2024 Studio Tour (June 1 & 2) 66 artists at 23 studios
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Steve Bowman is a Voter Services Officer with the League of Women Voters of the San Juans. He joined Heather Spaulding, Editor of the Journal of the San Juans Islands, and CNL2’s Jeff Noedel in a panel discussion on Tuesday, June 25 at noon. Part 2 begins on the…
To view CNL2 interviews of the many artists on this weekend’s Artists’ Studio Tour, click here. For details of the Studio Tour, visit their website here.
CNL2 VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Kristen Douglas-Seitz is a sculptor who works in bronze (a metal made of mostly copper and a smaller ratio of tin). She had wanted to be a sculptor since her earliest memories. Breaking into sculpture from Tulsa, Oklahoma wasn’t easy. Years ago, her path crossed with Jocelyn…
CNL2 VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Joe Cooper of Cooper Design has been in woodworking as a profession, including cabinet work, for 40 years. He is also an accomplished artist whose works mostly are in the medium of wood. Joe’s art ranges from a huge bench, to wall art, to small sculptures. He…
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…
Marcia Walters, owner of Why Worry Photography, moved to San Juan Island in 2012 from Half Moon Bay, California. A major reason for moving here, she told CNL2 TV: the island’s natural beauty, and our National Park. Marcia always felt like an artist, from her earliest memories — even throughout her 37 year-career in nursing. …
