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Annual Leicester Studio Tour
16TH ANNUAL “COME TO LEICESTER STUDIO TOUR”
Fine art and craft lovers to enjoy the work of 26 local and visiting artists in the beautiful mountain setting of Leicester, North Carolina.
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For the 16 th year in a row, artists in this small community will open their studios to the public for the annual Come to Leicester Studio Tour. This free, self-guided event is held every third weekend in August, with this year’s tour dates being August 21st and 22nd, 10AM-6PM each day. Visitors choose their own tour stops using a printed full-color map of the area, along with pictures of each artist’s work. Detailed brochures with maps will be available at various locations in Leicester and the surrounding communities before the Tour, as well as at each stop on the Tour days. Bold signs along the route direct visitors to the individual studios.
The Leicester Artist Studio Tour route will take visitors through some of the most scenic rural countryside in Western North Carolina. Along the way, one can view beautiful, hand-crafted work and meet the artists who create it. The Leicester Tour participants are comprised of both local and visiting artists, working in a variety of media including clay, fiber, jewelry, metal, glass, wood, natural materials, painting, and mixed media. Visitors will find many types of fine art and crafts, including brooms, furniture, pottery, paintings, iron work, turned bowls, quilts, and much more. Many artists open the doors to their home studios only on this weekend, and it is a unique opportunity to explore the beauty of our mountain community while getting a glimpse behind the scenes of an artist’s life and work. If you’re hungry along the way, stop in at one of our food sponsors, all identified on the map: Grateful Roots, Gossett Grocery, and Sawhorse. On Saturday, August 21, the Big Sandy United Methodist Church is hosting a fish fry from 11 AM to 2 PM, located at the Sandy Mush Community Center stop. You might also want to enjoy a wine-tasting at Addison Farms, a tour stop and host to several artist displays. Enjoy mountain hospitality at its finest!
Participating artists this year include: Wesley Angel, Peggy Baldwin, Frank Barbara, Adrianne Blum, John Cummings, Joe DeSousa, Raquel Egosi, Dianne Frisbee, Marlow Gates, Beth Hampton Jones, Barbara Hebert, Jean Hord, Cat Jarosz, Matt Jones, Kathy Mack, Sandy Mason, Patrick McDermott, Nirado, Terri Owen, Cindy Parks, Suzanne Saunders, Pia Schliesseit, Jennifer Sparks, Anita Walling, Doc Welty, Brad Worden, and Noel Yovovich.
The Come to Leicester Studio Tour has, over the last 16 years, proven to be an enduring tradition, enjoyed equally by the artists and the community in which they live, work, and serve. To learn more, visit www.cometoleicester.org or @ComeToLeicester on Facebook or Instagram for a map and descriptions of the artists and sponsors.
