Booklets are being created by the Orange County Arts Council, highlighting each artist, their location, contact information and an image of their artwork. Three thousand, five hundred booklets will be printed and distributed throughout the county in galleries, local lodging, businesses, eateries, art organizations, tourist information centers and on the Orange County Arts Council web site (www.ocartscouncil.org).

Visitors on the tour can expect to find artists in galleries, art spaces, and studios up close and personal during their creative process. Artists are able to do so by offering explanations and demonstrations of their materials and art process. The Orange County Arts Council hopes this annual event will provide an opportunity for dialogue between artists and the general public, therefore bringing about a broader knowledge of the arts.  It is the Arts Council’s desire that the Open Studio Tour will open up the world of artists to everyone – from students to the seasoned collector to the first-time art buyer or observer, to the curious general public. The Arts Council believes that through education, visitors become loyal customers and supporters of art.

To request a copy of this year’s Open Studio Tour booklet or to find the closest distribution location, please call the Arts Council’s offices at 845-469-9168 or email jen@ocartscouncil.org

Participating artists and the town where they will be showing:

Lynne Digby: Goshen; Linda Rahl Nadas: Rock Tavern; Mary Baldwin: Washingtonville; David Nolan: Washingtonville; Andrew Lattimore: Cornwall; Rebecca Darlington: Cornwall; Vivien Abrams Collens: Cornwall; Gayle Clark Fedigan: Newburgh; Stuart Sachs: Newburgh; Martha Zola: Newburgh; Studio & Forum of the Scenic Arts: Newburgh; Laurie Frederick Cohen: Newburgh; Kat Strickland: New Windsor; Center Line Studios: New Windsor; Debbe Cushman Femiak: Montgomery; Mitchell Saler: Montgomery; Sandy Farland Spitzer: Montgomery; Maureen Drury: Walden; Beth Tango: Walden; Catherine A. DeMaio: Pine Bush; Bob Scully: Pine Bush; Xiaoyi Zeng: Pine Bush; Estrellita DeCouto: Pine Bush; Lynn Garrett: Pine Bush; Arts in Orange: Pine Bush; Pine Bush Area Arts Council: Pine Bush; Rebecca Cornell: Pine Bush; Roberta Rosenthal: Bloomingburg; Linda Barboni: Middletown; Anne W. Kelly: Middletown; Dennis Fanton: Middletown; Michael Piotrowski: Middletown; Katerina Wood: Middletown; The Barn/Art at Elm Lake: Middletown; Natalie Surving: Middletown; Caroline Prieur Schulz: Otisville; Cynthia Harris-Pagano: Otisville; Upfront Exhibition Space: Port Jervis; Bliss Co-op: Sugar Loaf; Adrienne Michele Butvinick: Sugar Loaf; Renelle Lorray: Sugar Loaf; Nick Zungoli: Sugar Loaf; Karen S. Thomas: Sugar Loaf; Rachel Bertoni: Sugar Loaf; Sharon Galbraith: Warwick; Elaine Sgambati: Warwick; Roslyn Fassett: Warwick; Susan Hope Fogel: Warwick; Lisa Zukowski: Warwick; CS Day: Warwick; Patricia Foxx: Warwick; Kishi Ui: Warwick; Roberta Green: Warwick; Thomas Naples: Warwick; Janet Howard-Fatta: Warwick; Phyllis Lehman: Warwick; Cathe Linton: Warwick; Beatrice Bloom: Warwick; Daniel Mack: Warwick; Center for Metal Arts: Florida; Richard Weber: Florida; Amity Arts Pottery: Florida; Bumble-fly Café: Central Valley; Lita Thorne: Harriman; Bruce Thorne: Harriman; Robert G. Breur: Highland Mills