Friday, June 25, 2010

Five Artists Open Studios This Weekend

Five North Coast Open Studios artists have chose to open their studios again this weekend, Saturday and Sunday June 25 and 26, fro 11 a to 5 pm. The participating artists had such a great experience with Open Studios, that they chose to invite the public to creative space once again.

Artists open this weekend will be:

  • Elizabeth Berrien
    Fine wire sculpture
    590 Ole Hanson Road, Freshwater
    (707) 445-4931
    wireladye@yahoo.com
    Open Saturday & Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm
  • Augustus Clark
    Acrylic paintings on varied surfaces
    208 C Street, Eureka
    (707) 445-9492
    clark@humboldt1.com
    www.humboldt1.com/~clark
    Open Saturday & Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm
  • Susan Harper
    Watercolor paintings, beaded watches, rosaries
    1671 Bella Vista Road, McKinleyville
    (707) 839-5760
    sueharper46@yahoo.com
    www.susanwalshharper.com
    To get to studio: Take Central Avenue onto Bella Vista.
    Left into last driveway of Plaza parking lot,
    follow lane behind the business park to 1671 (behind yellow house).
    Open Sunday from 1 to 5 pm
  • Joyce Jonté
    Paintings - Florals and nudes, originals, cards and reproductions
    StewArt Studios, 1125 16th Street, Arcata, #105-G
    (707) 498-6224
    jonteart@suddenlink.net
    www.arcataartisans.com
    To get to studio: Enter parking lot from L Street between 15th and 16th.
    Enter building on the GROUND level.
    Open Saturday & Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm
  • Susan Strope/Studio S
    Oil Paintings
    717 Third Street, Eureka
    (707) 442-5656
    Studio is located between H and I on Third Street.
    Open Saturday from 1 to 5 pm
You can find more information about these artists on the North Coast Open Studios website: www.northcoastopenstudios.com or in the 2010 Guidebook. Want to visit a particular participating artist that is not opening this weekend? All artists listed in the guidebook are open by appointment, so please contact any artists whose studios you are interested in visiting. All open studios are free and family friendly. For more information, contact Taffy Stockton, NCOS Coordinator by email at contact@northcoastopenstudios.com, or by calling (707) 834-6460.






Wire goat by Elizabeth Berrien













Painting by Gus Clark

















"Mom's Roses" by Susan Harper












"Repose" by Joyce Jonté













"Four of a Kind" by Susan Strope



Monday, June 7, 2010

Open Studios Continues With Weekend 2: June 12 & 13

The Twelfth Annual North Coast Open Studios continues this weekend, June 12&13! Weekend 2 of NCOS will feature 61 artists, from Fortuna to Trinidad, opening their studio doors to you for the weekend. Studios will be open 11 am to 5 pm on both Saturday and Sunday.


Susan Fox in her studio. Painting by Fox, After The Race: Baga Gazriin Chuluu.
Artists open for Weekend 2 are (click on the name to be taken to their artist listing on the NCOS website):
Erin Austin (North Coast Metal Arts Guild) - Eureka, NCOS Artist #38
Julia Bednar - Eureka, NCOS Artist #39
Elaine Benjamin (Blue Chair Press) - Blue Lake, NCOS Artist #13
Karen Berman - Bayside, NCOS Artist #33
Elizabeth Berrien - Indianola, NCOS Artist #36
Blue Ox Community School - Eureka, NCOS Artist #41
Frances Boettcher - King Salmon, NCOS Artist #80
Susan Bornstein - Arcata, NCOS Artist #16
Kathrin Burleson - Trinidad, NCOS Artist #1
Donna Bush - Fortuna, NCOS Artist #82
Augustus Clark - Eureka, NCOS Artist #45
Susan Cooper - Fortuna, NCOS Artist #83
Natalie Craig - Arcata, NCOS Artist #17
Andrew Daniel - Arcata, NCOS Artist #1
Saremy Duffy (Chicken Boots) - Blue Lake, NCOS Artist #14
Fire Arts Center - Arcata, NCOS Artist #19
Susan Fox- Dows Prairie, NCOS Artist #9
Karen Chase Frazee - Bayside, NCOS Artist #34
Libby George - Arcata, NCOS Artist #20
Joan Gold - Eureka, NCOS Artist #48
Elaine Gredassoff - Fortuna, NCOS Artist #84
Susan Harper - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #3
Erin House - Eureka, NCOS Artist #51
Bernice Huston - Glendale Drive, NCOS Artist #11
Steven V. Johnson - Arcata, NCOS Artist #22
Dannion Jones - Eureka, NCOS Artist #53
Joyce Jonté - Arcata, NCOS Artist #23
Beth Kabat (Thimbleberry Threads) - Dows Prairie, NCOS Artist #10
Kinetic Sculpture Museum - Ferndale, NCOS Artist #81
Lorraine Lindley - Eureka, NCOS Artist #58
Peggy Loudon - Arcata, NCOS Artist #24
Jim Lowry - Arcata, NCOS Artist #25
Sarah Marina - Eureka, NCOS Artist #60
Lucien Midnight - Arcata, NCOS Artist #26
Jeff Morales - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #4
Morris Graves Museum of Art - Eureka, NCOS Artist #63
Christy Mueller - Eureka, NCOS Artist #64
Kathy O'Leary - Eureka, NCOS Artist #66
Linda Parkinson - Eureka, NCOS Artist #12
Allison Reed - Arcata, NCOS Artist #27
Alan Sanborn - Arcata, NCOS Artist #28
Patricia Sennott - Arcata, NCOS Artist #29
Lia Sharp - Eureka, NCOS Artist #70
Zachary Shea - Bayside, NCOS Artist #35
Simone Smith - Eureka, NCOS Artist #72
Susan Strope - Eureka, NCOS Artist #73
Studio S - Eureka, NCOS Artist #74
Christina Swingdler - Eureka, NCOS Artist #75
Linnea Tobias - Arcata, NCOS Artist #30
David Van de Mark - Eureka, NCOS Artist #76
Colin Vance - Manila, NCOS Artist #37
Steven Vander Meer - Arcata, NCOS Artist #31
Stasia Walters- Blue Lake, NCOS Artist #1
John Wesa - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #5
Westhaven Center for the Arts - Westhaven, NCOS Artist #2
Michael Woods - Eureka, NCOS Artist #78
Hal Work - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #6
Mark Young - Eureka, NCOS Artist #79
Peter Zambas - Fieldbrook, NCOS Artist #8
Melissa Zielinski (Mill Creek Glass) - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #7

