The process of organizing Open Studio Weekend begins in September, when applications go out to Vermont Crafts Council members and others who have requested them. Throughout the autumn and early winter, we are processing applications and typing directions to studios. In January and February comes crunch time when we have to distill directions, with the help of our Atlas, to specific spots on the map. Terri Gregory, our map editor, creates a working map, thickly feathered with tags and pins. After we are confident that new participants are in the correct relation to returning studios, we assign numbers to studios in a geographic flow and transfer the information to the map for our graphic designer, Sally Stetson.
The map goes to the printers in March and is available to the world, the first week in April.
