Ob...sessed With Beacon Open Studios - Which Studios We Are Visiting
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Two of my favorite weekends in Beacon are
and the
This is an opportunity to explore all of Beacon to find interesting things you have never seen before - and probably never will again. Beacon Open Studios has opened today through Sunday, May 21-22, 2016, so get your walking shoes on because you have a lot of exploring to do. If you're looking for a place to park all day, we made this
for you, with pictures and addresses of all of Beacon's free lots.
Beacon Open Studios is the reason why you're seeing the big red dot everywhere - from people's yards to galleries or storefronts. Artists of all kinds - painting, jewelry, sculpture, mixed media - open their homes or takeover a space to let you meet them and view their work. To find these studios, pick up a brochure from most any shop or restaurant in town, or the studio's headquarters,
down on Beekman Street on the way to or from the Beacon train station.
is my current obsession. Pictured here in layers of color, Anna has popped up in a
this past winter with chocolate baker 5 Hens, which was a perfect match because Anna's paintings look like cupcake frosting that you could eat. The texture of the paint she mixes herself is thick and chalky - like sugar frosting. Painted with oil and ash in shades of pastel, these paintings are captivating. Hold on a minute - "Ash?" you ask? Yes, Anna mixes the paint with actual ash from her fireplace. Says Anna: "
I take the ash from my fireplace during winter and campfires during summer months. It's part of what I think is neat about it using what we burn." See her work now at 2 Way Brewing Company and Spire Studios. And be sure to
in case she pops up in another PopUp Shop.
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Beth Weintraub, a printmaker, has eye-catching artwork on display. This piece on the left currently hangs in 2 Way Brewing Company right now as part of the Beacon Open Studios exhibit, and at Spire Studios.
Photo Credit: Katie Hellmuth Martin
There is usually at least one hands-on art event for the kids, and this year, one of them includes an
from Beacon Craft Workshop, another regular in our
Find it on Saturday in the upstairs classroom at the Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main St, Beacon, NY.
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This beautiful
down at the very end of Main Street by The Hop is a not-to-be-missed sale. If you are a collector of wood to make anything - shelves, tables, surfaces of any kind - this is one wood workshop you need to stop into.
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Working in the studio, artist Joe Radoccia
of what it's like to walk into one of these live-action studios.
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Breathtaking. David Swoop will be at 22 High Street. One can only look forward what else he has on display.
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For all you romantics out there,
Anna West captures the moment.
She will also be at Spire Studios at 45 Beekman Street in Studio 2.
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And for the jewelry collectors in the house, there are several in-home or jewelry studios open this weekend, a rare occasion indeed. This work space from
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Tag #beaconopenstudios in Instagram while you are out and about so that we can see what you see!
