Spring Open Studio Weekend May 23-24
BRATTLEBORO, Vt.: This Memorial Day weekend, the Vermont Crafts Council will present its annual Spring Open Studio Weekend, which spotlights the multitude of professional artists and craftspeople who live and create throughout the state.
Participating sites will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 23 and 24, with many studios offering demonstrations as well as the opportunity to purchase art and talk to the artists who made it.
The council has organized participating sites into distinct loops that can be visited in one or two days. The southern Vermont loop stretches from Brattleboro in the east to Readsboro in the west, offering tour attendees the chance to visit eight studios and two galleries during the event.
In the center of the loop, the studios of several members of Brattleboro-West Arts offer a cluster of tour stops (site numbers 55-59 below) along the wooded backroads of West Brattleboro, Marlboro and Dummerston. Brattleboro-West Arts is a group of more than two dozen artisans and crafters who have worked together since 2009 to support one another and increase the visibility of local art in the community.
During the tour hours, follow the yellow signs around town to find participating studios and galleries. Guidebooks and other information to help you navigate the tour will be available at each location, or visit vermontcrafts.com for a guide to the entire statewide tour.
Here is the complete lineup of tour stops in the southern Vermont loop, listed according to their site numbers on the statewide tour. Artists showing at the studios marked with * are members of Brattleboro-West Arts.
60. Vermont Artisan Designs & Gallery 2 (tour information center), pottery, art, glass, jewelry and wood: 106 Main St., Brattleboro.
59. Spare Thread Studio*, hand dyed and hand woven wearables, as well as collage, cards and other soft stuff by Karen Kurak: 744 Stickney Brook Road, Dummerston.
58. Carol Violanda Art*, abstract and representational paintings: 1868 Stickney Brook Road, Dummerston. Guest Laughing Lizard Studio* will show encaustics and alcohol ink paintings by Jen Wiechers at Carol Violanda Art.
57. Chris Lann Designs*, contemporary handcrafted fine jewelry: 1420 Sunset Lake Road, Brattleboro.
56. Matthew Tell Pottery*, wood-fired pottery with earth tones and overlays: 163 Potters Hill Road, Marlboro.
55. Applewoods Woodworking Studio and Gallery*, live-edge hardwood furniture and burl vessels by David and Michelle Holzapfel: 2802 VT Route 9, Marlboro.
54. I Love Art Space, Gallery featuring art, photography, jewelry, painting, pottery. 171 VT Route 100, West Dover.
53. Readsboro Glassworks. Handblown glass and glass sculpture by Mary Angus and K. William LeQuier, 6954 Main St, Readsboro.
NEW! Choose your stops, plan your route
The Vermont Crafts Council has launched a browser app that creates an itinerary on your device, giving you the freedom to choose which sites you want to visit, what order you want to visit them in and how long you'd like to spend at each stop.
No download or installation necessary.
