November Shows and Holiday Sales

Susan Currington, Valley Art Gallery Show

It’s that time of year for gift giving and holiday treats.  So why not treat yourself and your favorite people to artful gifts made by Washington County Open Studios Tour artists.

Tour Artist exhibits, shows and sales this month:

 

Susan Gallacher-Turner, Valley Art Gallery Show

Susan Currington, Susan Gallacher-Turner, Helvi Smith and JoAnn Wellner

Valley Art Gallery – Forest Grove - November 7-December 24

 

Helvi Smith, Valley Art Gallery Show

Over 70 Oregon artists including our tour artists showing paintings, ceramics, glass, woven baskets and many other wonderful works of art.  For your holiday shopping the gallery has extended hours November 7-22, Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 12-4pm.  Regular gallery hours are Monday-Saturday 11am-5:30pm.

 

Jo Ann Wellner, Valley Art Gallery show

Valley Art Gallery  -  www.valleyart.org

2022 Main Street, Forest Grove, OR 97116

503-357-3703

 

Linda Gerrard, Oregon Glass Guild Show

Linda Gerrard

Oregon Glass Guild Open Studio Tour – November 14-15 - 10am-4pm

A tour of over 20 Glass Artist's studios across a 5 county area.  Glass artists who do fused, stained, blown, mosiac, cast glass and more.  To see the map and find other glass artists on the tour go to: http://oregonglassguild.org/FallTour/FallTour.html

 

Peg Silloway, Art on Broadway Holiday Boutique

Peg Silloway

Holiday Boutique - Art on Broadway -  Beaverton - November 27- December 24

Peg Silloway, Silloway Weaving Studio, will have handwoven scarves and cowls for sale in the Boutique. Many are created using locally sourced hand-dyed yarns featuring merino, alpaca, silk, and other fine fibers. Each is one of a kind and sure to be a welcome gift. 

Art on Broadway  www.artonbroadway.net

12570 SW Broadway, Beaverton, OR 97005 

503-601-3300 Gallery open Tuesday - Saturday 11 to 5

Saturday December 5, Artists Reception, 6 to 9 pm

Art meets TV: Good Day Oregon

Can one local TV host learn to fuse glass, weave on a loom and do sgraffito in less than three hours?  Yes, absolutely!

That’s what happened, Friday, October 16^th, just before the Washington County Open Studios Tour.  Good Day Oregon TV host, Jo V(Vithayathil)  met three artists, Linda Gerrard, Peg Silloway and Susan Gallacher-Turner took on the challenge.

Linda, Peg and Susan were set up and ready to go by 4:30 am.  The TV van arrived at 5 am at Linda Gerrard’s studio and Joe set up for the first live segment scheduled at 5:45! 

Peg Silloway showed Joe how a loom works.  What kind of fibers she uses and the how to move the loom to weave the fabric that becomes her beautiful scarves and wraps.  Joe gave it a try, too, learning that while it might look easy, it was a challenge to do.

Joe learned all about sgraffito, the Italian word for ‘scratch’.  Susan described the process of hand building the porcelain plates, under glazing them with three layers of color.  After the layers were dry, it was time to sgraffito.  Joe watched and then gave it a try, scratching out the under glaze and revealing the white clay underneath. 

  

In Linda Gerrard’s glass studio, Joe learned about frit, glass cutting and how glass is layered and fused to make a landscape.  Linda showed how the different types of frit made different textures like clouds, grass and rocks.  Joe learned to cut glass into strips, place different colors together and paint with frit.

It was a very early start to the day, but Peg, Linda and Susan all agreed it was a very good day.  And a great opportunity to give people a peek into what they’d be able to see during the Washington County Open Studios tour the very next day in over 40 artists’ studios across Washington County.

About her experience on TV Peg says, “One of my students, in an introductory rigid heddle weaving class at Northwest Wools in Multnomah Village, told me that she and her husband got up early on Friday, November 16, just so that they could watch our TV spot with Joe V. Her verdict was that we did great!”

“I’m not a morning person,” said Susan, “but the energy of the artists and TV crew made it a fun morning with a beautiful sunrise!” 

Peg, Linda and Susan had more visitors this year and many other artists said visitors mentioned seeing the TV segments on Good Day Oregon.

All thanks to Joe V and cameraman, Mike and Good Day Oregon!