Thank You

The Stouffville Studio Tour artists wish to thank everyone 

who came to the Tour this year. 

By all accounts it was another fantastic weekend!

We are grateful for your continued support 

Please watch out for our artists displaying their work at 

The Love of Jo Coffee Shoppe 

Downtown Stouffville 

a new artist every month

We would also like to thank all of our sponsors 

We hope you will support them 

Thank you to our local newspapers 

The Stouffville Free Press

The Stouffville Review 

and

The Stouffville Sun Tribune 

They are great!

And of course The Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville 

who have really helped us in so many ways to make our Tour the best!

Looking forward to next year 

Please keep checking back ... we will be posting all year long 

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And we are also on Instagram

We had a lot of fun meeting you. 

Hope you enjoyed the experience also. 

Thank you, Thank you,  Thank you

We are ready

We are all ready to greet you on Saturday and Sunday 

Studios are open 10 am to 5pm 

Stop by and say hello 

Map is here 

Less than 2 weeks

Less than 2 weeks to the 15th Annual Studio Tour

Downtown Stouffville Train Station 

All of our artists are busy... very busy getting ready to greet you. One of the features of our Tour is that each location is actually the studio/home of one of the exhibiting artist. You won't necessarily see each person's studio space.... sometime logistics prevents a lot of people from actually seeing the space, however over on our Facebook page you will find images to many of the studios
Worth a click Studio Spaces

And yes creating art can be messy!

Enjoy

Look up

It must be getting close to the Tour.
If you are visiting Downtown Stouffville make sure to look on the lamp posts .... Our banners are up. Looking good!

  

Grace MacPherson

With Labour Day behind us our artists are all busy getting ready for the Tour ....

Always popular at their studio are Grace's hand painted original bookmarks.
She is busy painting and assembling them.

She also shares a new painting. 

Blowing in the Wind (C) Grace MacPherson 2015

Make sure to stop by Studio # 15 on this years Tour. 

Three Generations of artists at this location; Grace, daughter Diana Bullock and granddaughter 

Allison Bullock 

Thank you

It has been several weeks since the Tour and we just had our last meeting on Thursday. Congratulations to Carol Gordon who won the $200.00 voucher to spend on art from one of our members

By all accounts it was another extremely successful year
Thank you to everyone

• the people who visited our studios.... you encourage us with your enthusiasm and support 
• our sponsors .... without them we would not be able to reach so many people. Please support them with your business
• our artists  .... they open up their homes/studios and share the process of their creations 
• and the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville for their continued support on many different levels 

Please continue to check back to this blog. There will be updates on our artists all year long. We have already started planning for next year .... our 15th 

Thank you!

Potential future Tour member

Marie Messina shares some pictures of her teaching a new generation pottery. Looks like they were having fun ...... maybe a new Tour member in a few years?

Thank you

The 13th Annual Stouffville Studio Tour was a huge success. Thank you for your continued support. We had record crowds again this year.

We would also like to thank all of our sponsors. They make it possible to advertise all over the GTA in print and with our brochure. Here is a link. We encourage you to patronize them year round.

Special thanks to the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, the Stouffville Free Press, the Shoppes of Stouffville newsletter, the Stouffville Sun Tribune and Stouffville Whistle Radio.

We are already starting to think about next year.
Please keep checking our social media ..... there will be lots of news about our artists.

Thank you again!

Marie Messina

Marie Messina's pottery is always in high demand
Here are some of her latest pieces

1-to be bisque fired

2- to be glazed

3- glazed and ready for final firing

Marie says
"I’m trying to get it all done.
Hopefully I will get there before the start of our tour."

Visit Marie at Studio # 17

Karen Wootton

Also back from sabbatical is Karen Wootton

Here is one of the latest creations being added to the Stouffvile Studio Tour. I

It is a classic black & white table lamp that is a combination of flame working, fusing and draping of glass.




Karen's Studio is number 12 on this years tour

Doors Open

Doors Open happens all over Ontario on various weekends. It is fun way to see inside buildings and learn some of the history and heritage of an area.

The Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville is participating in this event June 1st, 2013. Twelve sites will be opened to the public from 10 am to 4 pm. Doors Open Whitchurch-Stouffville will also have an added feature, Stouffville Studio Tour Artists will be demonstrating their art.

Drive out of  town to the Willowgrove Camp where Carin Bacher will be carving a totem pole.

Find Deb Grove-Kirk chasing copper in the repoussé  technique at the office of Paul Calandra, MP. 

In the Town Offices you will  find Jane McLellan painting beautiful wine glasses.  Jane is one of our new artists on the Tour for 2013.

Jane McLellan hand painted glasses

John Roberts will creating pencil portraits at the Renew Integrative Health building with the small fee that he charges going to one of his favourite charities, an orphanage in Uganda. 

Lis Simpson will be at the Stouffville train station demonstrating how she makes art glass beads on a torch. 

Lis Simpson making her bead

Red Caboose Bead that Lis will have at the Train Station

Come see how these artists create their work and visit some interesting sites in Whitchurch-Stouffville.

To see some of the work that these artists create visit our 2012 website.