Open Studios, Antiques, Craft Show
Open Studios, Antiques & Crafts Shows
Readsboro Arts Festival
Sep 15, 10-4, Readsboro Central School, readsboroarts.org
The 6th annual Readsboro Arts Festival features the work of artists and craftspeople from southern Vermont and includes performances by local musicians and free art-making activities for all ages.
38th Fall Craft Festival
Sept 22-23, On the Green, Rt 11, Chester, 10-4p, 802 875-
2626, chesterfallfestival.org
Over 60 Vermont & New England crafters & artisans show and sell their creations in one of Vermont’s most picturesque Fall settings! Historic and beautiful Chester, Vermont sets the stage for this glorious event. Food vendors, non-profit displays.
Manchester Fall Art & Craft Festival
Sep 28, 29, & 30,10-5p, The Field at Riley Rink
410 Hunter Park Road, Manchester, craftproducers.com
200 juried artisans exhibit and sell a wide range of contemporary and traditional craft work as well as original art, photography, sculpture, and specialty food products. For many customers it’s an annual ritual to spend a day here, seeing their favorite exhibitors and meeting new ones, buying new works including gifts for the approaching holiday season.
Brattleboro-West Arts 4th Annual Open Studio Tour
Sep 29-30, 10-5p, West Brattleboro, Brattleboro-west-arts.com
Brattleboro-West Arts’ annual open studio tour brings together what is possibly the most eclectic group of artists ever to share a six-mile radius. Visit landscape artists, portraitists and abstract painters, a weathervane maker, a rug braider, a wood carver and a stone mason as well as artists who work with hand-dyed silks, colored porcelain, blown and fused glass, and locally harvested hardwoods. Tour maps available at C.X. Silver Gallery, 814 Western Ave, West Brattleboro.
9th Annual Vermont Fine Furniture and Woodworking Festival
Sep 29-30, 9-6p Sat, 10-4p Sun, Union Arena, Woodstock,vermontwoodfestival.org
More than 60 Vermont furniture makers, wood turners and cabinetmakers will exhibit at this annual event.
Big Buzz Chainsaw Carving Festival
Oct 2-8, all day, MacKenzie Field, Rt 103, Chester (the field is behind
Stone House Antiques & across from Jack’s Diner) 508-965-3211
Artist Barre Pinske produces The “Big Buzz” Chainsaw Carving Festival.
On the last day, a collective carving, made by over 20 professional chainsaw artists will be auctioned off and all proceeds will directly benefit a cancer charity.
Weston Antiques Show
Oct 5-7, Weston Playhouse, Rt 100, Weston
802 824-5307, westonantiquesshow.org
Oct 4 Gala Preview. Set in the heart of the Green Mountains at the peak
of fall foliage, the Weston Antiques Show has been attracting collectors, dealers, residents, and tourists alike since 1959. Regarded as one of the best small shows in New England, thousands of attendees flock to Weston every year to enjoy the show, the setting, and the season. This antiques show features renowned dealers from across the U.S. with American and English furniture, accessories,
Americana, folk art, silver, samplers, paintings, oriental rugs, jewelry and more. The Weston Antiques Show is not to be missed for any serious collector, as well as the blossoming antiques enthusiast.
Okemo Antiques Show
Oct 6, Base Lodge of Okemo Mtn Resort, 77 Okemo Ridge Rd, Ludlow
717 259-9480, cleggantiques.com
The show brings together 32 of America’s finest antiques dealers, displaying their wares in lovely room settings. Although the show’s focus is on country Americana, the offerings of its exhibitors range from the formal to country in furniture, accessories, folk art, textiles, woodenware metalware, stoneware, and glass. Show opens with gala preview party on Friday from 3-6p.
Foliage Open Studio Weekend
Oct 6-7, statewide, all day, visit vermontcrafts.com for map
This is the second year that the Vermont Crafts Council is presenting an Open Studio tour in the fall, although the spring studio tour has been offered since 1993. VCC Director Martha Fitch points out that unlike last fall when the state was dealing with the aftermath of road damage from Tropical Storm Irene, this year the traveling is easy as Vermont roads are smooth and bridges have been fully repaired.
“It’s a rare invitation to go behind the craft shows and exhibits to view the creative work environment and speak with the artist,” says Fitch. “You can explore straight or winding, paved or dirt roads, and be treated to brilliant scenic vistas, classic Vermont villages, and warm welcomes from artists whose studios are normally private spaces.”
