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Featured Artists

Anicia Beckwith

Making good imagery is about having the courage to step outside of yourself, releasing any tension and just having fun playing around.
Bonnie Kennedy

As with anything I have done throughout the years, I jumped in to basketmaking with both feet and have tried most everything available. I have found you can make a basket out of almost anything.
Debbie Howell

Although I had always appreciated art in its various forms, I never attempted to try anything until several years ago when I took a class in glass fusing and from then on I was hooked.
Dee Kirkham

With her unique ability of sharing her passion for art, Dee’s paintings instill the abstract realism to capture the light and shadows as well as an intriguing style that makes her paintings valued by many collectors.
Don Kennedy

My art consists of copper and brass media; it varies from flowers and plants to trays, plates, bowls, and wall hangings. Most of the materials have been rescued from the salvage yard.
Donna Smit

I love the reflections of glass and the colors, just as water reflects and captures the intensity of a sunrise or sunset.
Dorothy Peters

Clay can be rigid, forgiving, surprising, exciting, and frustrating. Even so, I live for the anticipation of kiln openings, when I have tried to control it all, but in the end, the clay, glaze and kiln have the final say.
Emma Auriemma-McKay

Landscapes can reflect a wide spectrum of postures, expressions and emotions. Even though the landscape is an unmoving mass, ever-changing combinations of seasons, light quality or time of day brings constant change.
Gini Campbell Annis

To me, realism is magic. Not only is the artist working with abstraction of design and color, but also with dimensionality. To create the illusion of depth and form on a flat surface is to observe, understand and recreate the physical aspects of light.
Holly Gardner

I enjoy designing landscapes, flora and fauna and hope to start adding structures and building in my quilts soon.
Jann Selleck

While continuing to paint and work in various forms of sculpture, my current focus is in papermaking and related fiber and book arts. Visitors to my Studio will have the opportunity to become personally involved in the process of making Handmade Paper from start to finish.
Jill Atkins

I am a 45 year resident of Nevada and have lived all over the world. My work is influenced by the sights and cultures of Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific as well as all corners of the United States.
Jim Annis

My name is Jim Annis and I am the owner of Your Family Rocking Chair. I am building a legacy for my family and yours, based on the values of family, fine craftsmanship and heirloom quality furniture.
JoAnn Lippert

JoAnn Lippert travels the world combining a passion for adventure travel and photography. Her passion for mountain climbing, trekking and whitewater rafting has taken her to all corners of the earth.
Judith Genome

I strive to create a wearable piece of jewelry that embodies a sense of harmony in color, style and tone and I thrive on the challenge of creating a necklace where all of the various parts compliment one another.
Judy Joustra

I find the process of creation with glass an endless stream of possibility. The materials, methods and techniques that can be used are varied and vast. Everyday I find a new technique to add to my list of future projects!
Julia Tachihara

I’ve always enjoyed doing all kinds of craftwork from working with wood and needlework to beading and glass. I’ve been hooked on glass since the 1980’s when I took my first stained glass class.
Katherine Case

At Meridian Press, up the big hill from the Truckee River in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains, Katherine Case hand-sets metal type and prints on an antique SP-15 Vandercook proof press.
Kathleen Hallamore-Best

Since my earliest airplane flights those forms and patterns have found their way into my designs. For years I focused on art glass, starting with leaded glass and then fused glass and etched glass. Recently I have been spending more time making jewelry.
Katie Packham

The phrase “no job is too big or too small” certainly applies to my work as I have worked on all scales, including 1200sf of mosaic mural for the pools at the Peppermill, down to the small inspirational plaques that I make on a daily basis and take to local festivals.
Kathryn Dudley

After raising my son I became committed to re-exploring my love of painting. I began watercolor classes in February of 2008 and have been actively painting since.
Linda Rosenblum

I create ceramic wall art, as well as oil paintings. My art invites viewers into my memories so that hopefully, they, too, can appreciate the intricate connected beauty of the patterns and colors that surround them
Lynn B. Starnes

I consider myself to be wildlife “portrait artist.” Whenever a photographer makes a portrait, timing is of great importance. The expression of the subject will make the difference between a successful and unsuccessful photograph.
Michele DiFonzo-Smith

Because I love color and the French Impressionists, I enjoy painting primarily using a palate knife. I love the spontaneity the palate knife gives when placing multiple colors on the canvas at one time.
Pam Sutton

Pam Sutton creates handmade glass jewelry, plus items for the home and garden. She believes in elegance through simplicity, combined with a focus on functional use.
Peter Hazel

I feel called to make art. To see the look on people’s faces, the lit up smiles, the awe when they see my pieces, especially on the larger pieces with LED lights.
Robin Felt

Throughout all these years and experiences I’ve always found clay to be the most enjoyable way to express my imaginative view of life. I hand build my pieces and it’s their quirky imperfections that inspire new ideas.
Sarah Wharton Riggle

Creating mosaics and painting on location are my passions. I have been fortunate to pursue those interests during the last several years while living in some incredible locations and raising my 3 sons. My muse is the landscape and its flora and fauna.
Tricia Poulos-Leonard

I am a graduate of UCLA with a degree in studio art. While at UCLA I studied with Richard Diebenkorn, who greatly influenced my development at an artist.
William Hutchison

Most of my work is very linear and precise with close attention to detail and finishing. And of course I like to add occasional whimsical creations.
Louise Noel

The big Nevada skies, the rainbow of western mountain ranges and the huge palette of summer flower are the inspirations for my silk paintings. Working with silks and dyes has given me the perfect way to illustrate the world as I see it.

Our Mission

“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.”
Jonathan Swift

Reno Open Studios is an opportunity to visit the artist’ studios and see them at work. You will learn what inspires them, witness their techniques and be stimulated by their passion for the creative process.

The first annual Reno Open Studios tour kicked off in 2009 with 21 artists and has grown every year since. We are committed to arts education and have awarded scholarships to young aspiring artists every year. This year we will award a scholarship for continuing studies to a student in the UNR Art Department and also one through Coral Academy High School for a graduating senior to begin their art education.

To support these scholarships each artist donates a piece to a raffle during our main event. The raffles are held in their studios and all proceeds go to the scholarship fund.

Upcoming Events

Please mark your calendar for our upcoming events.

Reno Open Studios at McKinley Arts and Culture Center
For the first time during Artown, join the artists of Reno Open Studios for a day long art sale. Food trucks will be on hand for this family friendly event.
July 29th 9AM-5PM
Free admission.
925 Riverside Drive, Reno NV
Call 775.530.9691 for any questions.
Open Studios Tour
October, 2017 6th - 8th

Brochure & Map

Our Studios

The first annual Reno Open Studios tour kicked off in 2009 with 21 local artists. This year’s tour features over 30 talented artists in locations all over the Reno/Sparks area. The tour includes a myriad of art including oils, acrylics, watercolor, decorative gourds, jewelry, textiles, bronze, photography, woodturning, metal sculpture, glass and glass blowing, clay, printmaking and ceramics.