Studio Discovery Tour 2008
Labor Day weekend & the weekend after:
Saturday-Monday, Aug 30-Sept 1, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, September 6-7, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
For the sixteenth year, the North Coast Artists' Guild has organized the Annual Studio Discovery Tour for Labor Day weekend and the following weekend.
Coastal artists once again open their private studios providing visitors with the chance to meet the artist in person, to see demonstrations, to ask questions and to purchase original and unique works of art. Artwork includes paintings, sculptures, jewelry, ceramics, glass art, textiles, photography, iron work, murals and much, much more.
This free self-guided tour takes you at your own leisurely pace along the beautiful serene coastline from Stewarts Point to Little River. Along the roadside directional signs in bright yellow will help guide you in this adventure. The Discovery Tour map will coordinate with the numbered signs and is especially important when visiting the Sea Ranch artists because there is little directional signage along Highway 1 through Sea Ranch.
The printed maps will be available at many other locations throughout the area, including the Gualala Arts office. Also, check the websites
NorthCoastArtistsGuild.com and
Studio-Tours.com
for updated information.
You can get an early preview of the Studio Tour by stopping at the
Sea Ranch Lodge Front Gallery to preview the work of Studio Discovery Tour artists who are competing for their work to be on the front cover of the tour catalog. One of the most exciting events of the opening evening, Friday May 16, will be the unveiling of the winners of the
Studio Discovery Tour Catalog Cover Competition. The exhibit will continue through July 13.
In downtown Gualala, the
Dolphin Gallery
will have an exhibit which will be a
preview of most of the participating Tour artists from August 30 through October 1. This gives you an opportunity to see an overview of the art so that you can check out artists you are particularly interested in. This is very helpful if your time is limited.
The Gualala Arts Center, located at 46501 Gualala Road in Gualala, CA,
is open weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and weekends from noon to 4:00 p.m.
Please call (707) 884-1138 for more information, or email
info@gualalaarts.org.
