For Artists
2025 Open Studio Event
As long as you live in or maintain a studio or an exhibition space in Somerville and create visual art, you are welcome to become a participating member of SOS. Our next event will be on May 3 & 4, 2025 (always the first weekend in May). Registration for SOS 2025 is now closed.
The SOS 2025 Artwear fashion show will take place on Friday, May 2, 2025 at the Crystal Ballroom in Davis Square. If you’d like to participate, please fill out this form.
SOS produces several group shows every spring, including the non-juried SOS First Look Show at the Somerville Museum, and the one-night-only Artwear fashion show.
Follow our calendar for future events of interest to SOS artists.
Join our mailing list
To be notified about SOS 2025 registration and other SOS-related events, please join our mailing list. Make sure to select “Potential SOS Member Artist” when you enter your information. If you would consider pitching in, just select “SOS Volunteer Crew” as well.
Be a volunteer!
Somerville Open Studios is produced each year by a crew of committed artists and art lovers who volunteer their time. Consider volunteering. More information on volunteering is available.
Fill out the 2025 SOS Volunteer Opportunities form or email volunteer@somervilleopenstudios.org. Even if you can only spare a few hours, we’d love to have your help!
Artist news
Meeting, Information and Calls for Art below.
(All SOS 2025 Call for Art deadlines have now passed.)
SOS 2025 Kids’ and Teens’ Art Show
Art by Somerville children and teens will be on display in the Armory cafe from April 28 through May 12.
Call for Art: SOS 2025 “Alternate Worlds” Show
This exhibit at Narrative Bookshop will showcase the transporting power of written & spoken narratives, translated into visual forms of alternate worlds created by Somerville artists. This show will be open to a variety of works, including large and small 2D artwork, as well as sculpture and hanging works. Submission deadline is Saturday, April 5.
Call for Art: SOS 2025 Locavore Show “Sustenance”
This year we celebrate Sustenance with a small works show at Neighborhood Produce in Ball Square. Work will be seen through the corner window at the intersection of Broadway and Boston Ave. Your interpretation of “sustenance” may be literal or symbolic, representational or abstract, painted, drawn, sculpted, photographic or multi-media. Submissions should not exceed 12” x 12” x 12” since the space is small. Submission deadline: Thursday, April 10, 2025.
Call for Art: SOS 2025 First Look Exhibit
The SOS 2025 First Look Exhibit will take place at the Somerville Museum from April 24 to May 17. All SOS member artists are eligible to submit a single piece. See the complete call for more details. Drop-off dates are March 26, April 6, and April 8.
Call for Art: SOS 2025 Inside-Out Gallery Show “Flourish”
SOS and the Somerville Arts Council are looking for art on the theme of “Flourish” for the Inside-Out Gallery, in the windows of the Davis Square CVS. We ask applicants to explore ways the art can thrive, grow, bloom, or attract attention. Deadline for submissions is Sunday, March 30.
Artwear: The SOS 2025 Fashion Show
The SOS 2025 Artwear fashion show will be held at the Crystal Ballroom on Friday, May 2. For more information, please click on the headline above, or visit https://SomervilleOpenStudios.org/artwear .
Tips For Showing Artists
Heather Balchunas of the Somerville Arts Council and Alison Drasner of the Somerville Museum have produced a list of Top 10 Tips to Have a Successful Open Studios. See also the Artists’ Tookit pages on the Museum website for more tips.