I want to talk about Anne Bowers, just because I have to right now. She is my basket hero, and I am sure I am not the only one, there are...

Surprise! It will buy you the entry door to a creative practice. It will start or restart your art making where it is stalled. Ok...

Nancy Streeter passed away in the early morning of August 26th. She carved beautiful animals and figures by hand. You may remember she...

The Over the Mountain Studio Tour had a wonderful summer show and sale at Evolve, a popup store on German Street in Shepherdstown. It...

Step into the pop-up venue at 106 West German Street on Friday evening July 21 from 5-8 pm for the opening celebration of the 2023 Summer...

Studio Tour Artists will pop up next… unless you read this blog. Here’s an alert! We’re planning a wonderful show/sale at Evolve in...

Being an Alum, my relationship with the tour has changed. I no longer fret over inventory, and my creative juices are adjusting. This is...

It is the Shepherdstown-based boutique floral and event business WestVirjeni, owned by Jeni Peterson and assisted by Lead Designer Mark...

“It took me four years to paint like Raphael but a lifetime to paint like a child.” Pablo Picasso Please welcome Melissa Lettick one of...

How many times have you heard that an artist/maker, no matter what they make, is inspired by nature? I have, at least a thousand times....

I have to confess I’ve been bingeing on Britbox. They’ve just added a show called Make It at Market and I can’t get enough of it. Each...

There are craftspeople. If you aren't one, you might think we are competing with each other, but we are not rivals, We are kin. We want...

In this blog, Founder Anne Bowers shines a light on our jurying of new members in the Studio Tour (see also part 1). “The tour jurying...

As members of the The Over the Mountain Studio Tour we often are asked “Who are these artisans? What might I do to be a part of this...

After the Tour I polled our artists on how the Tour went for them. The replies were outstandingly positive - “a wow” with “tons of...

Get in your vehicle with family and/or friends or be by yourself. Set off with your GPS and/or printed off map of the studio stops in...

An email to the Studio Tour Artists asking if they will be showing anything new this year (November 12 & 13, 10-5pm) generated a flood of...

Why are our artists so enthused that the Studio Tour is almost upon us? Well, the easy answer is that each artist creates a “pop up”...

There would be no reason to have the Over the Mountain Studio Tour if it weren't for the people who visit it. Of course It survives...

Can potters, paper artists (ooo, my scissors slipped!) and colored pencil artists rescue their work from mediocrity or the trash bin? I...