EASTHAMPTON — From public murals and sculptures to galleries full of paintings and handcrafted items, Easthampton is known for the vibrancy cultivated by its eclectic community of artists.

To show off that work, artists at Cottage Street Studios will pull back the curtain on their creative processes this weekend, allowing community members to enter their studios and learn about their work.

The Holiday Open Studios at One Cottage Street are an annual tradition that merge holiday spirit with the city’s creative prowess. All are welcome to peruse the work of more than 40 participating studios and visiting artists and their selections of lighting, pottery, paintings, glass, photography, fine woodworking and more from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 7-8, and Dec. 14.

“It’s festive, and there’s a great holiday spirit and there’s a lot of demonstrations going on, exposing the different artistic processes,” said Janna Ugone, one of the organizers and participating artists of Open Studios.

For Ugone, who has run her business, Janna Ugone & Co., out of Cottage Street Studios for almost 40 years, this iteration of the Holiday Open Studios is particularly bittersweet. Next May, Ugone will be closing her lighting and home decor business and move out of her studio space in the building.

Ugone and other Cottage Street Studios artists have made the decision to leave in the face of recent rent increases, but Open Studios serves as a chance for those who have stayed, those who are leaving, and those who have already departed to reunite once more. Many artists who decided to leave the building will return for Open Studios as visiting artists, and Ugone said she has already received an invitation to do the same once she moves on.

“Once you’re in this building, you’re always welcome to come back,” Ugone said.

Each year, Ugone said that the Holiday Open Studios draw crowds of thousands, which she credits to the “incredibly loyal audience” that she and her fellow creatives have gained in the city. The event typically garners excitement, she said, because it’s a chance to get holiday shopping done while getting to “see what’s going on behind closed doors” in the studios.

With that community support, and a standing invitation to participate in future Open Studios, Ugone sees her business’s closure as a new beginning.

“I get a chance to reinvent myself as an artist,” she said. “I look forward to using this as an opportunity to pursue new exciting creative work.”

Lynne Adams, a painter and art teacher planning to remain in her studio space at One Cottage Street, has also been one of the organizers of Open Studios, which she said have become a “well-oiled machine” over the years, as they are the longest-running Open Studios hosted in the city .

“It’s super exciting to open our doors to the public,” Adams said.

Every year, Adams has found the crowds who come to visit the studios to be “different and surprising,” as they always contain many new faces alongside longtime visitors.

“The quality of art here is amazing,” Adams said. “We have artists here who are represented in galleries nationally and internationally… the studios are really diverse and it’s just a wonderful showing of different talents.”

Despite the transitions happening in the building, Ugone and Adams believe that this year’s Open Studios will be as welcoming and exciting as ever. Adams said that the artists of Cottage Street Studios are “gung-ho” about sharing their spaces and their work, while also getting to come together as a community once again.

“We are a very strong community, and nothing’s gonna break us apart,” she said. “We are One Cottage Street and we are one community.”

Alexa Lewis can be reached at alewis@gazettenet.com.