150 Reasons to Visit Vermont on Memorial Day Weekend

Focus on All Things New England! Having trouble viewing this email? [View this email on the web](. APRIL 28, 2022 150 Reasons to Visit Vermont on Memorial Day Weekend 30th Anniversary Vermont Open Studio Tour | May 28 and 29, 10-5 Sponsored by: [Vermont Crafts Council]( You’re invited! 150 Vermont artisans put their studios on display. Late spring is the perfect time to visit art studios and galleries in picturesque Vermont. Small towns and villages are home to glass blowers, potters, metal workers, jewelers, stone masons, weavers, painters, woodworkers, photographers, book artists, printmakers, felt makers, dyers, basket-makers and rug hookers. Fully 150 invite you into their creative workplaces this spring. You’re free to discover, ask questions, and buy original artwork. Justin Sutera and Silene DeCiucies, [Dirt Floor Studios]( Wood-fired pottery & Natural Basketry | Wolcott, VT Plan Your Adventure. You Have Many Choices! Part of the adventure is planning your own tour through the gorgeous Vermont landscape to find studios in small towns and rural communities. Down country lanes, up mountains, and along Vermont's many waterways, you’ll enjoy spectacular views leading to working studios. Each county on the tour has small galleries serving as information centers to help you plan your visit. (Look for the yellow wayfinder signs during events to guide you to the studios.) [Request your Vermont Studio Tour booklet, a 24-page guide rich in photographs, maps and directions, at www.vermontcrafts.com/visit-open-studio/.]( Mary Angus and William Lequier, [Readsboro Glassworks]( | Readsboro, VT Tour and Explore From the south on I-91, stop in Readsboro to visit [Readsboro Glassworks](. Mary Angus and K. William LeQuier work together in the studio they built in a 150-year-old mill building in the village center, each creating their own distinctive work. LeQuier’s complex glass sculptures are fluid and powerful, capturing the power of waves and water with the undulating movement of glass. 150+ Open Studios Across VT! What do blown glass hermit crab shells, forged metal horseshoe crabs, and corkscrew stone walls have in common? See all at Vermont Spring Open Studio, May 28, 29, Memorial Weekend. [PLAN YOUR VISIT]( SPONSORED David and Michelle Holzapfel, [Applewoods Woodworking Studio & Gallery]( | Marlboro, VT Just up Route 9 on the mountain in Marlboro, another couple shares a studio: [David and Michelle Holzapfel](. They hand-work Vermont’s spalted and burled hardwoods into one-of-a-kind furniture and vessels. Their work is collected by museums, businesses and homeowners throughout North America. [Check the map for more than 34 similarly inspiring studios](. Many studios on the tour offer demonstrations. If you’re in Southern Vermont, visit [Robert DuGrenier’s]( glass-blowing studio in Townshend. A well-known sculptor, artist, and designer working primarily in glass, metal and marble. Lately he’s "started" pieces and then let nature take over, as in his apple tree installations, blown-glass-shell “mobile homes” for hermit crabs, and beehive sculptures. Central Vermont Great Art and Creemee Stands Wend your way to Windsor and Caledonia counties. Find a selection of 52 studios in and around the area. Set aside time for the Justin Smith Morrill homestead, a Vermont State historic site, on your way to [Jeffrey Gale's]( studio. With 19th century hand tools in his carriage house studio, Gale works the wood of local white ash trees to home-pleasing, sophisticated effect. [Judith Reilly Gallery]( sewing layers of fabric together in winsome depictions of farm and country life in a quirky style | Brandon, VT Up and down Route 4 you’ll find many interesting studios, including a cluster of five in Brandon. Stop at the restored 1795 building that houses [Judith Reilly Gallery]( and watch her create quilted fabric wall pieces using tiny scraps of cloth. You’ll see Reilly’s signature bicycle in each original work, which features catawampus villages and gardens. Win a Gift Card From the Vermont Crafts Council! The Vermont Crafts Council is offering $1,500 worth of gift certificates. Shop 150 art studios on this year’s Spring Open Studio tour. Memorial Weekend May 28-29. Enter to win one of 15 $100 gift certificates. [PLAN YOUR VISIT]( SPONSORED Thea Alvin, [My Earthwork]( Stone, Sculpture, Carving, Installation “I like rocks. I like what they say. I like how they say it.” | Morrisville, VT. Photo courtesy of Blackberry Mountain Resort in Walland, TN. These Women Rock: Amazing Works of Stone and Metal West and north you’ll find a cluster of glassblowers, stonemasons, potters, weavers, book artists, metalworkers, and painters, including two very strong women makers: [Thea Alvin]( a stonemason in Morrisville; and [Rebecca Chomyn]( a metalworker in Fairfield. Come for a Day, Stay for More Spring kicks off the growing season in Vermont. Immerse yourself in local food at farms and restaurants statewide and soak up the state’s culture. Need help planning your Open Studio adventure? Visit [www.vermontvacation.com]( for the best in lodging, dining, and other activities on your Open Studio route. All The Details Open Studio Weekend, running May 28 & 29 from 10. a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, welcomes visitors to more than 150 working studios across Vermont. More details about the artists, including photos of their work, are available online. Download your Vermont Studio Tour Map or pick one up at convenient travel information centers on I-89 and I-91, or request one from the Vermont Crafts Council website: [www.vermontcrafts.com/visit-open-studio/]( [Unsubscribe]( [Forward to a Friend]( [Send Feedback]( [Facebook](   [Instagram](    [Pinterest](    [Twitter](   Help us be sure that this email newsletter gets to your inbox. Adding our return address [Today@NewEngland.com]( to your address book may "whitelist" us with your filter, helping future email newsletters get to your inbox. Did a friend send this to you? [Sign up to receive your own copy and a free guide](. At anytime you may [update your email preferences or change your email address](. Copyright © 2022 All Rights Reserved Yankee Publishing, Inc. - PO Box 520 Dublin, NH 03444 [Our Privacy Policy](