New feature

Greetings from some of the members of the Stouffville Studio Tour.
Holiday card images from this year. Have a peak here. While your visiting the Facebook page "like" us to keep up to date.

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New Facebook page for the Studio Tour..... "like" us and keep up to date on what's happening....new feature "Inside the Artist's Studio"
Studio Tour Facebook Page

Congratulations

Congratulations to Grace MacPherson
Best Watercolour Award, Rock of Ages,
The Art Guild of Scarborough,
Fall Show and Sale November 6th and 7th 2010

Check this out

Thanks to the Pine Ridge Arts Council for their continued support. On their website a banner across the top of their site with photos of some of our Tour artists last Sunday.....click here to see it.

Stained Glass sale

In the news

......link to a great article about the Tour that appeared in the local paper...Stouffville Sun-Tribune

New illustration

The Green Boy by Jan Dolby

New funny little boys and girls for this year's 10th anniversary Stouffville Studio Tour...location #12 on the tour brochure. http://www.jandolby.blogspot.com/

Allison Bullock

Allison paints in several different mediums including encaustic or melted wax. Location # 19 on Tour www.alternativesinart.ca

Sandra Cole Burke

In 2007 Sandra arranged to demonstrate her wood block printing in the lobby of the Latcham Gallery/ Care and Share Shoppe before the Studio Tour. Since then several other artists have shown how they create their work. This is Sandra on Saturday. Sandra's location #20 on the Tour.

Valerie Ashton's studio

Valerie Ashton, #24 on the Studio Tour map has a brand new studio space to create her work.

A big demonstration...

Ed Keith and Deb Kirk put on a smokey show at the Latcham Gallery....raku firing

Raku firing demonstration

All the artists on the tour are busy getting ready for next weekend. Just over a week away.

On Tuesday October 5th two of the Tour potters, Ed Keith and Deb Kirk did a demonstration of a Raku firing of their pottery in the courtyard of the Latcham Gallery, Stouffville. Many people stopped by to see why there was fire in Downtown Stouffville!

Here is a link to a short video of them removing the Raku pots from the kiln.
http://www.youtube.com

A group of studio tour artists....

Photo taken by Kate Gilderdale, Stouffville Free Press

...we're getting geared up for our 10th Anniversary Whitchurch-Stouffville Studio Tour!

Preview artists' work at...

...the following locations in Stouffville:

For the Love of Jo coffee shop

Latcham Gallery foyer

Corner House Restaurant

Stouffville Picture Framing Studio

Studio tour artists demonstrations

Demonstrations between 1:00pm and 3:00pm at the Latcham Gallery, Stouffville

Sept 18 - Katrina Covello- Working in Glass
Sept 25 - Sandra Cole Burke- Watercolour
Sept 26 - Diana Bullock- Sumi-e (Japanese Ink Painting)
Sept 28 - Diana Bullock- Watercolour/Sumi-e (Japanese Ink Painting)
Oct 2 - John Roberts- Watercolour/portraits
Oct 5 - Ed Keith, Deb Kirk .....Raku firing
Oct 9 - Sandra Cole Burke - Watercolour
Oct 12 - Diana Bullock -Sumi-e (Japanese Ink Painting)

Preview of studio tour artists' works can also be seen at The Corner House Restaurant at Main Street and Park Drive and in the show case at Latcham Gallery, Stouffville.

Not to miss....downtown Stouffville is featuring lamp post banners highlighting examples of work from the studio tour artists.

Studio Tour Artists exhibit at coffee shop

Five weeks away from the 10th Annual Whitchurch-Stouffville Studio Tour! Participating artists' works can be viewed at For the Love of Jo Coffee Shop on Main Street Stouffville. Pick up a brochure and plan your visit to the tour.

www.stouffvillestudiotour.com

Grace MacPherson & Diana Bullock art exhibit

new children's book will be available during tour

"Phobiatopia" by Tami Craig, illustrated by Jan Dolby will be available for sale during the 10th Anniversary Whitchurch Stouffville Studio Tour and Sale.

Marie's studio

new pieces drying

bisque fired and ready to be glazed

finished product

Marie's studio

Potting with Marie

centering a ball of clay


making an opening in the centre of the clay


pulling the opening to widen it


smoothing the inside of the piece


pulling the clay upward to give height to the piece

smoothing and straightening the outside

flanging (making a rim) on the top of the piece


finished piece ready for the drying process

Artist's piece in Markham juried show

Artist, Valerie Ashton has a work of art in the Markham Group of Artists juried show at the Mckay House in Unionville. The show runs until June 6th.

Studio Tour Artist exhibiting

Artist, David Clubine will be participating in the Markham Art Show at the Planing Mill in Unionville May 31st-June 7th. http://www.markhamartshow.com/

The Art Studio: Latcham Gallery 2010 Juried Exhibition Part 1

This is one of many youtube videos that broadcast Valerie Ashton's Radio Program "The Art Studio". In this particular episode it goes over the jurors selection process. They had a hard decision narrowing down 191 peices of submitted art, for the 2010 Juried Show at the Latcham Gallery in Stouffville. This is a must see video for all artists who wonder how the juring process is done. There are many more videos to be seen from Valerie's Program and I recommend seeing them please click here. This years show Juried Show at the Latcham Gallery is excellent (not that others were not) and hopefully you'll all find the time to go and see it in person.

-Steve Noorhoff

P.S. This was my first Blog, how did I do?

Doors Open 2010 - Studio Tour Artist home and workshop

Laureen Lucas - Second St. Studio • Stained Glass

Located in the heart of one of Stouffville’s many historic districts, this house, originally built in 1913, continues to undergo many changes. Today it is home to “Second St. Studio Stained Glass”, and features a bright, fully-equipped studio workshop.

You can see Laureen Lucas at the Thursday farmers market twice per month this summer.

Works by David Clubine

Reesor Farm and the Stouffville Train Station by David Clubine

Jewellery maker - Lis Simpson

Lis Simpson, hot glass artist and jewellery designer, has been making one-of-a-kind jewellery pieces for about nine years. Her glass beads are made on a torch from rods hand-pulled in the glass factory in Murano, Italy, and accented with shimmery dichroic glass and other unique textural elements, compatible with the molten glass. She puts these fine art beads on handmade sterling silver head pins and adds bead accents and precious metal chain to make her hand crafted jewellery, “wearable art”.

Torchworked glass beads are relatively new and unequaled in the jewellery industry. Although glass bead making was an ancient, secretly guarded art, it wasn’t until the 1990s that the techniques began to be shared in North America. It can take from one half to two hours to create the bead on the torch, without any stopping! If her cat calls to come into the studio, he is ignored or the bead thermal shocks into tiny pieces! It’s a tricky business working with molten glass. Her passion for working with hot glass and her repertoire of skills continue to expand as other artists working in hot glass and in other mediums inspire her!

Glass beadmaking has only been offered at art schools within the past few years, so Lis began with a few lessons from another Toronto beadmaker, and then honed her skills on her own torch. She has branched out into fused glass, making both pendants and more recently paperweights. As well, she became a certified instructor for the innovative fine silver medium of Art Clay Silver, and took the wirework course from George Brown College. She now teaches these jewellery techniques both in her own studio and at various venues in the Greater Toronto Area.

Art exhibit - Ray McNeice

Watercolours by Ray McNeice on exhibit at the Beacher Cafe, Queen Street, Toronto

Morning Rush by Valerie Ashton


Dark Roast by Valerie Ashton

Works by Valerie Ashton...showing in Stratford as part of the Ontario Society of Artists' Juried Show at the Gallery Stratford