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Saturday May 8th - Sunday, September 5

Noon - 3PM

A FREE SUMMER EVENT

May	June	July	August	September
May 8 - Saturday Juanita Matteson – Fiber to Garment Ron Matteson – Author of Civil War Campaigns of the 10th NY Calvary “I take the raw fiber as it comes from the animal, and demonstrate the stages of work it takes to get to a wearable garment; gathering, washing, carding, spinning, dyeing, and knitting.”	June 5 - Saturday Joanie DeSimone Joanie DeSimone of SunDanceCreations.com life long, artist, craftsmen, naturalist and professional jewelry metal smith for over 25 years. Visit with Joanie and watch here create her signature, limited edition sterling silver Fingerlakes Necklace. Enjoy the opportunity to custom order jewelry with your favorite lake and choose from various gem stones that will be available during the demo time.	July 3 - Saturday Dan Nolan - Photography A photograph is a time machine. It allows us to see a scene or an event as it happened or as we perceive that it happened. A slice of a day gone by. An enhancement of our memory. It makes no difference whether our minds remember every detail or not. The finished photograph will be our expression to all the future viewers of a slice of time in our lives and likely to never be seen exactly the same again.	August 1 - Sunday Dory Romanoski I will be doing a demonstration with a printing press made from an antique wringer washing “machine”. I have been enjoying the surprises I get as I paint on glass and allow the press to move the paint where it wills, having limited control of the outcome. I have a preliminary drawing of an object or scene under the glass but the process itself dictates the image. Each print is a “one of a kind” or in printmakers terms, a monoprint. As well as demonstrating the process, I’d love to share the experiance with anyone wanting to try thier own hand at the press.	September 4 - Saturday Bob Geroux – PAINTING DEMO Instructor of Art and Art Education at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, where he has taught since 2004. Geroux explains that: “My recent work focuses on the animals of the Finger Lakes Region but with a symbolic or spiritual connotation. I begin with an idea, but typically am guided by the surface or painting itself, as to its final manifestation”.
May 9 - Sunday Elizabeth Agte – Silversmith Elizabeth R. Agte makes jewelry, mixed-media sculptures and goes “curb shopping” in Fairport New York. Her work ranges from fine jewelry published in national books and magazines to whimsical pieces made of recycled materials, such as beer caps, computer parts and copper scrub pads. To learn more about her go to www.agte.com	June 6 - Sunday Anne Fischer - Mixed Media Fiber Anne Fischer is a fiber artist whose work is greatly influenced by the wooded hills above the lakes where she lives and works. Her artistic medium is quilted and embellished fabric, largely interpreted as wall art as well as wearables and unique accessories. She often uses nature and the relationships between animals and their environment as a theme. Many of her pieces have an earthy, organic character. Recently, she has been exploring surface design, including “snow dyeing”	July 4 - Sunday No Demo - Happy 4th of July!	August 7 - Saturday Bridgette Baldwin During the demo I plan to throw acrylic paint onto a large canvas. I will use a variety of colors, then decorate the canvas using items such as gem stones, glitter, jewelry, chain, etc... I will also bring a painting that is totally done so that the audience sees the painting finished.	September 5 - Sunday Dorothy Harrison Dottie has been working with color most of her life. Color is fascinating, creating moods or maintaining them from soothing to celebratory. Favorite things to paint are children, animals, flowers and especially scenes of the beautiful Finger Lakes area. She will paint a Finger Lakes area scene using both brush work and painting knives.
May 15 - Saturday Woodland Wisp Jewelry Creations PMC or Precious Metal Clay is a relatively new art form from Japan. Pure Silver ( or another precious metal ) is ground up powder fine and mixed with a small amount of organic binder and water. The result is PMC! Which can be sculpted, molded, textured and cut into any design you can imagine! My name is Heidi Kester and I have been designing and making my own jewelry for several years. I find working with PMC both exciting as well as inspiring. I hope you find watching my demo instructional, as well as, fun. I look forward to meeting you!	June 12 - Saturday George Wallace - Photography George Wallace is a photographer living in Pittsford, NY. A native of New Jersey, he has traveled extensively worldwide taking thousands of photographs along the way. Through lighting, color, composition, and movement he strives to present images that appeal to our emotions as well as our sense of design and beauty. George believes that art, especially photographic art, should be understandable, accessible, and affordable to all.	July 10 - Saturday Eva and the Dog Boys Eva & the Dog Boys is three long-time bluegrass-playing friends joined and ultimately led by the beautiful, sensitive and mysterious bass player who goes by her stage name, Eva. John (JD) Denniston, Tom (TBone) Farley, Mike Cloonan, and Elaine (Eva) Ver Straete draw material from many genres for your listening enjoyment.	August 8 - Sunday Susanne Litzelman Sterling silver jewelry featured by Susanne Litzelman. Several years ago I took a beading class and have been making jewelry ever since. I love working with all kinds of freshwater pearls, sterling silver, leather, and semi-precious stones. I also enjoy creating new pieces from old jewelry. If you have pearls or beads you love, or an old piece of jewelry you would like updated bring it along I’d be happy to consult with you.