Saremy Duffy at work, some of her textile pieces, and a studio visitor.


Thursday, June 3, 2010

Open Studios starts this weekend!

The Twelfth Annual North Coast Open Studios starts this weekend, June 5&6. Weekend 1 of NCOS will feature 68 artists opening their studio for the weekend.










Kathy O'Leary


Here is you chance to visit the places where art is made as Humboldt County artists open their studios and their creative process to you. Meet the artists firsthand... explore types of work that are both familiar and new to you... and purchase work directly from the artists!






Susan Bloch


Studios will be open 11 am to 5 pm on both Saturday and Sunday. Artists open for Weekend 1 are (click on the name to be taken to their artist listing on the NCOS website):
Erin Austin - Eureka, NCOS Artist #38
Julia Bednar - Eureka, NCOS Artist #39
Elizabeth Berrien - Indianola, NCOS Artist #36
Susan Bloch - Eureka, NCOS Artist #40
Blue Ox Community School - Eureka, NCOS Artist #41
Lorna Brown - Eureka, NCOS Artist #42
Donna Bush - Fortuna, NCOS Artist #82
Regina Case - Eureka, NCOS Artist #43
Sheldon Chase - Eureka, NCOS Artist #44
Augustus Clark - Eureka, NCOS Artist #45
Susan Cooper - Fortuna, NCOS Artist #83
Merry Coor - Eureka, NCOS Artist #46
Kay Damgaard - Eureka, NCOS Artist #47
Andrew Daniel - Arcata, NCOS Artist #18
Fire Arts Center - Arcata, NCOS Artist #19
Karen Chase Frazee - Bayside, NCOS Artist #34
Libby George - Arcata, NCOS Artist #20
Joan Gold - Eureka, NCOS Artist #48
Shawn Gould - Eureka, NCOS Artist #49
Elaine Gredassof - Fortuna, NCOS Artist #84
Rick Gustafson - Eureka, NCOS Artist #50
Susan Harper - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #3
Erin House - Eureka, NCOS Artist #51
Bernice Huston - Glendale Drive, NCOS Artist #11
Steven V. Johnson - Arcata, NCOS Artist #22
Tani Johnson - Eureka, NCOS Artist #52
Damion Jones - Eureka, NCOS Artist #53
Joyce Jonté - Arcata, NCOS Artist #23
Yvonne Kern - Eureka, NCOS Artist #54
Kinetic Sculpture Museum - Ferndale, NCOS Artist #81
John King - Eureka, NCOS Artist #55
Frances Kuta - Eureka, NCOS Artist #56
Thao Le Khac - Eureka, NCOS Artist #57
Lorraine Lindley - Eureka, NCOS Artist #58
Peggy Loudon - Arcata, NCOS Artist #24
Jim Lowry - Arcata, NCOS Artist #25
Kathy Marie - Eureka, NCOS Artist #59
Sarah Marina - Eureka, NCOS Artist #60
Kelly Mathson - Eureka, NCOS Artist #61
Karen Merry - Eureka, NCOS Artist #62
Lucien Midnight - Arcata, NCOS Artist #26
Jeff Morales - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #4
Morris Graves Museum of Art - Eureka, NCOS Artist #63
Michelle Murphy-Ferguson - Eureka, NCOS Artist #65
Kathy O'Leary - Eureka, NCOS Artist #66
Allison Reed - Arcata, NCOS Artist #27
Naomi Rose - Eureka, NCOS Artist #68
Victoria Ryan - Eureka, NCOS Artist #69
Alan Sanborn - Arcata, NCOS Artist #28
Patricia Sennott - Arcata, NCOS Artist #29
Lia Sharp - Eureka, NCOS Artist #70
Alice Shaw - Eureka, NCOS Artist #71
Zachary Shea - Bayside, NCOS Artist #35
Simone Smith - Eureka, NCOS Artist #72
Susan Strope - Eureka, NCOS Artist #73
Studio S - Eureka, NCOS Artist #74
Christina Swingdler - Eureka, NCOS Artist #75
Linnea Tobias - Arcata, NCOS Artist #30
David Van de Mark - Eureka, NCOS Artist #76
Colin Vance - Manila, NCOS Artist #37
Steven Vander Meer - Arcata, NCOS Artist #31
John Wesa - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #5
Westhaven Center for the Arts - Westhaven, NCOS Artist #2
Jesse Wiedel - Eureka, NCOS Artist #77
Michael Woods - Eureka, NCOS Artist #78
Hal Work - McKinleyville, NCOS Artist #6
Mark Young - Eureka, NCOS Artist #79
Peter Zambas - Fieldbrook, NCOS Artist #8




  1. Yvonne Kern