The Open Studio Tour for 2019 will be September 21 and 22.
Artist’s studios open at 10:00 am on Saturday, September 21 and Sunday, September 22!
There is a preview party at 4;00 PM September 19, at the Center for Art & Inspiration at 125 South Main Street.
The Open Studio Tour of Henderson County is one of the largest open studio events in the Carolinas. More than 60 artists will participate, including some of the artists in our neighborhood.
This year the tour is broken up into mini-tours. We are in the Balfour area. That is the red pins on the map below.
Nearby Participating Artists
Mixed Media / Paint / Photography / Recycled Materials
Molly Blythe
Cosmic Studios at Cosmic Groove Massage
2021 Asheville Highway, Hendersonville
www.mollyblytheart.comThis is on US-25, across from the Ugly Mug coffee shop, a couple of blocks or so from the cabin.
Oil Painting
Gary Cooley
1832 Upper Ridgewood Boulevard, HendersonvilleFrom the cabin, go straight down Arlington. Turn left on Chelsea. Turn right at the dead end. Lower Ridgewood loops around to Upper Ridgewood. The studio is on the left.
Fiber
Susan Austin Genevish
115 Briarwood Lane, HendersonvilleThis is really close to Upper Ridgewood where Gary Cooly’s studio is. Just take the very next right onto Briarwood Lane. Susan’s studio is in back at the right hand side of the house. Don’t worry, there will be signs.
Acrylics, Watercolors
Susan Webb Tregay
57 Skyline Drive Extension, HendersonvilleFrom the cabin, go straight down Arlington till it dead ends.
Go left on Dartmouth till it dead ends.
Go right on Comet to Skyline Drive. Skyline Drive forks. Skyline Extension is the right fork. The studio is up high, the third house on left. There is limited parking.
Flameworked Glass by Suzanne Cancilla-Fox
Oil Painting by Lynn Herrick
1100 Lugano Drive, HendersonvilleFrom the cabin, go up the hill and stay on Orleans. When you cross Haywood Road, look for the studio at the corner near the lake.
The studio is on the corner of Lugano and Orleans.
They have also added Joan Lesikin – Oil Painting/Works on Paper to our neighborhood this year.
Oil Painting/Works on Paper
Joan Lesikin
203 Gosling Drive, HendersonvilleFrom the cabin, turn left onto US-25. Go down to Brookside Camp Road. There is a light. Past the traffic circle, turn left on Burge Mountain Road. Then right on Beechwood Lakes Drive. Before the lake make a right on Gosling Drive. There will be signs.
Visit the galleries and studios and buy direct from the artists. Some of the artists have their homes open to tour, too.
The Open Studio Tour is a celebration of local art when once a year artists across Henderson County swing open their doors and invite the public behind the scenes of the creation process. Meet the artists; find special buys; see tips and tricks demonstrated. All while touring this beautiful Blue Ridge mountain community.
Download the 2019 Open Studio Tour of Henderson County Map
Tour Map Booklet opens in a Viewer and can be printed
Find out more: hcost.org
