The tour began in 1979 with a fall open house at Rohrbach Pottery, the studio of Linda Austerberry, ceramic artist and former Boyertown Area High School teacher. Visitors of the pottery enjoyed seeing where things were made and purchasing art directly from the artist. Several years later, in an effort to promote the arts in the Boyertown area, Rohrbach-Austerberry developed a tour of local artists’ studios.
Two years ago, Rohrbach-Austerberry teamed up with members of Studio B, the home of Boyertown’s Art and Activities Alliance, a committee of Building a Better Boyertown, and Danielle Fisher, owner of Clayote, a clay studio formerly located in Boyertown to create the Fall into Winter Tour.
Now in its third year, the tour–held the weekend before Thanksgiving-highlights the work of seven studios and galleries featuring affordable art and crafts produced by over 50 local artists.
The hours of the tour are 10 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, November 17 and 18, 2012. Maps of the tour sites are available at participating studios.
This year the tour will feature:
Rohrbach Pottery Linda Rohrbach-Austerberry has been producing functional stoneware designed for cooking since 1968. The works of other local craftspeople will also be on display.
www.Rohrbachpottery.com www.Plumblossomjewelry.com
www.Wrwoodworks.com Bey’s Rock Shop
One-of-a-kind custom-made jewelry out of stone. Gift items made out of stone. Crystals, minerals, fossils, decorator pieces.
www.beysrockshop.com www.facebook.com/beysrockshop
email: beysrocks@dejazzd.com 610-369-0180
Clay on Main Clay on Main is a non-profit artists’ cooperative studio in Oley, PA.
It provides members time and space to create in a variety of ceramic arts. Work of 15 Clay on Main artists, fiber arts, and jewelry will be featured during the open house.
313 Main Street Oley, PA 19547
www.clayonmain.org 610-987-0273
Dancing Tree Creations Dancing Tree Creations Artisans Gallery and Studio combines the working studio of co-owners Lyn Camella and Beth Rich with a retail gallery that represents the works of over 125 local and national artists. Located just off Route 73 in Boyertown, you’ll find an extraordinary selection of ceramics, glass, metal, wood, fiber, etc. in a quaint 1800’s former general store for ‘when common just don’t do!’
Dancing Tree Creations Artisans Gallery and Studio
338 South Ironstone Drive Boyertown, PA 19512
484-415-0014, 610-780-8639 Follow us on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/DancingTreeCreations
Studio B Studio B is a community-run gallery and teaching studio. The gallery offers monthly shows year-round as well as classes and workshops.
Bob Wood is the featured artist during the 2012 Fall into Winter tour.
His new paintings feature his enduring appreciation of farm and garden life rendering his unique perspective in his iconic bold style.
Studio B 39A East Philadelphia Avenue
Boyertown, PA 19512 www.studiobbb.org
Susan Biebuyck, Gallery Director
484-332-2757 Taylor Backes Will Dexter and Karla Trinkley have exhibited their work nationally and internationally. Their objective in co-founding Taylor Backes Studio was to continue developing their own individual styles and to collaborate with other glass artists to produce distinctive, innovative work.
The Emerald Building 2nd and Washington Streets
Boyertown, PA 19512 610-367-4600
will@dejazzd.com Gallery at Montgomery County Community College
The gallery is part of a renovated building that was the former home of the Vaughan Knitting Mill in the 1930’s. The gallery’s exposed brick and beams, vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors and majestic archways create the ideal setting in which to showcase the talent of Studio B’s artists.
Montgomery County Community College’s Fine Arts Gallery
MCCC West Campus 16 High Street, Pottstown
For more information about the gallery, contact MCCC Galleries Director Holly Cairns at 215-619-7349 or hcairns@mc3.edu.
