Jamaica Plain Open Studios

THANK YOU to all of our amazing group sites, including @firstchurchjpuu , @firstbaptistjp , @loringgreenough , and Curtis Hall, as well as studio sites like @eliotschoolcraft , @stonybrookmetalarts , and new to the neighbor @create_and_jpclay ! HUGE thank you to @footlightclub for not only hosting some fantastic artists this year but also hosting us every month as we plot and plan for JPOS. Thank you to all of our local businesses that have opened their doors to our community and its artists, and thank you to all artists and neighbors hosting artists for #JPOS2025 ! All of us together make JP the great and beautiful neighborhood that it is.

Get ready for JPOS 2026! Registration is opening imminently, so get your ducks in a row and head over to our website to check for our on-line registration tips and tricks for a smooth registration experience. As with last year, we will be giving JP residents an early preview of registration sites on May 17th from 7-9pm, followed by open registration on May 19th at 7pm. This year's available Group Site Locations include: - First Baptist Church (outside) - Curtis Hall (outside) - Loring Greenough House (outside) - NEW: Eliot School Yard (outside) - RETURNING: The Brewery Complex (outside) at a discounted $50 registration fee - First UU Church - INSIDE, SUNDAY ONLY, $75 As always we strongly recommend that all artists showing at individual studios, private shared sites and local businesses register for JPOS. Please contact us if you are a local business, studio, or porch-haver who is interested in opening up your space to a fellow artist, or if you're an artist on the hunt for a JPOS location! We also provide needs-based assistance for artists whom our registration fees pose a challenge. Please see our website for more information. We are ever grateful to our volunteers and generous sponsors who make this possible.

Get ready, our JPOS T-shirt Design Contest is back! We hope you’ll help again to bring awareness and excitement to JPOS 2026 while raising funds to support the event. We have just under a month to go to collect your amazing designs, we can’t wait to see what our JP community comes up with! Submit a T-shirt Design! One winning design will be featured on the 2026 JPOS T-Shirt and be recognized in the JPOS email newsletter and on JPOS social media sites. �The winner will also receive a free T-shirt with their design on it, a $100 Blick Art gift card and free registration for JPOS 2026! Free to enter! Submission deadline: May 15, 2026 JPOS 2025 T-Shirts will be on sale online this summer (more details to follow) and with limited availability at the event! Find additional details, rules and submission information on our website!

ART. ARTISTS. BEER. MORE ART. Our bi-annual fundraiser returns once again to support Jamaica Plain Open Studios! Our last Small Works was way back before COVID hit and we are so excited. We are ready to roll out the artwork and beer once again for this Small Works art show and sale on April 29th, 2026 from 7pm - 9pm hosted by the ever generous @samadamsbostonbrewery ! CALL FOR ART DONATIONS! We are seeking small work donations of 2D/3D original art for this fundraising event. We welcome submissions from all artists; you need not be a JP resident or have previously participated in JPOS to submit. All works must be your own original work and you are welcome to submit more than one piece. All media are welcome. SUBMISSION of WORK Pieces should be small, no larger than 12x18 Pieces should be sleeved, framed, boxed, etc – self contained/protected If an artist prefers they may include a minimum purchase price – otherwise this will be a “pay what you want” event. Find more info on our website!

Happy new year to our JP community! We are eternally grateful for the beautiful artworks our community gets to create and share every year, and we are excited for what 2026 will have in store. Thank you to our artists, our sponsors and neighbors for making JP Open Studios the wonderful event it is every year, and let us have more art throughout our days!

It was a beautiful Day 1 of JPOS yesterday and it’s lookin’ bright and sunny for Day 2! Join us across Jamaica Plains as we celebrate our artists and community from 11-6 today. Photo credits to @toast.n.eggs and @pensivewombat who are both showing their art at @firstbaptistjp !

Give greetings to ME, I’ve been here the whole time! It’s me @michellethrowsthings making all the posts for #JPOS2025 and thank you to every registered JPOS artist for sending in you beautiful art to highlight and for every sponsor for helping make JP Open Studios 2025 happen! “Michelle has been slinging pots at @feetofclaypottery for a dozen years or so at this point and has been teaching the Monday night class (famously the best class in my clearly unbiased opinion) since we opened back up post-pandemic. Michelle has been bitten by the wood firing bug and will have new work from two really fun firings this summer as well as more of the typical cone 6 electric firings. JPOS is her favorite outdoor market and volunteering on the JP Arts Council board has been one of the more fulfilling side quests in life for awhile! (Please volunteer with us were fun I promise!). Shoutout to my social media team volunteers Christine deGennaro and Allida Warn for all their help this year!!”

It’s the day before #JPOS2025 and that means today’s Artist Highlight is dedicated to our volunteers! Christine deGennaro @cdg.pottery has worked tirelessly to put together many of the artist highlight graphics and sponsor posts, all while cranking out some awesome textures on her pottery! Catch her at @loringgreenough all weekend 11-6! “I’m excited to be back for my second JPOS after having an amazing time last year! I make wheel thrown porcelain ceramics out of Mudflat Studios and JP Clay. I’m obsessed with texture and color and use my pots as a canvas for the collection of geometric designs and doodles that are always popping into my head. Come by Loring-Greenough to check them out and say hello!”

Thank you to another of our long-standing Supporter level Sponsors, @rockland_trust ! A reliable, full-service community bank, Rockland Trust is a bank you can trust! Thank you!

Say hello to our next #JPOS2025 Artist Highlight Alicia Fessenden @tricopot ! Alicia will have her wonderful wood fired ceramics at @firstbaptistjp in the side yard this year, so it’s well worth the deeper venture into First Baptist’s yard! “I am a potter and teacher, and have been playing with clay since 2001. I started wood firing eight years ago and was hooked! I continue to wood fire whenever I can, as well as creating work in my electric kiln. I love organic, functional forms and try to think through every aspect of my work so that it is a pleasure to use. I am inspired by Korean and Japanese pottery, particularly Korean rice bowls and Japanese teaware.“

Are you ready??? JP Open Studios is upon us THIS WEEKEND! We’ve been highlighting our registered artists and superb sponsors for the last few months and we hope you’re as excited as we are! Has anything caught your eye? We have hundreds of artists showing their work at 66 different sites across Jamaica Plain, we are sure you will find beauty wherever you go!

THANK YOU to another Lead Sponsor for #JPOS2025 and anchor in our JP Community, @cityfeedandsupply ! Whether it’s a sip of coffee, a killer breakfast sandwich, or your weekly groceries, City Feed has you covered. Thank you for your support of the arts and our community!