Artist Stop #6 - Vicky Kurk

Artists Stop #6 of the 2012 Bluff Country Studio Art Tour is Vicky Kurk of Clover Hill Studio. You can find Vicky at 13604 Duck Creek Drive, Spring Grove, Minnesota.  Vicky creates gorgeous, colorful leaded stained glass pieces with fired paint accents and details.

Stop and see Vicky during the tour to see more of her beautiful glass works of art.

Artist Stop #5 - Jill & Michael Stephenson

At Artist Stop #5 , you'll find a couple of the Bluff Country Studio Art Tour's founding artists, Jill and Michael Stephenson of Waterloo Workshop (369 Waterloo Creek Dr, Dorchester, Iowa).  Visit the couple's non-electric log cabin home/workshop to see their handwoven functional reed baskets, wooden furniture, treenware and wood chip carvings.  

Artists Stop #3 and #4 - Allamakee Wood-Fired Potter and Red Hawk Glassworks

Artist stops #3 and #4 (2856 Blair Rd, New Albin, IA) of this years tour is where you will find the very talented Nate and Hallie Evans.  Together they operate Allamakee Wood-Fired Pottery creating beautiful functional wood-fired stoneware.  Friday and Saturday during the tour, Nate and Hallie will be firing their kiln so visitors can see how their pottery is made and fired.  Saturday when the kiln is nearing it's top temperature is a fascinating sight if you've never seen a wood-fired kiln in action.  

In addition to being a very talented potter, Nate Evans operates Red Hawk Glassworks where he creates stunning fused and slumped glass pieces with sandblasted surface decoration.

And if the opportunity to see their gorgeous art and their amazing kiln in action isn't enough, Nate and Hallie will be serving homemade soup and bread from noon until close each day.  Stop in, visit, browse, learn about their processes and eat well. 

Artist Stop #2 - Darla Ellickson

At Bluff Country Studio Art Tour stop #2 (3175 Middle Sattre Rd, Decorah, Iowa) is where you'll find Darla Ellickson.  Darla makes Earloops (no hole earrings) and stunning custom silver and 14 kt gold jewelry. 

Please stop during the April 27 - 29, 2012 Bluff Country Studio Art Tour to see Darla's wonderful works of art.

Artists Stop #1 - George Lowe & Martha Monson Lowe

The artists of SE Minnesota and NE Iowa's Bluff Country are getting ready for the 2012 Bluff Country Studio Art Tour.  Over the next few months, we'll give you a little introduction  to some of the fabulous artists participating this year and a little taste of the things you will see as you visit their studios, galleries and group displays.


Artist Stop #1 (1546 Salem Lane Rd, Decorah, Iowa) is where you'll find George Lowe and Martha Monson Lowe. 

George creates gorgeous wheel-thrown functional stoneware and Martha's woven rattan baskets are reminiscent of ancient vessels emphasizing form and texture.  

Please stop during the April 27 - 29, 2012 Bluff Country Studio Art Tour to see their wonderful works of art.

Changes

The Bluff Country Studio Art Tour is pleased to announce we have selected a new fiscal agent for the 2012 tour. Many thanks to the Winona Community Foundation for agreeing to be our fiscal agent.

Mosaic Demo

Bluff Country artists Barbara Benson Keith is one of several artists participating in the 2011 Bluff Country Studio Art Tour hosted at the Lanesboro Community Center site. Barbara will be working on one of there mosaics during the tour.

Barbara is a very talent glass artists from the Lanesboro area. In the past year she has worked on many commissioned pieces for children's hospitals, clinics and even the Bemidji airport. Recently, Barb took on a new project... she's the host of KSMQ's (public television serving Austin, Albert Lea, Rochester, Owatonna, Winona, Mankato, Faribault, Mason City and surrounding areas in Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa) program Off 90. She's an artist of very diverse talents.

Barb and the other artists hosted at the Lanesboro Community Center can be found at stops #16-20 on the Bluff Country Studio Art Tour map.