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2026 Open Studio Event
This year’s Somerville Open Studios will take place on May 2-3, 2026. The Artwear fashion show will happen on Thursday, April 30, 2026.
We have more than 400 local visual artists registered for this year’s event.
Our next SOS 2026 planning meeting will be Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at the studio of Dan Coughlin, 86 Joy Street. We’ll have pizza and drinks at 6:30 pm, with the meeting starting at 7 pm.
(If needed, we will have one more planning meeting, at the same time and location, on Monday, April 6.)
Follow our calendar for future events of interest to SOS artists.
Join our mailing list
To be notified about SOS 2026 registration, calls for art, 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 2026 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 will be posted below when they are available.
(To see what we did last year, take a look at our SOS 2025 Calls for Art.)
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The SOS 2026 Artwear fashion show will be held at the Crystal Ballroom on Thursday, April 30. For more information, please click on the headline above, or visit https://SomervilleOpenStudios.org/artwear .
Details
Crystal Ballroom • 55 Davis Square (Somerville Theatre building)
Thursday, April 30, 2026 • Doors open 6 pm, show begins at 7 pmThe term Artwear refers to clothing and other wearables designed as conceptual or fine art. Artwear operates outside of the boundaries normally presented in fashion to favor an approach that prioritizes style and vision. This show makes it possible for textile artists to be included in open studios in a way that is more conducive to their art form than a studio opening or a gallery.
This year, the SOS fashion show will once again be held at the Crystal Ballroom in Davis Square on Thursday, April 30, 2026. The Crystal Ballroom is directly above the Somerville Theatre. Doors open at 6pm for cocktail hour with the show beginning at 7pm; seating is first come, first served. The venue will have a full bar and runway seating. The event is free for the public to view original textile art by Somerville artists!
To participate in the 2026 fashion show, please fill out this form!
Our next planning meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 10th at 7pm at 91 Sacramento St. in Somerville.
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The fourth annual SOS Locavore Show at Neighborhood Produce in Ball Square will run from April 27-May 10, 2026. The theme of this show is “Resist”. Both two- and three-dimensional works that don’t exceed 12″x12″ will be considered. Artists are also invited to provide a statement about “resist” . Submission deadline is April 8, 2026.
Details
“Resist”, according to the dictionary, is “something (such as a coating) that protects against a chemical, electrical, or physical action”. We resist in art to make something more interesting and beautiful (like using wax to stop the spread of a glaze in ceramics). We resist in life to stop the spread of hurtful practices and ideas. We invite you to resist in any and all senses of the word in our fourth annual Neighborhood Produce Locavore show.
We will consider all artistic expressions of “resist” with a small show at the Ball Square Neighborhood Produce location that will be seen through the corner window at the intersection of Broadway and Boston Ave. Submissions may be literal or symbolic, representational or abstract, painted, drawn, sculpted, photographic or multi-media. Submissions should not exceed 12”x12”x12” since the space is small. If anyone would like to provide a statement about what “Resist” means to them in addition to their artwork, we will display that as well.
This is a closed call for artists that are registered for SOS 2026. Please note that this is a juried exhibition and not all submitted work will be accepted.
Applicants’ work must be available from April 20-May 11. 2026.
Submissions:
This year we are considering up to 3 submissions per artist.
Please send us a JPEG of the pieces you would like to show (maximum 1200 pixels in length). The following information should accompany the image:
- Artist name & Contact Info (phone & e-mail)
- Title of the piece
- Description of Medium
- Complete accurate dimensions (length, width, depth, not to exceed 12”x12”x12” including frame)
- Price, or NFS
Please submit completed applications to artport@rcn.com and include “Locavore: Resist” in the message header. Submission deadline will be April 8, 2026, and we will let you know what we have chosen by April 15, 2026.
The Locavore Show committee members are: Aliza Arzt, Julia Liberman, and Lee Sanders.