Studio tour features Norfolk County artists
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Visual artists across Norfolk County have opened their studios for the 20th edition of the Norfolk Studio Tour on Sept. 26 and 27.
Organizer Melissa Schooley said while some studio tours moved online this year, artists involved in the Norfolk tour voted to hold a physical event while implementing COVID-19 precautions.
“The overwhelming consensus was we preferred the physical tour to the virtual tour,” Schooley said. “For a lot of the artists, (the tour) is a source of their income, and they wanted a chance to be able to move forward with this.”
Running 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, participants in the free tour can check online for a list of participating studios — from Port Dover painter Heather Verplanke and Simcoe guitar maker Brian Laplante to Jonas Stonkus’ sculpture garden in Courtland.
Schooley, who will welcome visitors to her pottery studio in Windham Centre, said some tour regulars bowed out in light of the pandemic, leaving 21 locations to visit this year.
But she said fans of photography, ceramics, fibre arts, homemade jewelry and encaustics will still find at least one studio to suit their creative fancy.
Tour participants are asked to wear face masks and respect each studio’s specific COVID rules. Many artists will display their work outside, while others will have helpers on hand to limit crowds inside the studio.
Schooley said the studio tour is a chance for the rural county to show off its artistic side.
“This is a juried show, so it’s the best of our local crew. This is just a spectacular place for people to come and find art,” she said.
Along with locals from Haldimand-Norfolk, Schooley said the tour typically draws day-trippers from Hamilton, Burlington, London and Niagara.
“It introduces people to Norfolk County as a whole, not just the art that’s here,” she said.
“They’re just blown away by how pretty it is here and the talent that is hiding in the back roads of our county.”
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