28th Placitas Studio Tour
28th Placitas Studio Tour
The Placitas Studio Tour, traditionally held over Mother鈥檚 Day Weekend has now become a three-day event, beginning Friday, May 9 and continuing through Mother鈥檚 Day, Sunday, May 11, due to the tour鈥檚 overwhelming success. Sixty-one studios featuring seventy-eight Placitas artists will open their doors to the public from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. on all three days. The Studio Tour is free, self-guided and self-driven
The Studio Tour offers a once-a-year- behind-the-scenes opportunity to visit artists鈥� studios where inspiration and creativity merge into amazing art. Here is where you will find fabulous paintings, steel, pottery, glass, fiber, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, wood, photography, mixed media and more making this one. It is no wonder the Placitas Studio Tour is one of the most highly anticipated art events in New Mexico, the only one exclusively focused on artists living or having full-time studios in Placitas.
The public is invited to the free Studio Tour鈥檚 Preview Exhibit at the Placitas Community Library which offers a month-long exhibition featuring work by all seventy-eight participating artists. The exhibit will be open to the public from April 15th to May 11th, in the Gracie Lee Community Room and Ross Reading Room at the Library, 453 NM Hwy 165. Visit the library鈥檚 website at: https://placitaslibrary.com for hours of operation.
Visit the Tour鈥檚 website at www.placitasstudiotour.org to explore this year鈥檚 beautiful brochure, visit the artists鈥� pages and download the 2025 tour map. Brochures are also available at the La Puerta Real Estate, Homestead Village and all studio locations.
Placitas is nestled at the base of the northern Sandia Mountains off I-25 between Albuquerque and Santa Fe. From I-25, take Exit- #242 and turn east on Highway 165 to Placitas. Follow the colorful tour signs to each studio.