PARADISE STUDIO TOUR 2025

Dec. 6 & 7, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm,  Sat. & Sun.

APPLICATION  INFORMATIONAL SECTION

Please read thoroughly all of the informations below BEFORE filling out the application form as when you click SUBMIT at the end of this form,  you confirm that you have read, understood and agreed to all parts of this document and its information below.

The Paradise Studio Tour Artist Collective showcases artists and their studios within Hawaiian Paradise Park in Keaau, on the east side of the Island of Hawaii. This year will be our 19th annual event! Guest artists from outside the area are welcome to apply as well, and if accepted, will be placed in a host studio or at the HPP Hui Community Center site for our event. Our studio tour is a juried event, and to ensure the most successful event possible for our artists and visitors, we select a limited number of both artists as well as studio sites.

FEES: 

• $100 application fee for all artists participating, and must be received by the September 15 deadline. If you are accepted, this fee will not be refundable after October 1st, due to printed materials being published and the budget spent, even if you are unable to participate in our event.
• $150 for all applications received after the September 15 deadline; If you are not accepted, your payment will be refunded. No host sites will be considered after the 9/15/25 deadline.
• All artists agree to donate 10% of sales from the weekend, all of which is donated to the local public Puna District high schools for art supplies. We have raised over $36,000 for art supplies over the last 18 years of our event! 

TO APPLY: 

Applications, images and fees are due by SEPTEMBER 15, 2025. 

Application is complete when the form below has been submitted, the fee paid and all images received.

Applications received after the September 15 deadline may be considered, but accepted artists will not have their images included in our marketing materials like posters and postcards, and will be considered as Guest Artists only. They will be placed in whatever space is available in a host studio or the HPP Community Center. No late applicants will be considered for hosting.

Please note: This is a juried event, and all lines of work sold by both new and returning artists must be juried by the PST board each year. If you decide to show a line of work that was not submitted and juried with your current application and images, you will need to contact the board and get approval no later than November 30. Failure to do so will exempt you from future tours.

All artists are expected to participate in the organizational efforts required to support PST. There will be small jobs requested of you, including but not limited to distributing postcards and posters which PST will provide: All artists are required and needed to distribute postcards. This event is run and organized by volunteers; this point is a key component to our event's success in supporting art in our community and in our schools.

IMAGES:

Required digital image criteria: 

• jpg format, 300 dpi or larger, with the artist's last name included in the file name (example: Smith1Landscape.jpg). 
• Size: at least 620 x 800 pixels (roughly 2 x 2.65 inches), up to 4 x 5 inches.
• Images must be sharp, clear, and not blurry.
• Background in image must be clean and preferably neutral; solid gray or complimentary color, black, white or muted gradient.
• Leave plenty of space for images to be cropped and fitted for various promotional purposes.
• If possible, CMYK color mode–this is the color format for printing.
• Poor quality images will not be included in promotional material.  
• New artists must submit 10 digital images showing the range of work that you are interested in selling at tour.  
• Returning artists must summit 5-10 new digital images that will be works like those to be sold at the tour this year.

Please Note: All images will be emailed to ParadiseStudioTour@gmail.com by the September 15 deadline in order to be considered on time and be included in any promotional materials. We reserve the right to choose the image that best suits the postcard and other promotional materials, and to crop any image as necessary to fit the format of our publication; if this is not acceptable to you for any reason, you are welcome to email us at the above email and decline to have your work included on our postcards, website, social media posts or other promotional material. Only high-quality images will be used for any of our purposes.

Minimum standards for work sold as part of the Paradise Studio Tour: 

• Piece must be your own original handmade design and be of good craftsmanship. 
• No commercially manufactured or imported items. 
• No resale of vintage, imported items or other artist’s work; Only the work of artists listed on the application may be sold at our event.

For the Event:

• Demonstrating your artwork is encouraged during the Studio Tour. 
• All artists must be present for both Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm of the Studio Tour to handle their display area and sales. Full set-up will be completed before 10am and breakdown will not occur until 4pm each day.
• All artists are solely liable for all excise and income taxes, or other levy related to income gained during the Paradise Studio Tour.