October is the time for fall colour drives and studio tours in small towns. If you don’t have the chance to get to some of the rural studio tours, the Fall Beach Studio Tour will feature 13 art studios in Toronto’s Beach neighbourhood during the weekend of Oct. 19-21, 2012 to showcase the works of 25 local artists.
Works for sale will include fashions; oil, watercolour and acrylic paintings; photography; ceramics; jewellery; lamp glass; home decor and handbags.
Tours are self-guided at the following studios in the Beach. Look for the yellow signs outside studios and pick up a brochure at most local stores or on the website:
- Studio 1 – 29 Rainsford Rd. – Artists Kathy Crichton, Karen Franzen and Sandra Greenwood
- Studio 2 – 31 Burgess Ave. – Artists Helen Billett, Lara Bazant
- Studio 3 – 1 Glenmount Park Rd. – Artists Shabnam Khosrowshahi and Gillian Morris
- Studio 4 – 343 Waverley Rd. – Artists Sheila Thompson, Colleen Lynch
- Studio 5 – 166 Bellefair Ave. – Artists Julie Clark, Kalyna Pidwerbesky
- Studio 6 – 32 Osborne Ave. – Artists Paula Childs, Vicki Sharp
- Studio 7 – 92 Balsam Ave. – Artists Lucille Crighton, John Dowding
- Studio 8 – 59 Fernwood Park Ave. – Artists Dianne Shelton, Jane Saraciino
- Studio 9 – 17 Fernwood Park Ave. – Artist Ruth Hayes
- Studio 10 – 89 Kingswood Rd. – Artists Roderik Mayne, Helen Benninger
- Studio 11 – 133 Neville Park Rd. – Artist Elizabeth Berry
- Studio 12 – 254 Blantyre Rd. – Artist Grethe Jensen
- Studio 13 – 395 Scarborough Rd. – Artists Nathalie Vachon, Noriko Yamamoto and Gil Birol
You’ll get a chance to talk to the artists who will be on site all weekend.
Fall Beach Studio Tour hours are Fri., Oct. 19 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sat., Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sun., Oct. 21 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