May 16 - Sunday Dorothy Harrison – Oil Painting Dottie will use both brushes and painting knives to accomplish an oil painting of a barn scene on the east side of Canandaigua Lake (Route 245). She uses a heat dried medium called “Genesis” which combines the best qualities of both traditional oils and acrylic paints.	June 13 - Sunday Birds On A Wire Birds-On-A-Wire is an acoustic folk group with a unique style comprised of original song-writing and rich harmonies. Brooke Pevear’s vocals, guitar and banjo, interwoven with Elaine Verstraete’s vocals and stand up bass produce a depth of sound that is straightforward and honest. The occasional inclusion of guest players who join them on “the wire” have added to their collective sound.	July 11 - Sunday Kayc Cass-Northrup – Photography A local photographer who loves to photograph the beauty of the Finger Lakes and other areas, Kayc’s presentation will display some of her photography while demonstrating hand coloring of some of her black and white pictures. Hand-coloring photography is an old form of artwork that Kayc first became interested in through her mother and grandmother. She will be available for questions about any of her photographs and their locations.	August 14 - Saturday Rochester Folk Art Guild The potters from the Rochester Folk Art Guild will be joining together with the musicians to make pots on the potters wheel while having live music- fiddle, guitar, perhaps singing too. Annie Schliffer will be demonstrating vases, bowls, and other pots while her son Gabriel fiddles along. And perhaps some others from the Guild will join us in this pot making, music making celebration. The Folk Art Guild is a group of crafts people and organic farmers who live and work together in a community in Middlesex, just up the road from Naples.
May 22 - Saturday Kathleen Armitage – Impasto Painting Inspiration is everywhere in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Join Kathleen as she carves out a landscape with palette knives while referencing local images. Using oil paints on canvas, an impasto topographic representation will be created from start to finish.	June 19 - Saturday Monica Sommerville - Sommerville Pottery Local potter, Monica Sommerville will be demonstrating wheel throwing. Monica has been making pots for more than 27 years. She works in partnership with her husband Ray. Initially based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Sommerville Pottery relocated in the spring of 2007 to Pulteney, on the west side of Keuka Lake in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of New York.	July 17 - Saturday Len Brondum & Prudence Whitehead Come and experience the movement and fluidity of painting on silk,and the way dye flows on the silk to create stunning effects and creations. It will be demonstrated by Len Brondum and Prudy Whitehead.	August 15 - Sunday Bristol Mountain Bluegrass Bristol Mountain BlueGrass from the Finger Lakes Region is comprised of four good friends who share an intense appreciation for a broad spectrum of both the new and the traditional. With distinctive vocal harmonies accompanied by guitar, bass, fiddle, mandolin, and banjo they play a wide variety of songs derived from jazz to popular to traditional to country. Don Springer, Perry Cleaveland, Norm Darling, and Mike Cloonan are Bristol Mountain BlueGrass.
May 23 - Sunday Kit Corti Being up a tree is fun and the view is great! Come join Kit Corti on Artizanns’ Front Porch and climb into the world of tree houses. Kit, a Naples artist known for her expressive figurative drawings, will invite you to to join her whimsical nature as she demonstrates the art of vitalizing and creating tree houses. She may even put you up a tree in one of her drawings.	June 20 - Sunday Carole Battle A local artist with a national reputation, Carole has been painting the beautiful scenic vistas in upstate New York for over forty years. She draws inspiration from the landscapes of the Finger Lakes to the Adirondacks region. Her deep love for gardens is reflected in her colorful floral collection. Carole interprets nature with an insightful eye and fresh technique -- a distinctive blend that many have come to treasure.	July 18 - Sunday Priscilla Thornton I started making lampworked glass beads in 1998 and still love doing it. Please stop by my demonstration at Artizann’s and watch me use a torch to melt glass and make beads using techniques that have not changed much in thousands of years. I will also have a special selection of beads and jewelry for sale.	