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Wednesday, September 23, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 5 Artist studio tour goes forward September 26-27 Businesses By Helen Schmidling Correspondent Despite the pandemic, and after the smoke, the Sisters Arts Association9s (SAA) fourth annual Artist Studio Tour will take place Saturday and Sunday, September 26-27, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in and around Sisters. This is a free, self-guided tour to individual studios. Thirty-six artists will demonstrate and show their art in 26 loca- tions in and around Sisters Country. Because many art- ists will share studio loca- tions, it will be easier for visi- tors to see more of them. Sisters Arts Association started to plan its fourth annual Artist Studio Tour back in January. It was origi- nally scheduled for the final weekend in June, but then came the coronavirus. So early in the spring, SAA moved the event far ahead, to the final weekend of September. This provided art- ists with more time to gener- ate new work. The Association has great optimism that the skies over Central Oregon will remain clear Saturday and Sunday for art lovers 3 who have been indoors for weeks 3 to head out to these 26 studios in artists9 homes (and a few local galleries) from Tumalo to Sisters, and from Eagle Crest to Tollgate. support studio tour Artists and visitors are required to use appropriate safety measures, including wearing of masks, hand sani- tizing, and six-foot distanc- ing. The nature of the Studio Tour is such that the numbers of people visiting studios are dispersed over a two-day period, never exceeding rec- ommended gathering size. We are out in the country, in a beautiful big barn. I will have work in progress, as well as eight new framed pieces. — Winnie Givot It9s an ideal opportu- nity for art lovers to meet their favorite local artists and purchase directly from them. <We will be in com- pliance,= said Mel Archer, the Association9s creative encourager and events co- chair. He notes that about half of the artists participating in this year9s tour have done so in previous years; the other half are new to the event. This year9s new tour art- ists include Art Blumenkron (woodworking and furni- ture making), Scott Cordner (fine-art photography), David Hough and Marianne PHOTO PROVIDED Two local businesses 3 Sisters Movie House and Hayden Homes 3 are joining with Sisters Arts Association to feature art- ists9 work on the days of the Artist Studio Tour. A wood carving by Daniel Schmidt will be on display at the McKenzie Meadows Village Model Home. Daniel is a 2020 graduate of Sisters High School and recipient of the $2,500 Hayden Homes Winnie Givot is one of 36 artists on the 2020 Sisters Artist Studio Tour. There are 26 studios to visit. See BUSINESSES on page 12 Fellner (ceramics and clay), Jean Wells and June Jaeger (fabric art), Kaia Sieffert (jewelry), and Kelley Salber (book arts). Also new this year are Kim Chavez, Bill Hunt, Anne Hunter and Linda Peck (sculpture), Len Babb, Jim Horsley, Scott McAllister, Janice Druian, and Terry Solini (oil paint- ing), and charcoal/graphite artist Stephen Gasior. Crowd favorites returning on this year9s tour include Mel Archer and Susie Zeitner (glass art), Danae Miller, J. Chester Armstrong, and Gary Cooley (sculpture), Mitch and Michelle Deaderick and Mary Moore (pottery and clay sculpture), Kay Baker, Clarke Daniel Schmidt, winner of the Hayden Homes Art Scholarship. His artwork will be on display during the tour. Berryman, Chris Nelson, Sandy Melchiori (acrylic and oil painting), JoAnn Burgess (pastel), Winnie Givot and Terri Dill-Simpson (water- color), Steve Mathews (col- ored pencil and ink), Sandy Dutko (mixed media), Paul Bennett (painting and printmaking), and Jennifer Hartwig (scratchboard). <My studio is large, so I can handle more than one group at a time,= said water- color artist Winnie Givot. <We are out in the coun- try, in a beautiful big barn. I will have work in progress, as well as eight new framed pieces,= she said. Joining See STUDIO TOUR on page 12 PHOTO PROVIDED