2025 REGISTRATION OPENS ON NOVEMBER 30

Artist registration for Sunshine Coast Open Studios is open to artists' who meet the following criteria:

• Must be a member of the Arts Connect Community ($60 per year, payable via Arts Connect Website or upon registration of Open Studios Sunshine Coast)
• Your artist studio must be located within the Sunshine Coast Council area. 
  This means if your studio is located in adjoining Council Shires, you may NOT register for Open Studios Sunshine Coast.
• Your artist studio must be accessible and safe.
• You must have suitable public liability insurance for having people visiting your studio.
• You are not participating in Noosa Open Studios.
  Due to geographic locations some artists located in Sunshine Coast Council suburbs are accepted by Noosa Open Studios to enter their event. Such areas could include Eumundi, parts of Doonan not included in Noosa Shire, Verrierdale, Lake Weyba, Peregian Springs, Carters Ridge in which case you may apply for registration to Noosa Open Studios. If you are residents in the above areas and your location is accepted, you must choose to be part of either Noosa Open Studios OR part of Open Studios Sunshine Coast, not both. You may not be registered to participate in both art trails in any calendar year. **This requirement is to protect the integrity of each event, as well as be a fair as possible to ALL artists in both council regions.

Open Studios Sunshine Coast 2025 Registration is $300, plus $60 membership to Arts Connect Inc, if you are not already a member.

Not yet a member of Arts Connect? Click Here to join.

Your registration fee and participation in Open Studios includes:

• Artist profile in the Open Studios printed and electronic guide
• Expanded artist profile included on the Open Studios website
• Invitation to Open Studios key events
• Onsite signage/wayfinding as an Open Studios participant
• Opportunities for artist interviews through Open Studios marketing campaign
• Informative workshops leading up to the event to help artists make the most of this opportunity
  
• Opportunity to participate in curated group exhibition.
• Opportunity to contribute items to displays in libraries
• An opportunity to host workshops and promote workshops
• Open Studios Sunshine Coast is widely advertised to best maximise your studio's exposure to the public