On the one hand, this is a huge bummer for a lot of artists who look forward to open studios to clear out the backlog of unsold stuff in their attic acquaint potential new buyers with their work.
OTOH, a lot of the facilities necessary to prep for open studios are also closed or have severely reduced their availability, so it was going to be a huge PITA to prep for anyway.
Disclaimer: I have participated in Somerville OS several times, and my partner was going to participate again this year, but our darkroom is closed until at least May, so there was no way we'd have any of the new work ready to show.
A few days ago, the SOS board of directors changed our status from "postponed at least eight weeks" to "cancelled". You can read more at our website, https://SomervilleOpenStudios.org .
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A blessing and a curse
On the one hand, this is a huge bummer for a lot of artists who look forward to open studios to
clear out the backlog of unsold stuff in their atticacquaint potential new buyers with their work.OTOH, a lot of the facilities necessary to prep for open studios are also closed or have severely reduced their availability, so it was going to be a huge PITA to prep for anyway.
Disclaimer: I have participated in Somerville OS several times, and my partner was going to participate again this year, but our darkroom is closed until at least May, so there was no way we'd have any of the new work ready to show.
Needham Open Studios now also postponed
to an unspecified future date: https://www.needhamopenstudios.com/post/postponing-nos-2020
It had been scheduled for the same weekend as Somerville, May 2-3.
West Medford Open Studios is cancelled
Originally scheduled for May 16-17.
See http://wmos.org/ for their statement.
Somerville Open Studios officially cancelled for 2020
A few days ago, the SOS board of directors changed our status from "postponed at least eight weeks" to "cancelled". You can read more at our website, https://SomervilleOpenStudios.org .