinders and King Islands
Central North – including Launceston
Poatina Tree Art Gallery
Poatina Tree Art Gallery is a community Gallery run by Poatina Arts. We are a small nurturing Gallery that provides exhibition opportunities to local artists and artists connected to our broader community.
Visit Poatina Arts online to discover all that this vibrant creative collective are doing, including a gallery space, glass studio, artist in residence program, rehearsal spaces, music studio rooms, and a ceramic studio. Be sure to join the newsletter and follow on Facebook and Twitter/X too for all the latest news.
Gordon Street
Poatina, TAS 7302
Russell McKane
Painter, photographer and silversmith. Plein air using Renaissance techniques. Mainly Trees.
Explore Russell’s website for his latest workshops, exhibitions and events news and be sure to follow this Instagram sensation and on Facebook too.
Read Russell McKane’s Artist Profile here.
Poatina
Central Tablelands
Lee-Anne Peters
Specialising in ceramics and visual arts. Follow Lee-Anne’s exciting adventure as an award winning sculptor, fine artist and clay obsessor.
Follow Lee-Anne on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date with her workshops, classes and exhibitions.
Campbell Town
Central South – including Hobart
Rossy Roberts Thomson
Gallery in the Square
I paint, knit, make collages and wearable art.I love colour, I love to use discarded objects and fabrics.My garden is also an artistic pursuit.
Huonville
North East
East Coast
South East
Mel Hills
Mel Hills Wild Art on Facebook, Instagram, Redbubble and Bluethumb. Mel is often part of at least one open studio trail each year with details on her socials.
Navigating Tasmania
Below is a map to help orientate yourself with the regions. Do note that this map has some creative license to it rather than being a very specific, professional cartographers creation. Do refer to the Tasmanian Government Official touring map of Tasmania ($5, available online, in Service Tasmania shops and onboard the Spirit of Tasmania) for accurate details. It even has roads and rivers marked on it!
If you’re planning a road trip arts holiday be sure to get hold of a good old fashion printed map of the state. Do not trust Google maps or the navigation maps beyond the city and suburbs as they’re renowned for taking people along unsafe narrow dirt tracks with little opportunity for chucking u- turns (true for all regional, rural and remote areas in Australia). And besides, folding out a map, having an explore is way more fun!
See What’s On Across Tasmania
Just click on the images below to find out what is happening with various artists across the state.
