Magnolias

 

Magnolias at 177 Layfayette St in Winona is stop #6 on the 2013 Bluff Country Studio Art Tour.   

At Magnolia's you can find a works by a variety of artists including, stained glass, fiber art, photography, jewelry, soaps and more. 

Visit Magnolia's to see many beautiful works. Please note Magnolia's is not open on Friday of the tour.   

Minnesota Marine Art Museum

Stop #5 on the 2013 Bluff Country Studio Art Tour is the Minnesota Marine Art Museum at 800 Riverview Dr in Winona, Minnesota.  

The Minnesota Marine Art Museum engages visitors in meaningful visual art experiences through education and exhibitions that explore the ongoing and historic human relationship with water.

Visit the Minnesota Marine Art Museum during the tour to see their wonderful collections of marine related art.

Monta Gael May

 2013 Bluff Country Studio Art Tour stop #4 is Monta Gael May at 854 W 5th St, Winona, MN.  Monta is a visual artist of diverse practice. She creates mosaics using glass, ceramic and porcelain tile as well as recycled broken pottery, river pebbles and found objects. She paint with encaustic paints, making some of her own paint with the beeswax from her partner's beehives. And she create sculptural art and functional pieces in traditional and non-traditional ways. 

During the tour, Monta will be cutting stone and glass using techniques that are centuries old for the mosaic she will be assembling.  Visit Monta to see how her beautiful mosaics are created. 

Click here to find a map of where to find tour artists.

Mary Singer

 Mary Singer is at Artist Stop #3 of the 2013 Bluff Country Studio Art Tour.  Mary is a very talented artist creating beautiful paintings of subject matter ranging from landscapes to portraits.  She can be found at 125 N. Baker Street in Winona Minnesota.  Click here to see a map of the tour.

Visit Mary at her studio to see the beauty and full range of her work. 

Carol and Roger Stewart

 Artist Stop #2 on the 2013 Bluff Country Studio Art Tour is Carol and Roger Stewart.  Carol and Roger create amazing functional and decorative pieces made from sea shells which are embellished with mixed medias.  New to the tour this year, they can be found at Village House Inn at 72 College Rd, Winona, Minnesota.  Click here to see a tour map.

Visit Carol and Roger to see their wonderful shell creations.

Julia Crozier

Julia Crozier is Artists Stop #1 on the 2013 Bluff Country Studio Art Tour.  She creates beautiful oil paintings, oil and chalk drawings and linoleum cuts.  Julia studio can be found at W528 State St, Fountain City, Wisconsin.  Click here to see a tour map.

Visit Julia's studio to see more of her beautiful work.

2013 Tour Dates

April 26 - 28, 2013

10am - 5pm

 The artist participating in the 2013 Bluff Country Studio Art Tour are excited and preparing for the best studio tour yet.  Artists from southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa and western Wisconsin will be opening their studios to visitors April 26 - 28, 2013 from 10am to 5pm each day.  

It's a wonderful opportunity to get right into the studio with these artists, ask questions about their process and shop for beautiful art direct from the artist.  Many of the artists will be doing demonstrations as well as working on their current work in progress during this event. 

 
Over the next couple months, this blog will feature each of the participating artists with a brief explanation and photos of their work and information on where you can find the artist during the tour.  More information and a map showing artists locations is available on our website .

Please visit us during the tour and see all the amazing art the Bluff Country has to offer.

April 26 - 28, 2013

10am - 5pm