WEST BRATTLEBORO — The Vermont Craft Council's Fall Open Studio Tour Oct. 5 and 6 will include artists in 13 studios and one gallery in Brattleboro, West Brattleboro, Dummerston, and Newfane. Of those artists, seven are members of Brattleboro-West Arts.
Participating studios will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, with many sites offering demonstrations as well as the opportunity to purchase art and talk to the professional artists who made it.
The Brattleboro area offers diverse artists, craftspeople. and designers who have presented in art and craft shows nationally and internationally. Visitors are invited to savor the cultural richness and inspiration while getting a window into the creative process and the environments in which it happens.
Here is the complete lineup of tour stops in the Brattleboro area. The studios marked with * are those of Brattleboro-West Arts members:
• *Matthew Tell Pottery: Potters Hill Road, Marlboro. (matthewtellpottery.com)
• *Jason Breen Fine and Custom Woodworking: 1197 Bonnyvale Road, Brattleboro. (jasonebreen.com)
• Namaya Productions, T Namaya, Art, Word, Installation Projects and Performances: 773 Guilford St., Brattleboro (namayaproductions.com)
• Vermont Artisan Designs (Tour information center): 106 Main St., Brattleboro. (vtart.com)
• Vitriesse Glass Studio, Lucy Bergamini, glass beads, vessels, ornaments and sculpture: 122 Birge St #21, Brattleboro. (vitriesse.com)
• Zak Grace Glass, handblown glassware: 446 Williams St., Brattleboro. (Zak Grace Glass on Facebook)
• *Lesley Heathcote, pastels of animals and nature: 32 Larkin St., Brattleboro. (lesleyheathcote.com)
• Beth Armour, porcelain vessels: 17 Greenhill Parkway, Brattleboro (betharmour.com)
• *Orchard Street Pottery, Walter Slowinski: 658 Orchard St., Brattleboro. (walterslowinskipottery.weebly.com)
• *Naomi Lindenfeld Clayworks, colored clay pottery: 330 Meadowbrook Rd., Brattleboro. (naomilindenfeld.com)
• *Center for Digital Art, Michel Moyse, “motionpaintings”: 81 Pleasant Valley Rd, Brattleboro (michelmoyse.com)
• *Greg Moschetti, landscapes in oil paint: 623 Kelly Road, Dummerston. (gregmoschettipainter.com)
• Diane Echlin Ceramics, 428 S. Wardsboro Rd., Newfane. (www.facebook.com/DianeEchlinCeramics)
• Vermont Rocks, John and Terry Davis, Sports sculptures: 442 South Wardsboro Rd., Newfane. (vermontrocks.com)