Nov 7, 2009
10:00 am until 4:00 pm

Artist Open Studios is a time for everyone to get a personal welcome into the studios and lives of the 12 artists featured on our tour. It's an opportunity to learn about these artists whose work you may have seen in galleries, shows, shops, on-line, and in studio tours from previous years. You'll have time to visit each of the artists in their old barns, new barns, and custom-built studio spaces. You'll learn about the techniques of wheel-thrown pottery, glassblowing, stone carving, sculpture, watercolor, oil painting, charcoals and fine woodturning. You will see work in progress, and many studios will be offering demonstrations where you can try your hand at the medium.

Each artist's studio is strikingly unique, as is their work, and they enjoy sharing this deeply personal part of their creative process with the public. Artists are available so you may ask questions such as, "How do you cultivate your ideas?" or "What technique are you using?" or "When can I learn this?" All their experience is there for the taking!

Each year this wildly successful event draws more than 1,000 people to Rhode Island's untamed Northwest corner. Come see why! Artwork will be available for purchase in each studio, but selling it is not the purpose of the event.

Foster, RI

For more information:

fosteringArts.org

Telephone: 401-451-8848
Contact name: Kim McHale
Contact email: kmchale13@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.artistopenstudios.org