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TAL Studio Tour | July 29-31 & Aug. 5-7 | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Kings Beach Art Tour | July 30 & 31 | 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
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cores of local artists will be presenting their unique artistic creations during two artist studio tours – the Tahoe Art League’s Studio Art Tour on the South Shore and the Kings Beach Art Tour on the North Shore.
South Shore art tour
TOP: Ellen Nunes at the 2019 Studio Tour. She’ll be at TAL Studio 5 this year. BOTTOM: Walt Stevenson doing silk painting demonstrations at the 2019 Tahoe Arts League Studio Tour. He’ll be at TAL Studio 10 this year. 24
Tahoe Art League is hosting its 15th anniversary self-guided studio tour featuring 24 artists at 13 different studios over two weekends – July 29 to 31 and Aug. 5 to 7. Participants will have the opportunity to check out locally made wood sculptures, watercolors, oil paintings, ceramics, dyes on silk, quilts and more from longtime participants including Walt Stevenson, Donna Reid, Connie Clark and Nina Major. The stops on the 2022 Artist Studio Tour span from Barbara Lewicki’s studio on Cedar Ridge Drive in Zephyr Cove to the Tahoe Keys, as well as a few stops in the North Upper Truckee area. What’s nice about this year’s tour is that there are a lot of artists specializing in different mediums clustered into a few locations, making it possible to see it all without spending most of the day in the car. Tahoe Arts League member Ellen Nunes has been involved with the organization for 17 years and has been taking part in the studio tour for at least a decade. The local philanthropist/artist creates abstract acrylic paintings on a cutout shape of Lake Tahoe, using a unique process using the elements of nature: salt, air, trees and water. She’ll be at Studio 5 along with seven other artists. “I’m really excited to be back on the tour this year; I didn’t participate in the last two years. [My favorite part] is showing in an area with seven other artists. I can hang out with my compadres and we all do something different so there isn’t any competition. And I enjoy meeting the community. I have been seeing the same people coming here for years and seeing new faces is wonderful, as well. It’s a relaxed and fun atmosphere and a great time to buy art as I think folks benefit from meeting the artists,” Nunes says. “I’ve been spending a lot of time in my studio lately and
I’m excited to get out and interact with people again.” “I just want everyone to come out and have a good time,” Nunes says. “And this is a fantastic opportunity for people to purchase local art from the artists who live and work here.” Pick up a Studio Art Tour map at Tahoe Art League gallery at 3062 Lake Tahoe Blvd. or download the map. | tahoeartleague.org
Cathy McClelland | Kings Beach
North Shore art tour
The annual free Kings Beach Art Tour is back for its third year on July 30 and 31. Twenty-one artists in eight locations within a 1.4-mile radius will be featured this year, giving visitors a taste of the creativity that exists in Kings Beach and locals a chance to meet or catch up with their neighbors. The self-guided tour that is best experienced by walking or biking, allows people to interact with artists who specialize in painting, ceramics, beadwork, jewelry making, photography and more. On one end of the art tour, Lauren Chorey and Elisa Cutler will be at 7697 Pinedrop Lane on the eastern side of Tahoe Vista (above Old Brockway Golf Course, close to Highway 267). Find the whimsical art by Cathy McClelland and Cathee St. Clair, photography by Michael Bruno and upcoming artist Monique Argent at 7820 Lincoln Green. At 629 Midiron Ave., veteran artists Karey Dodge, Mary Faucher, Heidi Reeves and Pam Sutton will be at Reeves’ house. Sutton’s lovely, fused glass work will also be on display, as well as Faucher’s fabric art and Reeves’ pastel paintings. Across Highway 267 head to the Ran-
