By Town Crier Staff Report

More than 350 Silicon Valley artists, including 22 from Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, will open their studios to the public on weekends from April 20 to May 4, as part of Open Studios 2002.

Open Studios 2002 is a self-guided tour of artists’ studios from Belmont in the north to Gilroy in the south.

The artists work in several media, including oils and acrylics on canvas, pencil and ink, ceramics and mosaics, blown glass, quilts and weaving, handmade books, textiles and fiber, black-and-white photography, digitally manipulated photos, stone and metal sculptures, jewelry, calligraphy and digital art.

Original artworks will be available for purchase at several of the studios.

Locally, the event will be held 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 27 and 28, when visitors will be able to see studios in Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Stanford and Sunnyvale.

Copies of the tour guide are available, free of charge, at Gallery 9, 143 Main St., Los Altos, and Printers Inc., 301 Castro St., Mountain View.

Copies also will be available at Marjolaine French Pastries, 134 Main St., Los Altos.

For more information, call 941-5337 or logon to: www.svopenstudios.org.

A cyber gallery and more information is available on the Open Studios Web site, www.svopenstudios.org.