Several audiences, one platform
The site had to serve participating artists, visitors exploring events, donors supporting the organization, and staff coordinating the program behind the scenes.
Case Study
ArtSpan
Website development and maintenance for San Francisco Open Studios and its small nonprofit staff.
For nearly a decade, EvenVision partnered with ArtSpan to design, build, and maintain the web platform behind San Francisco Open Studios, one of the largest public arts programs in the country.
The platform had to support artists, studios, visitors, donors, and staff all at once while remaining manageable for a small non-technical team running a large annual program cycle.
Results at a Glance
- Migrated and upgraded a Drupal platform spanning more than 1,000 pages and over 100,000 artist and studio directory records.
- Built structured systems for artist registration, listings, event promotion, public calendars, donations, donor engagement, and reporting.
- Supported thousands of artists and studios, plus visitors, donors, and staff, within one connected platform.
- Reduced administrative overhead and kept repeated annual program cycles reliable for a small nonprofit team.
What We Built
- Structured directory and event systems.
- Artist registration and listing management.
- Public calendars, fundraising, donor-facing tools, and structured reporting.
Why It Lasted
We maintained the platform through repeated annual programs and growing participation.
Structured data at city scale
ArtSpan’s platform supported large directories, event data, user-submitted content, and time-sensitive public information.
We built structured directories and registration tools to manage the growing number of artists and studios.
Built for annual program cycles
We built tools for recurring artist registration, directory updates, and event publishing for each annual San Francisco Open Studios program.
Staff used repeatable workflows and editing tools during peak season.
A small team could run it
- Tools for registrations, listings, and updates without day-to-day technical support.
- Workflows that kept data consistent across a large and changing dataset.
- Public directories and event listings for participants and visitors.
- Structured reporting to support fundraising, compliance, and grant writing.
Why this work matters
Staff could manage artist registrations, studio listings, event information, and reports for each annual program.
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