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Overview:

The 10th Artist Studio Tour brings 20 artists to 13 Estes Park studios Aug. 15-16. Here’s how to plan your route.

The easiest way to get overwhelmed by the Estes Park Artist Studio Tour is to count artists.

There are 20 of them this year, working in everything from hot glass and oil paint to prayer wheels, ceramics, jewelry, photography collage, and turned wood, with addresses scattered around Estes Park.

The easier number is 13.

That is how many studio stops visitors actually need to find, because six locations host more than one participating artist. The 10th annual tour runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 15 and 16, giving visitors an entire weekend to explore.

The Artist Studio Tour was created to bring the public into the places where that work gets made. Organizers describe the tour’s central purpose as sharing artists’ processes, materials, and tools while creating opportunities for conversation among artists and the wider community. The event is founded and funded by the participating artists, with additional backing from local businesses.

This year’s milestone arrives with additional civic recognition. The Estes Park Board of Trustees proclaimed August 2026 the town’s first Estes Arts Month on July 28, gathering events including the Artist Studio Tour, Estes Park Jazz Fest, Estes Valley Plein Air, theater, murals, and other programs beneath one monthlong banner. Mayor Gary Hall described the arts that evening as part of “the soul and the heart of the town.”

For visitors, however, the practical question remains: Where do you begin?

Start with how much you want to see

Anyone determined to complete the entire tour can make the weekend considerably less daunting by dividing the 13 studios between the two days. One simple approach is to tackle Studios 1 through 6 one day and Studios 7 through 13 the next, then use the tour’s interactive map to choose the most sensible driving order within each group.

An interactive artist of Estes Park
The interactive map is available at www.estesparkarttour.com/map.

Short on time? Start with the shared studios.

Studios 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 11 collectively put visitors in front of 13 of the 20 participating artists without requiring 13 separate stops. They also produce some of the weekend’s most interesting juxtapositions.

At Studio 3, Deedee Hampton’s paintings, mosaics, and clay pieces share space with guest artist Joe Arnold’s prayer wheels. Studio 8 pairs Dave Landers’ turned wooden art with Kristin Bernhardt Conrad’s ceramics. Studio 9 combines John Long’s abstract acrylic work with jewelry by longtime collaborators Neil Herman and Laura Lampe.

Visitors can also build their own tour around a medium. Those interested in glass can begin with Matt Bezark at Studio 1 before heading to Victoria Endsley’s reverse glass painting at Studio 6. Woodworkers can compare John Lynch’s turned pieces at Studio 7 with Landers’ work at Studio 8. Painting appears throughout the tour in watercolor, oil, acrylic, mixed media, and pastel, while Laura Davis’ Studio 2 offers a detour into photographic composition and collage.

The 13-stop cheat sheet

Here is the complete 2026 lineup, arranged by studio number:

  • Studio 1: Matt Bezark, glassworks — 3225 Hillcrest Lane
  • Studio 2: Laura Davis, photography and collage — 2781 Devils Gulch Road
  • Studio 3: Deedee Hampton, paintings, mosaics, and clay; guest artist Joe Arnold, prayer wheels — 1231 Chasm Drive
  • Studio 4: Cynthia Price Reedy, watercolor, acrylic, and oil — 1219 Chasm Drive
  • Studio 5: James Biggers, oil; Cathy Goodale, watercolor and oil — 1550 Spur Lane
  • Studio 6: Victoria Endsley, reverse glass painting; guest artist RaDean Mynatt, oil and multimedia — 2625 Mary’s Lake Road, #S2
  • Studio 7: John Lynch, wood-turned items — 180 Chalet Ridge Court
  • Studio 8: Dave Landers, turned wooden art; guest artist Kristin Bernhardt Conrad, ceramics — 610 Pinewood Lane
  • Studio 9: John Long, abstract acrylic; guest artists Neil Herman and Laura Lampe, jewelry — 370 Whispering Pines Drive
  • Studio 10: Linghui Wang, oil — 917 Whispering Pines Drive
  • Studio 11: Monte Michener, mixed media; guest artist Greg Miles, watercolor, oil, and mixed media — 2158 Upland Circle
  • Studio 12: Laura Hutton, watercolor and oil — 1570 Dandie Way
  • Studio 13: Holly Daley, pastel — 1450 Dandie Way

However many stops visitors manage, the tour’s 10th anniversary is less about checking off all 13 studios than seeing the creative community behind them. During Estes Park’s first official Arts Month, the weekend offers a chance to meet the people making that work, see where it happens, and perhaps leave understanding a little more about how art gets made in the Estes Valley.