Off the heels of the Open Studio Tour, Dartmouth art fans will have another chance to hit the road this August.

The Art Drive, which runs from Aug. 8 to 9, is a studio tour on a smaller scale. Now in its eighth year, Art Drive is a juried show capped at 32 artists in Dartmouth and Westport only. Stops on the tour are within a 15-mile radius.

“And we have had a tie to the Lloyd Center since we started,” said Beverly Carter, one of the original developers of the tour. “We ask the artists that participate to donate a portion of their earnings for the weekend to the Lloyd Center for their education programs for kids.”

Carter estimates that in the past three years, the drive has brought in about $5,000 for the center.

“All told, as the tour has become more popular, that amount grew. We’ve probably given them close to $30,000 through the years,” she said.

Artists’ sales aren’t the only thing that contributes to the Lloyd Center. For the past five years, each of the participants paints a four-foot wooden fish. In the past, artists have painted cod, bass and flounder. This year, Carter chose the bonito, which is a member of the tuna family.

The fish, which will be on display during the tour, are auctioned on eBay between Aug. 1 and 10.

“We also have a show down in Padanaram Village of high school students from Dartmouth and Westport, and we call it ‘Rising Stars.’ Those kids are just amazing,” said Carter. “Through the duration, we’ve actually had some kids go on to art school and come back and say, ‘I’d like to apply to be one of the artists.’”

One such student is printmaker Jimmy Viera.

“It’s a really good opportunity,” said Viera. “That show is juried so they pick and select artists that they think would make good, quality images. All the students from those towns have really good art programs. It’s a good way for them to start and show their work to people.”

Viera was part of the “Rising Star” exhibition when he was in high school, worked as an intern at the drive when he was in college and this year will be his second time as one of the 32 featured artists.

“It’s cool to see my name up there with people who have been doing it for a long time. There’s a lot of artists that are well-known in the area. It feels good to have an accomplishment like that,” he said.

On both days of the tour, there will be demonstrations at various studios at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., and less formal demos will happen throughout the day. Veira said that he’s usually drawing during the event and brings in some of his printmaking tools.

“A lot of people don’t quite know what that is, so it’s good to have the materials there so they can see how things were made,” he said.

To view the fish up for auction or to download a map of the studio tour, visit http://the-art-drive.com/.