“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...

Ren & Pam, Pam & Ren, their names interchangeable with each other, are the creators of their lifetime business Sycamore Pottery, are...

I use alcohol inks and polymer clay, often on man-made “paper” in my mixed media work. It worries me that these are not eco-friendly...

Green pitchers, floral stamps in clay, sculptured faces, artful pumpkins, wood fired pieces and sgraffito pots; these are some of the...

Crafting classes are popping up all over with Studio Tour artists leading the way. Here’s your chance: Over at the Shenandoah Planing...

You are interested in art and craft and making... You are you wanting to bring more creativity into your life.. You wonder what medium...

Give a child a gift of art supplies and you may be giving them a lifelong passion. One of our new Studio Tour members, Denise Ray of...

Do you have any of those friends, someone who looks at a painting with you and discusses contrast, medium, colors and textures? Those...

Mark your calendar for Saturday, June 25. That’s the date for the Shenandoah Planing Mill’s third annual Summertime Festival. The Over...