What is an Artist Enclave?
The Old Southeast Neighborhood is proud to be a designated Artist Enclave Overlay District. Overwhelmingly supported by Old Southeast residents in a 2013 vote, Artist Enclave designation was granted by the City of St. Petersburg in 2014. This special designation permits Old Southeast artists to enrich our neighborhood by using their residences as work studios, artist lofts, galleries, and instructional spaces. Thus, artists may live, create work, and market their art from home. The Old Southeast is one of only two St. Petersburg neighborhoods with an Artist Enclave designation (Historic Kenwood is the other).
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Calling All OSE Artists
Are you an artist or craftsperson who lives in Old Southeast? If you are an artist in any of the following categories, we have two ways that we can support your efforts.
- Visual Arts (painters, print makers, drawers, sculptors, potters, jewelry makers, glass makers, craft artists, and photographers)
- Performing Arts (musicians, composers, playwrights, choreographers, and dancers)
- Literary Arts (creative writers and literary translators)
- Architecture and Design (architects, landscape architects, engineers, urban designers and planners, interior designers and decorators, industrial designers, graphic designers, and fashion designers)
- Media arts (filmmakers, video and audio artists, and web-based designers)
Studio Tour
Our annual Studio Tour offers artists an opportunity to display and sell work in their home or studio. 2024’s tour is scheduled for October 26, 2024. Please email OSEArtistEnclave@gmail.com to share your name, contact info, and talent to request to be included in our “Tour Map of Studios.”
Artist Directory
We are in the process of adding an Artist Directory to our website to help promote the work of our Neighbor Artists. Use the form below to request to be included in our Artist Directory.
Artist Enclave 2022 Tour Video
