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← Older posts Newer posts →Julie Fakler at the Waseca Art Center
Studio ArTour artist Julie Fakler will have her Safe Sanctuary and Prairie’s Edge Humane Society Portraits at the Waseca Art Center March 10 – April 2. Artists reception will be held March 18th 7-9pm. The paintings in this exhibit are all portraits of animals that were up for adoption with SAFE Sanctuary and Prairie’s Edge Humane Society. Please adopt don’t shop. The Safe Sanctuary Portraits (2014) and Prairie’s Edge Humane Society Portraits (2011) were made possible by a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council. Waseca Art Center is located at 200 North State Street Waseca, MN 56093.
Applications now open for 2016!
Calling all returning and new artists! Join us for the 2016 Studio ARTour – apply HERE. There is a March 15, 2016 deadline.
Beads and Beauty in Studio 16!
I’m starting to prepare my studio space for Art tourists. All season long I set up my art fair tent and create a mini gallery at multiple art fair venues. But at the Studio Artour, welcoming people into my working space is so much for me and fun for my audience! Visitors will see the art making space and displays of original jewelry for sale. Recently, I’ve been weaving these sweet, colorful, triangular beads. In the woven beads I combine color in interesting ways. It’s a great way to take color risks! The woven beads are suspended from a bit … Continue reading
Preparing for the ArTour: The Grass Trays of Barbara Zaveruha
Barbara writes: I’ve been out collecting grasses to print on plates and trays. The colors right now are spectacular. The Indian grass is golden with little yellow flecks of flowers in the seed head. The Big Bluestem is red and indigo and green. The seed heads are red to indigo, really intense when the grass is wet. The stem is usually red and green. One piece that I found was completely red–the whole stem and the blades–which I have never seen before. You can see it in the middle of the grasses in the picture.
Now accepting applications ONLINE!
Studio Artour now accepting applications for the 2015 Artour! ONLINE! Here is the link: http://goo.gl/forms/MvncOztrMO This is the Call for Entries for the 11th Annual Studio ArTour! We invite you to apply to be a Studio or Guest Artist on the Tour. NEW THIS YEAR!!!! You can apply online!! Please read and fill out the application carefully and submit it by March 31st 2015. To access the application, please go to: http://goo.gl/forms/MvncOztrMO Please note: The applications are online but images must be sent via email to studioartour@gmail.com; checks should be sent via regular mail to the address on the applications. Also new this year, people submitting applications … Continue reading
10th Annual Artour Just Around the Corner!
Well, today is the day that I am sure all our Artour artists are working very hard doing last minute preparations for the Studio Tour tomorrow! Studios are being cleaned, signs put up, last minute artwork finished up, kilns being unloaded, displays put up and probably some food being prepared! I know I sure am; the chickens have been fenced off, the studio is pretty clean, the kiln unloaded and all that remains are for pots to be put out and priced and my cats briefed on being nice to all the people who will come by. My two guest artist (Juan … Continue reading
Star Tribune Features the Studio ArTour
Last weekend, Liz Rolfsmeier wrote an article for the Star Tribune featuring the Studio ArTour. Read the full article HERE
Behind Door #7
By Patsy Dew October has long been my favorite month of the year, and for the past three years I have spent one October weekend (the ArTour weekend) “behind door #7” as one of the seven artists hosted by Tom and Judy Saye-Willis. I look forward to spending this weekend again in Judy’s studio in the woods, watching the changing light as it filters through the golds, greens and reds. Last year Judy did a demonstration of the Shibori dyeing process, and I marveled at the beauty of these scarves blowing in the wind. I anticipate another fun weekend showing … Continue reading
Julie Fakler, Painter, and S.A.F.E. Sanctuary
Studio ArTour Artist Julie Fakler is painting a new series of portraits of the SAFE Sanctuary animals. SAFE (*Saving Animals From Euthanasia) Sanctuary is a non-profit volunteer organization that fosters animals in the Faribault area. This project is helping artist Julie Fakler refine and improve her painting style, focus on composition, and the study of color. SAFE Sanctuary has provided Julie with a variety of models that have challenged her ability to paint different breeds of cats and dogs. This new body of work will be exhibited at the Owatonna Art Center November 2-23. The opening reception will be on … Continue reading
Cindy Robinson checks in
Many of our artists are letting us know what they are up to in order to get ready for the tour. Cindy Robinson checks in: I bought a dozen scarves in a variety of fibers at the beginning of the summer, intending to dye and paint them in preparation for this year’s Studio Art Tour. Life got busy, however, and I couldn’t make up my mind what processes I wanted to utilize on them. I finally got inspired a week or two ago, deciding that I wanted to use the same shibori style, multiple dye bath approach on the scarves … Continue reading
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