​The WEST boundaries are:

East of Woodroffe Ave

North of Carling Ave

South of the Ottawa River

West of Preston St

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In a neighbourhood known both as Ottawa’s “Arts District” and “Gastro Alley”, the West End Studio Tour is one of the longest-running studio tours in the region. Hailing back to 1994, the WEST has always been a free tour that is cooperatively organized and juried by the artists themselves.

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The artist collective has evolved into a dynamic group who love their trade and warmly invite you to experience their latest creations and the unique environments that they create them in. The tour is a rare opportunity for art-lovers to leave the echo of the gallery and, instead, visit spaces where artists use their inspiration to form various media into rich visual displays for your pleasure. With an ever-growing roster of talent in our community, you might be surprised to discover some of the creativity happening just steps away.

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NEW FOR 2026 and BEYOND

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In consideration for making WEST the best it can be year over year, the WEST artists have decided to adopt a new consistent yearly format for the tour.  Traditionally, the tour has been the last two weekends of September, but increasingly not all artists - and attendees - can do both weekends. 

 

This September, WEST will now have a first FULL TOUR weekend, followed by a second ADDITIONAL weekend with a smaller, select and variable list of participants.  We will do everything in our power to communicate clearly the active locations for both weekends of the tour, and are working to develop a map (or two, potentially) that will help our WEST family to locate us and visit us easily.

 

Thank you Ottawa art lovers for your continued support and we can't wait to see you in September for the tour! 

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