August 21 - Saturday Pam Mead & Elaine Widener - Jeweler & Fabric Artist Nature takes center stage with jewelry fashioned by Pam Mead. Beaches near and far are a source of inspiration for these unique creations. Acquisitions of beach glass, beach stones, pottery shards and driftwood are highlighted in her bracelets, necklaces, pins and rings. Nature and its color and designs are also considered in the fabric works of Elaine Widener. Design patterns, textures and ideas come from many of “Mother Nature’s” spectacular works. Most creations, such as quilts, table runners, placemats and towels are a “one of a kind” treasure. Come and experience both of these arts. Materials will be available for you to try a few of the techniques used in our work.
May 29 - Saturday KLAMMER POTTERY Mark Klammer is a potter from Hammondsport. Stop by and watch him bring a lump of clay to life on his potter’s wheel. Questions and conversation are welcomed. If you don’t mind getting a little messy, you can have a turn at the wheel!	June 26 - Saturday Linda Connor-Cass - Loudee's Jewelry Loudee’s Jewelry is created by Linda Connor Cass, a self-taught bead artist. With a focus on semiprecious stones, each piece is hand-crafted with great attention to color and detail. Come visit with Linda to talk about beads, jewelry repair, special orders, or anything to do with her craft. She will be happy to offer a clinic during this time for advice on your own projects, from crimping basics to more complex questions!	July 24 - Saturday Mark Holdren – Author Award-winning writer Mark W. Holdren of Pittsford, author of Spirit Wolf and The Raven, and Lost Pond. His book Back Roads of the Finger Lakes, A Journalist’s Sketchbook, will be published in August, 2010. An award-winning newspaper features writer, Holdren’s work has been honored by the Associated Press and New York State Newspaper Publishers Association. His stage credits include roles in Inherit the Wind and Our Town at Rochester’s Geva Theatre Center. Jim Claire – MUSICIAN I arrived at college just in time for “the folk scare.” I immediately bought a Stella guitar for twelve bucks, and I was hooked. Upon graduation, I joined the US Navy and proudly became a US Naval Aviator. They actually paid me to fly the hottest jet fighters of the day! A post Navy weekend in Aspen stretched into four magical years with some wonderful musicians during a golden time in the old mining town. The Aspen days are among my most cherished memories. My joy in songwriting and playing is undiminished, and I hope you’ll enjoy my songs, too!	August 22 - Sunday Jean K Stephens – PAINTING DEMO Jean K Stephens’ ongoing relationship with Nature and love of organic form inspires her representational drawings and oil paintings. Jean’s still life demonstration will take viewers through her painting process; from grisaille, through local color, refining form and adding detail, bringing the subject into focus.
May 30 - Sunday Mark Groaning -Painter/Multi Media Mark Groaning, of Fairport, is most noted for his whimsical window paintings on antique wood framed windows. During his demonstration, Mark will be creating a painted window before your very eyes!	June 27 - Sunday Valerie Berner - Painting Valerie Berner is a painter who lives outside of Prattsburgh, NY. Her pieces are inspired by nature and its constantly changing moods. Valerie’s process begins in her sketchbook with rough drawings that guide, rather than dictate, the finished product. Guests will enjoy seeing several works in progress, each at a different stage of completion. Those who wish to be more than onlookers will be invited to contribute to a “participation painting,” whose subject matter will evolve over the course of the day.	July 25 - Sunday Leah Hawley – Postage Stamp Art Cancelled stamps from around the world are clipped and worked into unique pieces that speak to that way in which we aspire to live as a people; in peace - love - joy - harmony. In addition to the reuse of stamps, frames are renewed/reused/recycled.	August 28 - Saturday Barbara Fedyk – Watercolorist My gourds and eggs are really paintings in the round. It can take up to a year to prepare the “canvas”, some of which I will show during artist demo days. When not painting, I am gardening and this is reflected in my themes; most of which are birds and botanicals. I will be painting and drawing during the demos -come watch how I arrive at a finished product.
		July 31 - Saturday Albie Alliet Albie Alliet of Grape Moments Studios will take his viewers on a tour of his newest form of “enhanced” art. Using the tools of his trade he combines clay sculpture, modeling paste and acrylic impasto painting techniques, his newest form of realism paintings will be unveiled.	August 29 - Sunday Kathleen Armitage – Impasto Painting Inspiration is everywhere in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Join Kathleen as she carves out a landscape with palette knives while referencing local images. Using oil paints on canvas, an impasto topographic representation will be created from start to finish.