42nd Annual Newfane Heritage Festival
Oct 6-7, On the Common, Newfane, VT Rte 30, newfaneheritagefestival.
90+ juried Arts, Crafts, & Specialty Products, including many wonderful new exhibitors along with long-time favorites, the Church’s famous Homemade Apple Pies and apple crisp, Church Deli, Outdoor Food Tent, Super Raffle.
39th Annual Harvest Art and Craft Show
Oct 6-7, 9-5p, Mount Snow, West Dover, mountsnow.com
A great way to get a head start on your holiday shopping. Crafters and Artisans from across New England are set up in our base lodge featuring everything from honey products to fine art to unique gifts to fudge. Admission is free.
Art in the Park
Oct 6-7, 10-5p, Main St. Park, Rutland, chaffeeartcenter.org
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Art in the Park. Meet the artisans and enjoy food, music, demonstrations and kids’ activities.
River Valley Artisan Tour
Oct 6-7, start at Westmoreland, N.H. Town Hall, 10-4p,
rivervalleyartisans.com
29th Annual Weston Craft Show
Oct 12, 13, 14; 10-5, westoncraftshow.com
A Tot Ten Fall event, The 29th Annual Weston Craft show is a juriend exhibit of exceptional Vermont artisans, representing works in ceramics, decorative giver, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood. The show is produced by the Weston Craft Show Committee, which through its grants process supports the Weston Historic Preservation. More than$500,000 has been raised and contributed to the Weston Historical Society.
Studio Open House at Carol Schnabel’s studio
Nov 16-17, 410 Green River Road, Guilford
Carol Schnabel’s weaving studio in Guilford has been the gathering place for local artists to show their work at this annual studio open house for more than a decade. Refreshments. For information or directions, call 802 257-1894.
34th Annual Putney Craft Tour
Nov 23-25, 10-5p, Putney, putneycrafts.com
The Putney Craft Tour is a unique opportunity for tour goers to visit art and craft studios and observe pieces in progress. It also offers a chance to do some holiday shopping. Each year the tour sees more than 2,000 visitors from all over New England and beyond. Visit putneycrafts.com to preview the artists’ works, find maps, lodging, restaurants and other cultural highlights.
10th Annual Walpole Artisans Tour
Nov 23-25, 1-8p Fri, 10-5p Sat-Sun,
Walpole and Bellows Falls areas, walpoleartisans.org
The Cotton Mill 3-day Open Studio & Holiday Sale
Nov 30-Dec 2, all day, thecottonmill.org
The Cotton Mill houses more than 60 small businesses and artists’ studios. Painters, dancers, glassblowers, ceramic artists, circus performers, jam and granola makers, jazz musicians, toymakers and many more call the Cotton Mill their home. Just minutes from downtown Brattleboro, the holiday sale features demonstrations, performances, holiday shopping, music, food and good cheer.
Brattleboro Clayworks
December, Annual Holiday Sale
532 Putney Rd – on Rt. 5, below Friends of the Sun,
Brattleboro, 802 254-9174, brattleboroclayworks.com
Each December Clayworks has extended hours for your holiday shopping. Check back for particulars as the holiday season approaches. Brattleboro Clayworks is southern Vermont’s ceramics resource center. Founded in 1983, Clayworks seeks to increase access to ceramic media for the southeastern Vermont, northwestern Mass., and southwestern N.H. communities.
Cherry Street Artisans Holiday Craft Sale and Café
Dec 1-2, 9-9p Sat, 11-4p Sun, 44 Cherry St,
802 254-3530
Brattleboro,
cherrystreetartisans.com
Cherry Street Artisans are back for their annual holiday sale, café and celebration in early December. Ten artisans are coming together to create this event in a lovely Victorian home on Cherry Street in. The kitchen will become the café, serving delectable homemade food, and an invitation to sing, bring instruments or listen on Saturday evening starting at 5p will add to the atmosphere of this friendly marketplace. Cherry Street is off Maple Street near Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, and parking is available on the street.
Readsboro Glassworks Holiday Open Studio and Sale
Two weekends: Dec 8-9, Dec 15-16 all day, 6954 Main Street (lower level), 802 423-7706 maryangusglass.com
Vermont glass artists Mary Angus and K.William LeQuier will open their Readsboro glass studio to the public for their annual Holiday Open Studio and Sale. Studio visitors will find a unique collection of handblown glass bud vases, perfume bottles in translucent jewel tones, and colorful handmade glass candy cane ornaments. The studio is open additional hours, by appointment, throughout the holiday season.
