2024 Studio Tour (June 1 & 2) 66 artists at 23 studios
CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Mosa Baczewska has been a “creative” her entire life. Nothing but a creator. She confides, “People ask what is my purpose in life? To create…beautiful useful art.” Her range is wide, and she’s always open to making it wider. After decades of crochet, she found fractal…
“What’s better than to be able to create art with my Mom? She’s my best friend,” said Joelle Gillette of her mother Pamela Gillette. Like many working islanders, Joelle has had different kinds of jobs in dog breeding, in real estate, in construction. Joelle says she’s still trying to figure out what exactly she wants…
CNL2 VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Craig Britton and Brittany Whitaker operate a pottery and fused glass studio on San Juan Island named Living Large Small. The studio name is a tip of the hat to minimalism — mindfulness of the human footprint. After many occupations, Craig found his passion for pottery. “It’s…
VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE On June 1st and 2nd, River Wylde and Luna Wylde‘s Studio Wylde will be stop #7 on the 2024 San Juan Island Studio Tour. Their guest artist will be their bestie, Susan Hughes of Seaglass Obsession. Portland’s loss is San Juan Islands’ gain. Covid-driven remote learning enabled these…
Masters-degreed classical composer, winemaker and sommelier, abstract painter, and now potter in the English Arts & Crafts Tradition and the Japanese Mingei Folk Art Movement — Jeremy Jennings loves the creative process. When he isn’t working in clay, he serves as the wine and beer buyer for the San Juan Food Coop. Raised on Waldron…
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Erin Heydenreich creates beautiful wearable art. “I think I have a unique design process,” she told CNL2 in a new video interview. “I don’t draw things out. I just start. It feels like something is coming through me — out of me.” Erin says she…
CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS ARTICLE Abstract oil paintings entitled “Sunrise Over Waterfall,” “Journey,” and “Sunrise Over the Lake” and other creations in her “Light Enlightens” series can be seen in person at the “Light Enlightens” exhibition at the San Juan Community Theatre. The exhibition runs from April 3rd through April 30th….
Nancy Spaulding is a quiet leader — a pillar — of the art community of San Juan Island. She carried the idea of the Studio Tour here from a visit to Bellingham 30 years ago. She is a source of inspiration and wisdom for her fellow artists here. A pastel drawn by her was honored…
Glenn Hendrick is CNL2’s seventh artist to be interviewed who will be part of the 2024 Studio Tour, June 1 & 2. She is a Co-Director of the non-profit community art space named Alchemy Art Center, 1255 Wold Rd. The other Co-Director is SJI native Maria Michaelson. Born in L.A. and raised in the Midwest,…
Paula West, owner of the cleverly-named Paula West Pottery, has been a potter since college. She works in porcelain and stoneware clay that is thrown on the potters wheel, or is slab built. She told CNL2 TV, “I make functional pottery…mugs, bowls, plates. I’ve always made functional work. I like using functional pottery. I like having…