Frequently Asked Questions

All POST participants are organized based on their location relative to Broad St.

Studios West of Broad are open October 19 & 20, 2024

Studios East of Broad are open October 26 & 27, 2024

All studios & venues open 12-6pm all 4 days.

✓ I am an artist/business owner based in Philadelphia.

✓ I am available for both POST dates in my specified region - either East (October 14 & 15) or West (October 21 & 22) of Broad St., noon-6pm both days.

✓ I am ready to complete my artist profile before August 1, 2023.

✓ I am an artist with a dedicated studio space inside my home that is accessible to visitors OR a private/shared studio inside a building OR I am part of an exhibition happening during POST.

✓ If I do not have a studio within the Philadelphia city limits, I will connect with other POST artists for a temporary set-up for the weekend.

✓ I am open to hosting an engaging event during my POST days, such as a reception, workshop, make-and-take, demonstration, or talk, in addition to having available work on view in my studio.

✓ I am excited to connect with Philadelphia artists and businesses during POST by attending community events.

✓ I am willing to promote my open studio weekend in the lead-up to the event, to my friends, studio neighbors, colleagues, patrons, community, and neighborhood press.

Visual artists, artist collectives, arts organizations and galleries are encouraged to join in Philadelphia’s annual celebration of visual art. Learn about the difference between registering as an artist and a community partner below.

Regular registration is $125 for individual Artists and $250 For Community Partners. Interested in being more involved? Find out how you can get more with CFEVA’s Core Plus Membership, click here.

POST offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse at Philadelphia's best and brightest creative minds at work through an approachable, self-guided tour. Be at the heart of one of the city's largest celebrations of visual art. With over 40,000 attendees each year, POST is the opportunity for you to connect with new audiences in an innovative way.

In addition to having the opportunity to share your work with arts enthusiasts, industry leaders, and collectors, you will receive the following perks during POST and year-round:

Listing in Philadelphia’s Artist Directory and Open Studio Guidebook, with 7,000 copies distributed citywide*

Listing on the POST website, including contact information and images of your work*

Access to POST promotional materials for distribution to your networks, including POST Directories, postcards, social media content, customized press release templates, and promotional flyers

Access to POST participant calendar to promote your event, program, or exhibition on cfeva.org/philaopenstudios

Opportunities to participate in special events and exhibitions during POST

Discounts on advertising in printed the Directory and Map and on the POST website

Considered for year-round visits with CFEVA’s donors and collectors

Social media and web promotion of your POST-related exhibitions, workshops, and events

Emails about artist opportunities, calls for submissions, and career development workshops

*If registered by Juy 31

No, we cannot add your studio to the map during a day not scheduled for your neighborhood. All studios are organized into East or West of Broad Street. Please note, this is included in the registration agreement.

Yes! Register your group of at least 10 artists and receive a 20% discount. Contact POST@cfeva.org for more information.

We publish and distribute thousands of copies of the full-color Philadelphia’s Artist Directory and Open Studio Guidebook and POST print maps, and posters promoting POST across the Greater Philadelphia region. We manage the POST website (www.cfeva.org/philaopenstudios) where you can find specific details about each participant, additional images as well as featured exhibitions, events, workshops and lectures. We promote POST to our extensive press and media sources highlighting a variety of aspects of the Tours. Connect with us: @PhilaCFEVA or #POST2023

Registration for POST opens February 1 and runs through July 31.

By logging in to your participant profile on the POST log in page, you can edit and update images and information as often as you'd like! Think of your participant profile as your personal page housed on the POST website. We understand that circumstances change; you create new work or change studio locations, for example. By maintaining full authorship of your POST artist profile, you are able to keep your information as up-to-date as possible.

An artist registration is fit for ONE ARTIST ONLY. A community partner is a collective, gallery, or organization that supports, encourages, and promotes the visual arts in Philadelphia. If your organization does this, you are a community partner! If you are a studio building and you would like to register as a community partner you must have at least one artist registered for the event before you can do so. Community partner registration does not include individual registrations for artists within your building.

If you are a business owner (retail/food/beverage) you may also register for POST as a Community Partner. Please contact POST@cfeva.org with any questions.

Each participant must register individually. The benefit of registering individually is that visitors tend to gravitate to locations with higher densities POST registrants. By registering individually you are increasing the number of destinations in your neighborhood, and are thereby more likely to attract visitors!

No, we do not recommend or encourage this setup. It is in your best interest to register and officially be included on the Tour. This way you can attend all POST events, be considered for POST and CEVA events and exhibitions, and be included in POST promotional materials.

We want you to participate!

2+ registered artists are encouraged to share a space during POST.

Please visit our POST community Facebook page to search for temporary studio set ups.

POST is open to studios and creative spaces within the Philadelphia city limits. If your studio falls outside the city limits, but you still want to participate, please contact POST@cfeva.org and we may be able to pair you with a Community Partner for the POST day. CFEVA cannot guarantee placement.

At this time we do not offer free registration, but we are currently working on making our membership more accessible & equitable. We are happy to work with you to establish a payment plan to participate in POST this year. Stay tuned on our website for registration deals throughout the year.

POST's registration fee is comparable to other nationally acclaimed open studio tours. We are committed to keeping the cost as low as possible for our artist participants, and as such have not raised the program's registration fees in more than six years. CFEVA is willing to work with you to fulfill your registration commitment in monthly installments. Please contact POST@cfeva.org .

That's absolutely fine. Register now and you can always change your studio location by logging back into the POST website and editing your participant profile. Be sure to update your information by July 31 to be included in the print materials. Please note that any changes made to your physical POST location must be made before July 31 and CFEVA must be notified.

Welcome to POST! After registering, you’ll receive a message to your inbox with next steps to set up your online profile before the deadline. You’ll also have access to important resources such as the How to POST guide, templates, and more.

There are no refunds for POST registrations. When you fill out the registration form you are asked to initial in agreement to CFEVA's cancellation policy. In doing so, you have agreed to participate and forgo any refunds should your plans change. If you experience unforeseen circumstances that prevent you from participating, please notify us. We will do our best to help you find a mutually agreeable solution.

POST is FREE to the public and completely self-guided. Visitors can plan their own studio itinerary using the official POST online map, as well as our print collateral (coming soon!). Stay tuned for curated studio itineraries! Visit a new neighborhood each day, bring your friends, family, students and colleagues for an immersive tour of the Philadelphia arts scene!

We appreciate your support! Please visit www.cfeva.org/volunteer for our volunteer opportunities.

POST Tour Directories will be available at all participating artists’ studios and community partner locations, across the city, beginning this Fall. Materials will be available to pick-up from CFEVA during open hours.

The new interactive POST map will be available late summer to plan your open studio itinerary! Visit https://www.cfeva.org/post2023-directory#!directory/ord=lnm to view the directory of participating Artists and Partners.

Yes! A majority of studio and community partner locations are family-friendly and accessible by stroller/wheelchair. These locations will be available to search on the virtual map.

We are consistently working to make POST an event to be enjoyed by all. Participants have self-identified their spaces as accessible (i.e., wheelchair/stroller accessible) and these locations can be easily filtered in our Directory (map coming soon).