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24th Annual Jamaica Plain Open Studios

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The premiere annual arts event in one of Boston’s most eclectic neighborhoods, Jamaica Plain Open Studios (JPOS), is returning in 2017 for its 24th year. Open Studios is an opportunity to take a rare public peek at some private spaces. The free event showcases the artwork of up to 200 artists at 40 sites including artists’ studios, the historic Eliot School, the Haffenreffer brewery complex and more. It runs from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. over the weekend of September 23 - 24, 2017. During JPOS, visitors can experience locally created art, clothing, jewelry, and home accessories, and can buy directly from the artists.

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Experience Jamaica Plain Open Studios This Weekend

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For 24 years, artists of Jamaica Plain have opened their studios to the community and displayed their art for one weekend in September. This year's annual Jamaica Plain Open Studios will be this weekend on Sept. 23rd and 24th and offers a range of places to go and types of art to see with a multitude of styles including collaborative work, student work and even the opportunity to create art first hand. What happens when artists join forces? A collaborative installation entitled “The Time Project, Passing It On, Nine Artists Inspire Each Other,” will be displayed in the First Baptist Church on Centre Street.

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Woodworker Heather Dawnson lets the chips fly at JP Open Studios 2016

Watch JP Open Studios in Action

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This year's JP Open Studios had perfect weather for strolling and taking in all the art. Here's a quick video of woodworker Heather Dawson turning a block of wood into art. Dawson, who is on the faculty at The Eliot School, had her booth just outside the entrance of the historic school. For more on her work, check out her web site. Other Jamaica Plain News coverage of Open Studios:

Photos: Jamaica Plain Open Studios 2016

Scenes from JP Open Studios 2015

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Sylvia Lopez Chavez and Elisa Hamilton will have an interactive public art exhibition at The Eliot School for the 2016 JP Open Studios

Your Guide to Jamaica Plain Open Studios 2016

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Want to get the most out of your time at this year's Jamaica Plain Open Studios? We've put together this guide to help. During Open Studios, which run Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., 200 artists will showcase their work at 40 sites around the neighborhood. The massive event is free. Open Studios is a fixture on the JP calendar alongside other can't miss events like Wake Up the Earth, the JP Music Festival, the Lantern Parade and JP Porchfest.

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From the Community

Please Touch the Art!

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Jay Roberts and Richard Youngstrom are two Jamaica Plain Open Studios artists who work with glass, but in very different ways. Roberts creates slumped glass, which, although it may sound funny, is a serious process. He has been slumping glass for fifteen years. Glass is melted in a kiln over a mold to create the shape. The slumping process itself involves the kiln at 1400-1700 degrees, in which Roberts places molds he creates himself.

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From the Community

Latin Quarter Arts Festival

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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Hyde Square Task Force during Jamaica Plain Open Studios. Saturday, September 19, 2015, 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Blessed Sacrament Church plaza, 361 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA. PRESENTING ARTISTS
Genesis Báez ■ Hyde Square Task Force Youth Leaders ■ Latin Quarter Portraits ■ Photographic narratives of the Latin Quarter community & its inhabitants. Curriculum & studio facilitated by Zo.E.Ling & Genesis Báez

Raul Gonzalez III ■ Pat Falco ■ Hyde Square & Area Map & Sign Installation ■ Map and signage created with community input

Anabel Vázquez Rodríguez & TBD ■ Grassy Green Square ■ Videos & mixed media installation with public domino tables and sound

Boston Makers ■ Latin Quarter Labyrinth ■ Interactive Labyrinth Game
Hyde Square Task Force ■ Zo.E.Ling ■ Homecoming Tapestry ■ Interactive community quilt

7:30-9pm: Pico Picante Guest ■ Sol Nova ■ Reception & Dance Floor

*Community members are invited to bring a piece of fabric to contribute, domino sets, and domino tables.

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From the Community

Here’s Your Map of the JP Open Studios Bike Tour 2014

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Back by popular demand is the Jamaica Plain Open Studios Bike Tour! This year’s JPOS bicycle tour, themed “Work in Motion” will focus on giving visitors a more hands on view of artists and their work. Tour participants will get the opportunity to visit seven artist studios and ten artists and will have the opportunity to watch and participate in demonstrations, speak with the artists themselves, as well as explore the neighborhood history of Jamaica Plain. Coordinator Susan Duprey notes that “it is the chance to visit individual artists in their private studios that gives JPOS a unique energy” she adds, “Talking with an artist about a piece, understanding the process or the story behind the finished product is really inspiring” and bike tour(ists) will get this unique opportunity. Tour participants will get an personal look into the creative process of several JP artists.

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Detail from map for the 2013 JP Open Studios
Morning Memo

JP Open Studios is This Weekend

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Hello neighbors. It's your Monday edition of the Morning Memo for all things JP. JP Open Studios is This Weekend: That rite of fall, JP Open Studios, is Saturday and Sunday. It's your chance to see dozens of local artists and their latest creations. (And, you know, buy some local art.) Here's this year's map.

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