• Welcome to Columbia Pike Artist Studios!

    Our next open studios will be with the Arlington Visual Art Studios Tour (AVAST) event in September 2025. Until then enjoy our work at the AVAST MOCA Arlington exhibition, “Between You and Me” through September 7, 2025!

  • Columbia Pike Artists work in a variety of media

    Located in Arlington, Virginia, we are a visual art cooperative providing 21 working studio spaces for artists in the region.

  • Founded in 1989

    …when a passionate group of artists raised funds to convert a large retail space into studios. CPAS accommodates painters, sculptors, printmakers, collage artists, mixed media artists, illustrators, and photographers.

  • Become A Part of the Community

    CPAS has benefited from its relationships with neighboring businesses since its inception, and members continually strive to engage with the local community.

  • Schedule A Visit

    The studios and CPAS gallery are open to the public during special events, including the bi-annual open studio weekends, and by appointment with individual artists.

Columbia Pike Artist Studios

Columbia Pike Artist Studios (CPAS) in Arlington, Virginia, is a visual art cooperative providing 21 working studio spaces for artists in the region. Founded in 1989 when a passionate group of artists raised funds to convert a large retail space into studios, CPAS accommodates painters, sculptors, printmakers, collage artists, mixed media artists, illustrators, and photographers. Work by many of the 24 member artists can be seen and purchased in galleries and other venues in the DC metropolitan area, nationally and internationally.

CPAS has benefited from its relationships with neighboring businesses since its inception, and members continually strive to engage with the local community. The studios and CPAS gallery are open to the public during special events, including the bi-annual open studio weekends, and by appointment with individual artists.

If you would like to schedule a visit, please contact us, or if you are interested in becoming a member of our cooperative by renting a studio, please fill out our studio application.

 

Schedule An Appointment

The studios and CPAS gallery are open to the public during special events, including bi-annual open studio weekends, and by appointment with individual artists.

Find An Artist

Join our passionate group of painters, sculptors, printmakers, mixed media artists & illustrators

 

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.

 

Studio Application

If you are interested in becoming a member of our cooperative by renting a studio, please fill out our studio application.

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