The 14th Annual Open Studio Art Tour

Monadnock Art / Friends of the Dublin Art Colony presents the Art Tour each October during the peak of the colorful foliage season in southwestern New Hampshire. The Tour is self-directed, and it's free for the interested public. Art lovers from all over New England, and beyond, enjoy touring the beautiful countryside, following the distinctive Art Tour signs, and discovering the often tucked-away places where artists work. Studios are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. During the last Art Tour there were 50 open studios with 58 artists participating.

The Tour travels through the towns surrounding the beloved Mount Monadnock: Chesham, Dublin, Hancock, Harrisville, Jaffrey, Marlborough, Peterborough, and Sharon. A remarkable range and diversity of the visual arts is represented through the work of the artists. Visitors tour the workplaces of painters and printmakers, potters and jewelers, sculptors, fiber artists, photographers, woodworkers, glass shapers, and more. Many artists offer work for sale, often specially priced for the Tour. For a look at a sampling of their work, please visit the Artists pages of this site.

In September the Tour map can be downloaded in PDF format - see the right column of this page. Also in early September the printed Tour maps are available in stores, restaurants, and galleries throughout the region, and at the Peterborough and Jaffrey Chambers of Commerce.

Monadnock Art / Friends of the Dublin Art Colony is an all-volunteer, membership-supported, non-profit organization devoted to appreciation of the arts, from the deep artistic heritage of Dublin beginning with the arrival of Abbott Thayer in 1888, to the artists who live and work in the Monadnock Region today.