The 2024 Anacortes Artist’s Studio Tour will take place:
Saturday and Sunday, September 7-8, 2024 10am – 5pm.
Look for colorful signage designating open studios from the Skyline neighborhood to Cap Sante and from Old Town to the foot of Mt. Erie – with free maps to guide visitors who love to see where local art is created and to meet the artists who welcome questions about their work.
Learn about the artistry of blacksmithing, or how to turn a piece of driftwood into a graceful sculpture. Step into the world of Native American artists at work in our town or see how stained glass windows and lamps are delicately created.
Hear about what inspires an artist to paint or ask questions of a photographer who captures images you love. Artists’ backgrounds range from traditional Samish bentwood boxes to paintings inspired by a Hindu monoastic lifestyle and much more.
– Lisa Rhoades, co-chair of the AAST.
Local artists celebrated during sixth annual working studio tour
Now in its seventh year, the 98221 Anacortes Artist’s Studio Tour will be held Saturday and Sunday, September 9-10. Seven artists new to the tour will be among the 40+ participants.
All the artists live and work in the 98221 Zip Code and their art will be exhibited and explained at 28 locations, with some artists sharing venues in homes, studios and galleries across Fidalgo Island. Free maps for the self-guided tour will be available at many locations and three gift baskets will be awarded to visitors who enter the drawing at the end of the weekend.
“We’re so lucky to have so many fascinating artists living in our community – and it can be inspirational to spend time with them, to learn about their challenges and techniques,” she added. “That’s why we call it a ‘working studio tour,’ because you’ll actually see the artists at work.”
Rhoades will be assisted by Carol Adams and Carol Barnett this year. “Our working studio tour has shown steady growth, so they’ll help ensure that everything runs smoothly from planning stages through the weekend of the tour,” Rhoades said.
The working studio tour’s new website will also help prepare visitors for the event. “Anacortesstudiotour.com will become the first place to look for timely details about this year’s art and artists,” she advised.
Rhoades welcomed the following new artists: Jen Chambliss – functional, hand-built ceramics; Beck Ivie – ceramic sculpture; Jennifer Josephs – fused glass; Ramneet Kaur – mixed media, acrylic and oil paintings; Elizabeth Ockwell – prints, drawings, watercolor; Brom Wikstrom – watercolor and oil paintings; Sandy Will– tin jewelry, assemblage artwork.
Returning artists include: Carol Bear – resin art, acrylic on canvas; Al Currier – Impasto oil; Kate Dougherty – printmaking, encaustic, watercolor; Dee Doyle – acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, collage, watercolor; Julie Sevilla Drake – fine art quilts; Greg & Melanie Dugan – watercolor, colored pencil, mixed media; Pat & Diana Dunn – cedar bark baskets, hats, rattles, jewelry; Anita Luvera Mayer – textiles, weaving; Doug LeClair – photography; Steve Lloyd – Alaska driftwood sculpture; Anne Martin McCool – acrylic, mixed media; Terry MacDonald – acrylic, mixed media; David Oliver – ink drawings, watercolor; Allyn Pharo – oil, India ink; Jan Priggee – alcohol inks, acrylic; Donna Nevitt-Radtke – oil, pastel; Ron Radtke – fine wood art; Judy Rekevics – acrylic, mixed media, printmaking; Samish Carving Circle members – Coast Salish carving, painting; Pat Sayre – acrylic, mixed media; Jon Schmidt – stone sculpture, photography; Anne Schreivogle –whimsical acrylics, oil landscapes; Joanie Schwartz – fused glass; Scott Milo Gallery (Leo Osborne/paintings, sculpture; Lanny Bergner – flame painted mesh; Keith Sorensen – oils; Kylie Fair Anderson – oil, acrylic; Marcel Schwarb – oil); Iris Syquia – acrylic; Paul Thorne – hand-forged metal art; Peggy Woods – watercolors.
The artwork in the header banner of this page was used with permission from Alfred Currier.
