Exclusive Studio Tours: Meet the Makers

We are excited to announce the upcoming artisan Meet the Makers tours. Meet the Makers is comprised of two exclusive half-day guided tours of Queensland's leading creative craft practitioners and design studios.

 

The 9:00am-12:30pm morning tour, focusing on collectives of 'hives' of craft practitioners, will visit ceramic artists Dr Virginia Jones and Trevor Netting; jewellery designers at The Contemporary Artisans Collective; and fashion design workshop The Stitchery Collective.

In the afternoon from 1:00pm-4:30pm, design studios will take the spotlight, with visits to Street and Garden Furniture Co.; lighting design studio Gale and Vallance; and Holloway Eyewear.

Date: Saturday 25th August 2012

Location: artisan, 381 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

(The tours will begin and end at artisan's Fortitude Valley design store)

 
Tickets: $48 per person per tour (includes transportation & a glass of champagne).

To book your tickets, email info@artisan.org.au, call (07) 3215 0800, or book online at http://www.artisan.org.au/shop/.

For more information on the designers, visit our website.

2012 MBFF 'Behind the Seams' Tour

Artisan in conjunction with Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival is delighted to announce the return of the Behind the Seams studio tour evening.

Behind the Seams is a guided tour of Queensland’s leading fashion studios where attendees have the opportunity to see designers in their working environment first-hand.

Designers participating in this year’s Behind the Seams include:

• George Wu
• Ash to Gold
• Ruby and Prankster
• The Stitchery Collective

Date: Tuesday, 28th August 2012

Location: artisan, 381 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

(The tour will begin and end at artisan's Fortitude Valley design store)

Tickets: $65 per person (includes drinks, light dinner and transportation) To book your tickets, email info@artisan.org.au or call (07) 3215 0800.

See the invitation to the 2012 Behind the Seams tour here

Click here to download the Behind the Seams itinerary

Click here to visit the Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival website

For more information on the designers, visit our website.

BEHIND THE SEAMS - artisan and Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival Exclusive Tour

Artisan in conjunction with Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival is delighted to announce the ‘Behind the Seams’ studio tour evening.

‘Behind the Seams’ comprises a three hour guided tour of Queensland’s fashion related studios where attendees have the opportunity to see first-hand designers in their working environment.

Designers participating in this year’s Behind the Seams, include:

·       Paul Hunt

·       Matt Dwyer

·       Sharka Bosakova

·       Marni Franks

·       Kylie Bickle

Date: Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Location: artisan (m)art , 166 Grey Street, South Bank

(Guests will meet at artisan’s m(art) store before transportation to the various studios. Guests will return to South Bank on completion of the tour.)

Tickets: $65 per person (includes drinks, light dinner and transportation) 
To book your tickets now, click here

Click here to visit the Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival website
Click here more information about the designers 

Brisbane Artisan Studio Tours 2011

In 2009, artisan developed two half day artisan studio tours in partnership with the Ideas Festival. Each tour had 30 people and visited 3 artisan studios where a brief 15 min talk was undertaken by the practitioner and the opportunity for studio sales occurred. The tours were a great success with excellent feedback from both participants and practicioners who opened their studios. Practitioners were introduced to new clients, some sold their works directly to the public and great media was achieved !  

Artisan will again conduct artisan studio tours in 2011. We are calling for expressions of interest from practitioners who want to be considered as a studio for visiting. The tours will be Brisbane focused for 2011. If you have a great studio/space/workroom that can accommodate up to 30 people, and are willing to do  a short artist talk,  then please contact Andrea Higgins, Sector Development Manager, on 3215 0800, to be discuss for this special opportunity. An artist fee of $100 is paid by artisan to all practitioners. You will need to send a photograph of your space, current 2 page CV, 5 images of recent work and a short description of your practice to sector@artisan.org.au

Expressions of Interest open till end February 2011.

Images shot by Andrea Higgins and Romy Willing for artisan at Barbara Heath's studio, East Brisbane Ceramic Studio and Urban Art Projects.