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North Country Artist Trails 2007
ARTISTS’ DEMONSTRATION DAYS AND MORE!
North Country Artist Trails, a program of Colville Arts Foundation announce ARTISTS' DEMO DAYS for the summer season. In addition to artists’ studios being open (pick up the NCAT brochure at visitor’s sites everywhere to find out artists’ studios and gallery opening times) there will be free or nominal fee-based artists’ demos at the galleries and studios listed in the brochures. Upcoming demonstrations open to the public are:
Sat./ SUN July 28/29
AT: WiseCrafters, Loon Lake, one mile off Hwy. 395 at Loon Lake turnoff
11 am - 5 pm
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The North Country Artist Trails is an open-ended tour of resident artists’ workshops and galleries. Formed by artists from the non-profit organization, Colville Arts Foundation—visiting the trail is an art lover’s idea of a perfect day.
To begin the tour, Loon Lake might be the logical place. Turn off Hwy 395 one mile to the WiseCrafters Studio, home to the Lost Arts Guild. As the name implies, you’ll find a group of artisans who value time-honored methods of creating. Sandy Morris states about the group, the Lost Arts Guild, “on June 30th, Dana Canning will demonstrate weaving on several kinds of lap looms. On July 28th Sandy Morris will demonstrate how to make a drum, and on August 25th, Kathy Elliott of the WiseCrafter in Loon Lake will demonstrate making ceramics.”
In Colville, off Main Street at 121 East Astor, you’ll find the Colville Chamber of Commerce office, where art abounds. There are always local artists represented on their walls, including photography, alternative contemporary works, and until the end of June, Shop the Frontier artists. Be sure to visit the Keller Heritage Center, located at 700 N. Wynne Street also in Colville.
Shop the Frontier in Republic is also on the trail, along with Charlene Payton-Holt’s Eagle Ridge Studio. At the small shop located at 600 S Clark Ave. in Republic, you’ll find a myriad of items for sale by local artisans from three counties; jewelry, ceramics, drawings, paintings, and hand-crafted hats, bags, and Native American beaded and leather goods. The best way to visit is online at: www.shopthefrontier.org
On trail this year is the Grand Forks Art Gallery, located in Grand Forks, B.C., Canada, a short hop over the border. The only professional art gallery in a 100-mile radius, Grand Forks Art Gallery regularly exhibits high-quality art shows.
In the lush Kettle River Valley artist Gloria de los Santos maintains her workshop and gallery, high atop a mountain at the end of a ½ mile long driveway. Driving north of Kettle Falls to the Boulder Creek Road turnoff, you’ll end up in Curlew. Be sure and visit Talitha Cumi’s River’s Edge Studio on the Main Street. There is a fresh air market every 2nd and 4th Saturday, and workshops galore, in basket-making, wire-wrapping jewelry and fiber arts. Call Tiffany Reynolds at 509-779-4828 for more information.
North Country Artist Trails includes the Kettle River studio of Crutchfield Pottery, a husband-and-wife team that offers Saggar-fired pottery, raku, and ceramic garden art. This team has over thirty years of experience in crafting wonderful utilitarian jars, platters, pots, and other items in clay. Call 684-6510 for more information.
Download this year’s NCAT brochure and map at www.northcountryartisttrails.com or email ncat@hughes.net. Call 509-684-3002 for more information.
