The 263 Art Studio Tour enters year nine in 2023.  We are pleased with the positive reactions of our Tour Guests and we plan to do an even better job.  To enable  our visitors to better enjoy their experiences on the 263 Art Studio Tour we need to have your feedback. We have listened to you and we hope that your next 263 Art Studio Tour experience will be even better than before.

OUR HISTORY

During the 2019 season no one anticipated that Covid would isolate us and cancel our Tour and so many other things in our lives for 2020 and 2021.

Our fifth and sixth seasons in 2017 and 2018 were blest with good weather and a completed highway 263. What relief to all.

Our fourth annual tour (2016) encounterd bad weather and even worse roads as reconstruction of Highway 263 made for very difficult conditions. There is just a very short portion of that project still to be paved and we are assured it will be completed in the spring of 2017, well before our tour dates. Our tour continues to attract new visitors and also sees the return of patrons from years before. We are so pleased by the quality of our partistipating artists and also of our visitors. We are delighted to meet with you and to talk about what we do as artists in this Lakeland area.

The third annual tour (2015) had 18 artists consolidate at 10 sites. Despite road construction concerns on Highway 263 the weather was great. The Tour dates were July 25 and 26, 2015. The Tour website was moved from a .com to a .ca and underwent a restructuring and expansion not possible with our previous web-hosting service.

Our second annual tour (2014) was renamed 263 Art Studio Tour to reflect the area in which we live and work. It was held on 26 & 27 July 2014 with 12 artists at 10 sites. Sites and routes were marked with our new Sun Logo This differentiated the tour from a weekly community art group (some, but not all of whom are on this tour.)

The artists who organized and staged the 2013 Woodland Studio Art Tour presented the 2014 version, renamed 263 ART STUDIO TOUR.

The name changed, but the idea is the same — to open our studios and homes to those interested in exploring the artistic excellence and variety in our area.

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Our First Year; 2013 - Woodland Studio Art Tour

For our first annual tour, the event was named Woodland Studio Art Tour and was held the 17 - 18 August 2013.There were 15 artists at 11 sites. Summer's Past Greenhouse was a group venue for three artists. Sites were marked with a red "W".

2013 Participants

Balon, Veronica
Bantle, Jason Leo
Brons, Ursula
Carlson, Gail
Corriveau, Louise
Deschambault, Pearlene
Henderson, Miranda
Hyde, Wayne
Klette, Denyse
Lafaver, Paulette
Laxdal, Tom
Regnitter, Gerald
Ricklefs, June
Terfloth, Barbara
Tuck-Tallon, Cheryl

2014 Participants:

Bantle, Jason Leo - Photographer
Brons, Ursula - Painter
Calson, Gail - Potter
Cessna, Donna - Painter
Henderson, Miranda - Painter
Laxdal, Tom - Knife Maker
Lokken, Amy - Soap Maker
Nelson, Barbara - Photographer
Nelson, W (Bill) - Painter
Regnitter, Gerald - Woodworker
Ricklefs, June - Watercolourist
Terfloth, Barbara - Painter, Fibre Artist

2015 Participants:

Bantle, Jason-Leo - Photographer
Brons, Ursula - Oil Painter
Carlson, Gail - Potter
Cessna, Donna - Painter
Corriveau, Louise - Painter, Wood Turner
Fellner, Brent - Stone Carver
Henderson, Miranda - Painter
Hofferd, Carol- Stained Glass
Hyde, Wayne - Wood Carver
Lafaver, Paulette - Painter
Laxdal, Tom - Knife Maker
Lussier, Jeannette - Tiles, Painter
Mortensen, Paige - Wax Watercolour, Painter
Nelson, Barbara, Photographer
Nelson, W (Bill) - Painter
Regnitter, Gerald - Woodworker
Ricklefs, June - Watercolour Painter
Yost, Kelly - Painter

 

 

2016 Participants:

Bantle, Jason-Leo - Photographer
Carlson, Gail - Potter
McCallum Gareau, June Cree Traditional Art
Henderson, Miranda - Painter
Hofferd, Carol - Stained Glass
Hyde, Wayne - Wood Carver
Lafaver, Paulette - Painter
Laxdal, Tom - Knife Maker
Nelson, Barbara - Photographer
Nelson, Bill - Painter
Regnitter, Gerald - Woodworker
Ricklefs, June - Watercolour Painte
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2017 Participants:

Bantle, Jason-Leo -Photographer
Carlson, Gail - Potter
Cessna, Donna - Tile Painter
McCallum Gareau, June - Cree Traditional Art
Hofferd, Carol - Stained Glass
LaFaver, Paulette -Painter
Laxdal, Tom - Knife Maker
MacPhedron, Dorothy - Potter
Nelson, (W) Bill- Painter
Nelson, Barbara - Photographer
Regnitter, Gerald - Wood Worker
Ricklefs, June - Watercolour Painter

Participants for 2018:

Bantle, Jason-Leo - Photographer
Carlson, Gail - Potter
Fellner, Brent - Stone Carver
Hofferd, Carol - Stained Glass
Laxdal, Tom - Knife maker
Lussier, Jeannette - Tile Painter, Sculptor
MacPhedran, Dorothy - Potter
Miller, Sharon, Painter
Mrazek, Jerome, Painter
Regnitter, Gerald - Woodworker
Ricklefs, June - Watercolour Painter


 

Participants for 2019 were:

Bantle, Jason-Leo - Photographer
Brons, Ursula - Painter
Carlson, Gail - Potter
Fellner, Brent - Stone Carver
Hofferd, Carol - Stained Glass
Laxdal, Tom - Knife maker
Lussier, Jeannette - Tile Painter, Sculptor
MacPhedran, Dorothy - Potter
Miller, Sharon - Painter
Mrazek, Jerome, Painter
Ratti-Brost, Loretta - Stained Glass
Regnitter, Gerald - Woodworker

Participants for 2022:

Bantle, Jason Leo - Photographer
Blacklock, Leslie - Painter
Carlson, Gail - Potter
Fellner, Brent - Multi-media
Guenther, Mary - Painter, willow furniture-maker
Horseman & VanBreugel - Paverpol statues
Kowalik, Teresa - Glass Art
Laxdal, Tom - Knife maker
Leybourne & Henry - Golden Aspen Pottery
Lussier, Jeanette - Multi-media
MacPhedran, Dorothy - Potter
Miller, Sharon - Painter
Mrazek, Jerome - Painter
Ratti-Brost, Loretta - Glass Art
Regnitter, Gerald - Woodworker
Tuchek, Leslie - Potter