May

June

July

August

September

May 8 - Saturday

Juanita Matteson – Fiber to Garment

Ron Matteson – Author of Civil War Campaigns of the 10th NY Calvary

“I take the raw fiber as it comes from the animal, and demonstrate the stages of work it takes to get to a wearable garment; gathering, washing, carding, spinning, dyeing, and knitting.”

June 5 - Saturday

Joanie DeSimone

Joanie DeSimone of SunDanceCreations.com life long, artist, craftsmen, naturalist and professional jewelry metal smith for over 25 years. Visit with Joanie and watch here create her signature, limited edition sterling silver Fingerlakes Necklace. Enjoy the opportunity to custom order jewelry with your favorite lake and choose from various gem stones that will be available during the demo time.

July 3 - Saturday

Dan Nolan - Photography

A photograph is a time machine. It allows us to see a scene or an event as it happened or as we perceive that it happened. A slice of a day gone by. An enhancement of our memory. It makes no difference whether our minds remember every detail or not. The finished photograph will be our expression to all the future viewers of a slice of time in our lives and likely to never be seen exactly the same again.

August 1 - Sunday

Dory Romanoski

I will be doing a demonstration with a printing press made from an antique wringer washing “machine”. I have been enjoying the surprises I get as I paint on glass and allow the press to move the paint where it wills, having limited control of the outcome. I have a preliminary drawing of an object or scene under the glass but the process itself dictates the image. Each print is a “one of a kind” or in printmakers terms, a monoprint. As well as demonstrating the process, I’d love to share the experiance with anyone wanting to try thier own hand at the press.

September 4 - Saturday

Bob Geroux – PAINTING DEMO

Instructor of Art and Art Education at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, where he has taught since 2004. Geroux explains that: “My recent work focuses on the animals of the Finger Lakes Region but with a symbolic or spiritual connotation. I begin with an idea, but typically am guided by the surface or painting itself, as to its final manifestation”.

May 9 - Sunday

Elizabeth Agte – Silversmith

Elizabeth R. Agte makes jewelry, mixed-media sculptures and goes “curb shopping” in Fairport New York. Her work ranges from fine jewelry published in national books and magazines to whimsical pieces made of recycled materials, such as beer caps, computer parts and copper scrub pads. To learn more about her go to www.agte.com

June 6 - Sunday

Anne Fischer - Mixed Media Fiber

Anne Fischer is a fiber artist whose work is greatly influenced by the wooded hills above the lakes where she lives and works. Her artistic medium is quilted and embellished fabric, largely interpreted as wall art as well as wearables and unique accessories. She often uses nature and the relationships between animals and their environment as a theme. Many of her pieces have an earthy, organic character. Recently, she has been exploring surface design, including “snow dyeing”

July 4 - Sunday

No Demo -

Happy 4th of July!

August 7 - Saturday

Bridgette Baldwin

During the demo I plan to throw acrylic paint onto a large canvas. I will use a variety of colors, then decorate the canvas using items such as gem stones, glitter, jewelry, chain, etc... I will also bring a painting that is totally done so that the audience sees the painting finished.

September 5 - Sunday

Dorothy Harrison

Dottie has been working with color most of her life. Color is fascinating, creating moods or maintaining them from soothing to celebratory. Favorite things to paint are children, animals, flowers and especially scenes of the beautiful Finger Lakes area. She will paint a Finger Lakes area scene using both brush work and painting knives.

May 15 - Saturday

Woodland Wisp Jewelry Creations

PMC or Precious Metal Clay is a relatively new art form from Japan. Pure Silver ( or another precious metal ) is ground up powder fine and mixed with a small amount of organic binder and water. The result is PMC! Which can be sculpted, molded, textured and cut into any design you can imagine! My name is Heidi Kester and I have been designing and making my own jewelry for several years. I find working with PMC both exciting as well as inspiring. I hope you find watching my demo instructional, as well as, fun. I look forward to meeting you!

June 12 - Saturday

George Wallace - Photography

George Wallace is a photographer living in Pittsford, NY. A native of New Jersey, he has traveled extensively worldwide taking thousands of photographs along the way. Through lighting, color, composition, and movement he strives to present images that appeal to our emotions as well as our sense of design and beauty. George believes that art, especially photographic art, should be understandable, accessible, and affordable to all.

