2024 Taos Studio Tour

About Us

Taos Artist Organization is here in the community to create a forum for visual artists and the greater community to inspire one another. A powerful art community organization is created when we all focus on moving the energy together and include private sponsorships, professional assistance and many volunteer services. If TAO fits into your vision, please join us. Our intention is that this organization will attract local, national and worldwide attention and reveal the Taos area as the strong "artists' colony" that our world-wide visitors expect to find here.

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Recent Artist Endeavors:

Many Thanks from all of us in TAO!
  • Our tenth year!
  • Over 40 Labor Day weekend studio tours with visitors from 8-states and 2-international and the best sales totals, ever
  • Taos Town Hall Show
  • Paint out at the Farmer's Market
  • Shows featured at People's Bank & Sagebrush Inn
  • Annual participation in Sober Slam
  • Love Your Library
  • Masquerade Ball
  • Participation in Regeneration Festival 2015 & 2016 and 1,000 Years of Art
  • Mobile Art Gallery with 555Taos and Hallowe'en on the Plaza
  • Number of new members
  • More studio tour participants & tour sales…an 18% increase over 2015
  • First ever grant from NM Arts
  • Regeneration Festival, and Love Your Library
  • More youth programs in 2017

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Purpose

The Taos Artist Organization (TAO) is a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to create a forum for visual artists and the greater community to inspire and promote one another. TAO advocates for and values artists as essential elements of education, culture and economic growth in the community. TAO mobilizes artists to build a resourceful, professional, artistic base for education as well as for artistic growth of the members and the community.



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Mission

TAO’s mission is to create a forum for visual artists and the greater community to inspire and promote one another. We value artists as a distinguishing element of education, cultural and economic growth in our community. TAO mobilizes artists to build a resourceful, professional, artistic base for education and artistic growth of members and community. This artists for artists organization is an all-inclusive organization.

Taos
Studio
Tour

The Taos Studio Tour is the premier event in Taos, NM every year. Pulling together over 30 artist who open their studio to the public. See behind the scenes of the creative process as artist answer questions and sell their creations right out of the places they produce it.

"The Best Studio Tour in New Mexico!"

— Pat Reynoso, Art Patron

"I Had a Great Time!"

I had a great Labor Day weekend visiting all the creative artist and visiting their studios. Seeing first hand how they create their work and making new friends. Now I have a direct line to my favorite art. Highly Recommend the Taos Open Studio Tour.

We love you TAO!! xoxo

— Anna Olson, Art Patron

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