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Open Studio Information

  • Open Studio Times will be available only during facilitated times. Facilitators must be present to host the time frame.
  • Facilitators will be signing off / receiving your payment for Open Studio. You will be able to pay with cash or check in the studio or credit card at the front office or online. If you pay online or at the office you will need to provide a receipt to the facilitator to check off payment for the day.
  • Payment for open studio must be paid the day of your Open Studio time. There is no credit system. 
  • The studio will remain locked unless class or facilitated Open Studio times. You will have to check in at the front office to be let into the studio for pick up and/ or drop off. 
  • You must be currently enrolled in or have completed one of our 8 week courses to utilize our 3D Open Studios. No instruction or materials are provided. Studio equipment will be available for use, provided you have been properly trained. Please respect shared tools, equipment, and community spaces!
  • Please, contact for any questions about the studio to Education Director at [email protected]

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Make and Mingle - Condell Studio

Join us in the Condell Studio to help build our art community in this completely free open studio experience! On the first and third Wednesday of every month from 5:30-8:30PM, we will open the Condell Studio to all who wish to bring a project to work on and make some new art friends! This will be an ideal setting to discuss ideas, tackle project challenges, and mingle with other art-minded individuals!

This is a completely free open studio. There will be no instruction or materials provided. Reservations are not required.

Times:
First and Third Wednesday from 5:30-8:30PM

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Baima Glass Studio 

Hot Shop Open Studio:
$16/half-hour (must be in half-hour increments) for Members + Non-Members
Must be currently enrolled or have completed one 8 week course. 
One bench will be able to be reserved by the button below and the other will be used by the facilitator (for half the time) or walk - ins (first come first served for the the other half of the time)
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TIMES:  (Unless there is a private party scheduled)
Friday, June 13th 6-9 PM
Tuesday, June 24th 6-9 PM
​Friday, June 27th 6-9 PM
No Open Studio during the summer months due to the heat.
Hot Shop: Pay Here
Reserve A Bench

 Cold Glass/ Stained Glass Open Studio:
We do not provide supplies for the open studio. You will have to bring your own supplies to use the space.

$10/hour (must be in hour increments) for Members + Non-Members
TIMES:
No Open Studio during June and July.
COLD Glass: Pay Here

Torchwork Open Studio:
$32/hour (must be in hour increments) for Members + Non-Members
TIMES:
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No Open Studio during June and July.
torchwork: pay here

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Condell Studio

We do not provide supplies for the open studio. You will have to bring your own supplies to use the space.
$10/3 hours for Members + Non-Members
 
Times: 
​
No Open Studio during June and July.
Condell: Pay Here

Mixed Media Studio

We do not provide supplies for the open studio. You will have to bring your own supplies to use the space. 
$10/3 hours for Members + Non-Members
 
Times: 
No Open Studio during June and July.
Mixed Media: Pay Here

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Prairie Earth and Fire Ceramics Studio

 - $10/hour for Members + Non-Members 
Must be currently enrolled in or recently have completed an 8 week course. Only current students are entitled to a personal ware shelf.
​Times:

    No Open Studio during June and July.


You can purchase clay in our online shop, 25lbs for $20.
A pre-paid punch card of 10 hours for $80 is also available for purchase in the Front Office of SAA. 
Ceramics: Pay Here

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Smith and Nickelson Metals Studio 

We do not provide supplies for the open studio. You will have to bring your own supplies to use the space.
​$20/hour for Members + Non-Members

Times: 
​
No Open Studio during June and July.
Metals: Pay Here
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Edwards Place

Located on Main Campus
​ 700 North 4th Street
​Springfield, IL 62702
​

Tour Times:
Tuesday - Saturday 1 PM and 2PM
​Not open for self-guided tours

217-523-2631
collections@springfieldart.org

 SAA Collective

105 N. 5th Street 
Springfield, IL 62701


Wednesday - Saturday 11 AM - 5 PM
​217-544-2787
[email protected]
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SAA Main Campus

Main Office, Studios,
M.G. Nelson Family
Gallery, and Edwards Place
​ 700 North 4th Street
​Springfield, IL 62702
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Monday - Friday 9 AM - 5 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 3 PM
217-523-2631
[email protected]
  • About
    • Contact
    • What We Do
    • Hiring
    • Residency
    • Board of Directors >
      • For Current BOD
    • Palette Newsletter
  • Education
    • Summer Art Camp >
      • Login Sign-up Info
      • 4 YO- K
      • 1st - 2nd
      • 3rd - 5th
      • 6th - 8th
      • High School
      • Full Schedule
    • Classes >
      • Ceramics
      • Digital Media
      • Drawing
      • Fiber Arts
      • Glass
      • Metals & Jewelry
      • Mixed Media
      • Painting
      • Pastels
      • Photography
      • Printmaking
      • Pulp + Paper
      • Sculpture
      • Teen
      • Youth
    • SAAmplers
    • Youth SAAmplers
    • Open Studio
    • Scholarships
    • Instructor Bios
  • Outreach
    • Art Outreach
    • Field Trips
    • Make Truck
    • Bronwyn Eves Memorial Project
    • OMA
    • pARTners Program >
      • Big Brother Big Sisters
  • Events
    • 6x6
    • Art Synergy
    • Film Series >
      • Past Film Series
    • Fine Art Fair
    • Paint the Street
    • Palette to Palate
    • Roasted
    • Yart Sale
  • Galleries
    • Collective >
      • Underground
      • For Juried Artists
    • M.G. Nelson Family Gallery
    • Call For Entries
    • Past Exhibitions >
      • Past Exhibition Photos
  • Edwards Place
    • Edwards Place Events
  • Library
    • Library Events
  • Rentals
    • Arty Party
    • Field Trips
    • Adult Events
    • Team building
    • Rental Spaces
  • Join + Give
    • Membership
    • Donate
    • Sponsorship Opportunities
    • Testimonials
    • Volunteer
  • Shop
    • Art Supplies >
      • Clay
      • Clay Tools
    • Make Kits
    • Murder Mystery Game
    • CHECKOUT