What is the event? :    Art Studio Tour in the town of Wrightwood

 

When? Date & time:    September 25, 2010

 

Where? various homes throughout Wrightwood, California

Wrightwood is a 90 minute drive from Los Angeles and Palm Springs. With highway 2 now open, it is an easy drive from Pasadena and neighboring towns.

 

Admission cost or ticket prices:  Tickets for the event are $5. Your ticket is a guidebook with information about each exhibiting artist and a map to exhibit locations. Tickets are available in Wrightwood beginning in August at Cinnamon's Bakery, Mt. Hardware, Village Grind, SK Jones Galleries and Applewood Court.

 

Contact phone number for the public: please contact Francesca Ouimette 760-249-6261

Is there a photo opportunity? : Yes

Who? Event host or sponsor: Community Artists; Lisa Shatts, Victor Lieber,  Suzan Jones, Francesca Ouimette, Candie Koehn, Barbara Whitten, Ron Vennes, and Pat Farrell.

 

Why is this event important?

Our mission is to support and promote local artists by providing a showcase for sharing creativity and diversity. Proceeds from ticket and auction sales benefit local community organizations and the Serrano High School student art scholarship. Since 2003, the Art Tour artists have awarded a $500 scholarship to a local high school senior who intends to pursue the study of art. This year, the 9th annual $500 Wrightwood Art Studio Tour Scholarship award goes to Brandon Dover. He will be featured along with other promising Serrano High School art students at a special exhibit. Other past recipients of Silent Auction funds have included CERT, Wrightwood Property Owner's Association, Wrightwood Chamber of Commerce, Wrightwood Fire Safe Council, and the Wrightwood/Pinon Hills Firefighters Association.

 

What will take place?

The 9th Annual Wrightwood Art Studio Tour and Silent Auction will be held Saturday, September 25 from 10 am to 5 pm. The Art Studio Tour is a self-guided tour featuring accomplished artists from the local area exhibiting artwork for sale at studios and other locations throughout Wrightwood. This year's juried event is comprised of a wide range of styles from traditional to contemporary. Media will include oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolor paintings; metal, glass, bronze sculpture; photography collage, gourds, jewelry, pottery, and silk and china painting.

 

Our Silent Auction is held the same Saturday, September 25, from 10 to 3, in the Wrightwood Museum, located at 6000 Cedar. The auction includes a donated piece from each participating artist. Proceeds from the auction are given to local community organizations and the Serrano High School Art Scholarship fund.