This year’s first Ojai Studio Artists Second Saturday Tour will be March 14 with 12 artists in Meiners Oaks and the Arbolada welcoming visitors into their workspaces.

Studios will be open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., showcasing a diverse group of painters, sculptors, jewelry makers, as well as a ceramicist and digital artist. Second Saturday tickets are free.

Participating artists include Brian Berman, Jannene Behl, Bert Collins, Richard Flores, Ted Gall, Pam Grau, Julie Grist, Andrea Haffner, Karen Lewis, Patty McFall, Martha Moran, and Mary Neville.

The event is the first of six Second Saturday Open Studio Tours, held monthly from March through August in neighborhoods throughout the Ojai Valley.

With 10-14 studios featured on each tour, Second Saturdays are especially popular both because of the convenient proximity between studios and the opportunity to get to talk with the artists in their own workspaces, organizers said.

“Second Saturdays are great fun for us artists,” said painter Julie Grist. “Everyone’s out seeing each other’s work. It’s the one time of year we get to see what projects and series each of us are working on.”

The annual Ojai Studio Artists Studio Tour, featuring some 70 artists, will take place this year Saturday, Oct. 10 through Monday, Oct. 12.

To register and download the tour map and to explore the work of the various participating artists, visit www.ojaistudioartists.org.

The website includes information about the fall tour, upcoming exhibits, and the OSA Scholarship Program.