July 10 - Saturday

Eva and the Dog Boys

Eva & the Dog Boys is three long-time bluegrass-playing friends joined and ultimately led by the beautiful, sensitive and mysterious bass player who goes by her stage name, Eva. John (JD) Denniston, Tom (TBone) Farley, Mike Cloonan, and Elaine (Eva) Ver Straete draw material from many genres for your listening enjoyment.

August 8 - Sunday

Susanne Litzelman

Sterling silver jewelry featured by Susanne Litzelman. Several years ago I took a beading class and have been making jewelry ever since. I love working with all kinds of freshwater pearls, sterling silver, leather, and semi-precious stones. I also enjoy creating new pieces from old jewelry. If you have pearls or beads you love, or an old piece of jewelry you would like updated bring it along I’d be happy to consult with you.

May 16 - Sunday

Dorothy Harrison – Oil Painting

Dottie will use both brushes and painting knives to accomplish an oil painting of a barn scene on the east side of Canandaigua Lake (Route 245). She uses a heat dried medium called “Genesis” which combines the best qualities of both traditional oils and acrylic paints.

June 13 - Sunday

Birds On A Wire

Birds-On-A-Wire is an acoustic folk group with a unique style comprised of original song-writing and rich harmonies. Brooke Pevear’s vocals, guitar and banjo, interwoven with Elaine Verstraete’s vocals and stand up bass produce a depth of sound that is straightforward and honest. The occasional inclusion of guest players who join them on “the wire” have added to their collective sound.

July 11 - Sunday

Kayc Cass-Northrup – Photography

A local photographer who loves to photograph the beauty of the Finger Lakes and other areas, Kayc’s presentation will display some of her photography while demonstrating hand coloring of some of her black and white pictures. Hand-coloring photography is an old form of artwork that Kayc first became interested in through her mother and grandmother. She will be available for questions about any of her photographs and their locations.

August 14 - Saturday

Rochester Folk Art Guild

The potters from the Rochester Folk Art Guild will be joining together with the musicians to make pots on the potters wheel while having live music- fiddle, guitar, perhaps singing too. Annie Schliffer will be demonstrating vases, bowls, and other pots while her son Gabriel fiddles along. And perhaps some others from the Guild will join us in this pot making, music making celebration. The Folk Art Guild is a group of crafts people and organic farmers who live and work together in a community in Middlesex, just up the road from Naples.

May 22 - Saturday

Kathleen Armitage – Impasto Painting

Inspiration is everywhere in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Join Kathleen as she carves out a landscape with palette knives while referencing local images. Using oil paints on canvas, an impasto topographic representation will be created from start to finish.

June 19 - Saturday

Monica Sommerville - Sommerville Pottery

Local potter, Monica Sommerville will be demonstrating wheel throwing. Monica has been making pots for more than 27 years. She works in partnership with her husband Ray. Initially based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Sommerville Pottery relocated in the spring of 2007 to Pulteney, on the west side of Keuka Lake in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of New York.

July 17 - Saturday

Len Brondum & Prudence Whitehead

Come and experience the movement and fluidity of painting on silk,and the way dye flows on the silk to create stunning effects and creations. It will be demonstrated by Len Brondum and Prudy Whitehead.

August 15 - Sunday

Bristol Mountain Bluegrass

Bristol Mountain BlueGrass from the Finger Lakes Region is comprised of four good friends who share an intense appreciation for a broad spectrum of both the new and the traditional. With distinctive vocal harmonies accompanied by guitar, bass, fiddle, mandolin, and banjo they play a wide variety of songs derived from jazz to popular to traditional to country. Don Springer, Perry Cleaveland, Norm Darling, and Mike Cloonan are Bristol Mountain BlueGrass.

May 23 - Sunday

Kit Corti

Being up a tree is fun and the view is great! Come join Kit Corti on Artizanns’ Front Porch and climb into the world of tree houses. Kit, a Naples artist known for her expressive figurative drawings, will invite you to to join her whimsical nature as she demonstrates the art of vitalizing and creating tree houses. She may even put you up a tree in one of her drawings.

June 20 - Sunday

Carole Battle

A local artist with a national reputation, Carole has been painting the beautiful scenic vistas in upstate New York for over forty years. She draws inspiration from the landscapes of the Finger Lakes to the Adirondacks region. Her deep love for gardens is reflected in her colorful floral collection. Carole interprets nature with an insightful eye and fresh technique -- a distinctive blend that many have come to treasure.

July 18 - Sunday

Priscilla Thornton

I started making lampworked glass beads in 1998 and still love doing it. Please stop by my demonstration at Artizann’s and watch me use a torch to melt glass and make beads using techniques that have not changed much in thousands of years. I will also have a special selection of beads and jewelry for sale.

