Despite excellent summer weather, lots
of folks left their lake-side havens to check out the studios along Limberlost
Road for the annual Open Studio Weekend.
It’s always a pleasure to welcome visitors who are curious to learn more
about art and craft, and eager to see our latest work.
Sales were good, so clearly people liked what
they found!
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| "Which is your favorite?" |
We had great support for the Tour from the
local media, and we thank them all; Muskoka Life Magazine, The Weekender,
Muskoka Magazine, What’s Up Muskoka, and 2 radio stations: The Moose 105.5
Huntsville and CanoeFM 100.9 in Haliburton.
Media support is so important for promoting an event like ours, and we
appreciate the enthusiasm they all have for the arts.
Thanks to my guest artists this year, jeweller Vicki Sharp and woodworker/blacksmith, Jim Carter. Guest artists add dimension and variety to our tour, and I enjoy having them.
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| Vicki Sharp |
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| Jim Carter |
Next up:
I’m a guest artist at my good friend Molly
Moldovan’s studio on Tallan Lake for the Apsley Studio Tour September
21&22. I love spending the weekend
surrounded by her beautiful paintings.
Our work always to complements each other’s so well.
Then back home for 2 weekends in my own
studio again for the Muskoka Autumn Studio Tour: September 28&29 and
October 5&6.
I hope to see lots of new and returning
visitors this autumn!
In July my husband Peter and I took a tour
of glass art installations designed by one of Canada’s premiere glass artists. Sarah Hall is an artist I’ve known and
admired for a couple of decades. The Royal
Ontario Museum organized a bus tour with Sarah as our host, introducing us to
several of her large commissions in the Toronto area, all of which cannot be easily accessed by the
public. We visited Massey College at the
U of T, a synagogue, an Anglican church, a Carmelite Catholic church, and
an innovative installation at York
University incorporating solar technology.
