Wednesday, September 23, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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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
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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
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