August 21 - Saturday

Pam Mead & Elaine Widener - Jeweler & Fabric Artist

Nature takes center stage with jewelry fashioned by Pam Mead. Beaches near and far are a source of inspiration for these unique creations. Acquisitions of beach glass, beach stones, pottery shards and driftwood are highlighted in her bracelets, necklaces, pins and rings. Nature and its color and designs are also considered in the fabric works of Elaine Widener. Design patterns, textures and ideas come from many of “Mother Nature’s” spectacular works. Most creations, such as quilts, table runners, placemats and towels are a “one of a kind” treasure. Come and experience both of these arts. Materials will be available for you to try a few of the techniques used in our work.

May 29 - Saturday

KLAMMER POTTERY

Mark Klammer is a potter from Hammondsport. Stop by and watch him bring a lump of clay to life on his potter’s wheel. Questions and conversation are welcomed. If you don’t mind getting a little messy, you can have a turn at the wheel!

June 26 - Saturday

Linda Connor-Cass - Loudee's Jewelry

Loudee’s Jewelry is created by Linda Connor Cass, a self-taught bead artist. With a focus on semiprecious stones, each piece is hand-crafted with great attention to color and detail. Come visit with Linda to talk about beads, jewelry repair, special orders, or anything to do with her craft. She will be happy to offer a clinic during this time for advice on your own projects, from crimping basics to more complex questions!

July 24 - Saturday

Mark Holdren – Author

Award-winning writer Mark W. Holdren of Pittsford, author of Spirit Wolf and The Raven, and Lost Pond. His book Back Roads of the Finger Lakes, A Journalist’s Sketchbook, will be published in August, 2010. An award-winning newspaper features writer, Holdren’s work has been honored by the Associated Press and New York State Newspaper Publishers Association. His stage credits include roles in Inherit the Wind and Our Town at Rochester’s Geva Theatre Center.

Jim Claire – MUSICIAN

I arrived at college just in time for “the folk scare.” I immediately bought a Stella guitar for twelve bucks, and I was hooked.
Upon graduation, I joined the US Navy and proudly became a US Naval Aviator. They actually paid me to fly the hottest jet fighters of the day! A post Navy weekend in Aspen stretched into four magical years with some wonderful musicians during a golden time in the old mining town. The Aspen days are among my most cherished memories. My joy in songwriting and playing is undiminished, and I hope you’ll enjoy my songs, too!

August 22 - Sunday

Jean K Stephens – PAINTING DEMO

Jean K Stephens’ ongoing relationship with Nature and love of organic form inspires her representational drawings and oil paintings. Jean’s still life demonstration will take viewers through her painting process; from grisaille, through local color, refining form and adding detail, bringing the subject into focus.

May 30 - Sunday

Mark Groaning -Painter/Multi Media

Mark Groaning, of Fairport, is most noted for his whimsical window paintings on antique wood framed windows. During his demonstration, Mark will be creating a painted window before your very eyes!

June 27 - Sunday

Valerie Berner - Painting

Valerie Berner is a painter who lives outside of Prattsburgh, NY. Her pieces are inspired by nature and its constantly changing moods. Valerie’s process begins in her sketchbook with rough drawings that guide, rather than dictate, the finished product. Guests will enjoy seeing several works in progress, each at a different stage of completion. Those who wish to be more than onlookers will be invited to contribute to a “participation painting,” whose subject matter will evolve over the course of the day.

July 25 - Sunday

Leah Hawley – Postage Stamp Art

Cancelled stamps from around the world are clipped and worked into unique pieces that speak to that way in which we aspire to live as a people; in peace - love - joy - harmony. In addition to the reuse of stamps, frames are renewed/reused/recycled.

August 28 - Saturday

Barbara Fedyk – Watercolorist

My gourds and eggs are really paintings in the round. It can take up to a year to prepare the “canvas”, some of which I will show during artist demo days. When not painting, I am gardening and this is reflected in my themes; most of which are birds and botanicals. I will be painting and drawing during the demos -come watch how I arrive at a finished product.

July 31 - Saturday

Albie Alliet

Albie Alliet of Grape Moments Studios will take his viewers on a tour of his newest form of “enhanced” art. Using the tools of his trade he combines clay sculpture, modeling paste and acrylic impasto painting techniques, his newest form of realism paintings will be unveiled.

August 29 - Sunday

Kathleen Armitage – Impasto Painting