Gift Basket Items on Display

Posted on September 15, 2016 by April

All the items the artists donated for the gift baskets and are now on display at the Art Gallery of Swift Current. Make sure to stop in a take a look. To win a gift basket, all you need to do is get a passport at any of the stops, collect a stamp at each stop and then enter it into the draw.

There will also be a few hands on activities during the weekend:

see alpacas and name the baby alpaca contest at Lone Eagle Motel
try your hand at blacksmithing and take in a china painting demo at the Herbert Train Station and School House
create your own cactus rocks at New Leaf Studio

Artists for the 2016 Tour

Posted on June 4, 2016 by April

We are excited to announce our line-up of artists for the 2016 Studio Tour! It’s our biggest yet with 7 stops and 18 artists! We are pleased to welcome back some familiar faces we haven’t seen for awhile and those new to the tour:

Kim Undseth – pottery
Sally Knelsen – painting
Carol Furman – pottery
Fern Rempel – painting
Marsha Schuld – painting, stain glass, needlework
Cheryl Andrew – jewelry, lampwork beads
Randy Lawson – barn wood frames
Krista Routledge – jewelry & photography
Aird Romich – blacksmith
Kerri Haughian – painting
Myrna Gehl – stoneware miniatures & porcelain painting
Hedi Gossweiler – alpaca fibre artist
Michael Norris – wood working
Cindy Redekop – mixed media & wire crochet
Rick Redekop – wood turning
Maria Enns – mixed media, artful upcycling
Valerie Triggs – mixed media and photography
April Bradley – rock painting, bison horn jewelry, crochet critters

Once again, we will have hands-on activities for you to try, demonstrations and a few performers for you to take in. Watch for more info on these closer to the tour.

We look forward to seeing you all this fall! The tour will run Oct. 1st, 2016 10:00am to 6:00pm and Oct. 2nd, 2016 11:00am to 5:00pm

Call for Submissions is Open!

Posted on March 26, 2016 by April

We are gearing up for our 8th edition of the Highway 1 Studio Tour and our call for submissions is open! We love to showcase a variety of local work and artists of different disciplines to the wonderful tour-goers. Be a part of it and visit with the hundreds of people who take the tour every year. What are you waiting for? Apply now the deadline to enter is April 25th, 2016.

This year’s tour will once again be a part of Culture Days, taking place Oct. 1 & 2, 2016. SaskCulture featured us as one of their success stories – take a look!