Visit all the artist studios during the day or choose the ones that interest you. A chance to visit working artists’ studios in Antrim County, to chat with the artists and view their works and their working spaces at your leisure on Sunday, July 17, 10 am to 4 pm.
Tickets are $8.00 for Parkside members and $10.00 for non-members. Tickets are available at the artists studios on the day of the tour or in advance from Bellaire Chamber of Commerce, PAC Corresponding Secretary, Elizabeth Balestrieri. Phone: 231-533-6240 or 231-377-7521, or online (see below).
1. Chad Pastotnik, Printmaker, Mancelona
2. Jeff Krino, Mixed Media, Bellaire
3. Kate Hetzel, Glass Art, Bellaire
4. Jamie Creason, Jeweler & Gary Juliano, Painter, Bellaire
5. Peter Balestrieri, Painter, Bellaire
6. Margie Guyot, Painter, Eastport
7. Tom Brown, Photographer, Central Lake
8. Mary Ellen Murphy, Stained Glass, Central Lake
9. Ron and Cynthia Tschudy, Ceramics, Six Mile Lake
10. ISLAND Hill House, East Jordan
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1. Chad Pastotnik, Printmaker, Deep Wood Press
Bio: Chad Pastotnik has a BFA in printmaking and focuses on intaglio copper and reliefwood engraving techniques which find their way into book forms as they are both highly detailed types of prints and lend themselves well to the smaller format. Chad has also had formal training in bookbinding as well as restoration and repair techniques, these skills led him to establish Deep Wood Press in 1992 along the banks of the Cedar River in northern Michigan’s beautiful Antrim County. Within the first few years there was a determined need for text for these book forms and the first letterpress and a few scattered cases of lead type began the formal act of publishing for Deep Wood. Since then the equipment, the workplaces and the vision have continued to evolve and improve and the ever continuing explorations of “the book as art” is at hand.
Over the past 19 years Deep Wood Press has produced over twenty five book titles and countless commissioned works and is present in some of the finest museums, libraries and university collections in the country including the Museum of Modern Art, NY and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Address: 121 Doerr Rd., Mancelona
Directions: From U.S. 131 in Mancelona turn west onto M-88 and follow 3/4 mile, turn
north onto Cedar River Rd. and follow 3 miles. At the bottom of a very curvy
hill turn west onto Doerr Rd., a gravel road, and continue exactly 1 1/2 miles.
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Bio: My work is a combination of acrylic and enamel paints, spray paint, and found objects. The assembled sculptures are born through the integration of these materials with one another onto a wood panel. I utilize bone, rubber, wood, sinew, and various types of metal. All of the objects are recycled.
I aim to reveal the unseen beauty within these otherwise everyday objects, and to bring to attention the undeniable human impact on our natural surroundings. I question what is natural.
Each piece is an attempt to answer this, and in the end, becomes anything but natural. This work is a fabrication of my surrounding environment. It is an illusion that visually redefines an animal bone, a slab of rubber, or an old rusty piece of metal. It is an ode to all objects.
Address: 6294 Shanty Creek Rd., Bellaire
Directions: M-88, turn north on Del Mason Rd., which turns into Shanty Creek Rd. for 1.5 miles. Studio will be on your left.
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Bio: Kate, has been working with recycled glass the past 13 years. Her current work evolved from a bag of scrap glass ready for the landfill. The colors and shapes of the glass are what initially inspired her. She creates both functional, and non-functional glass items, including bowls, plates, candle holders, night lights, mirrors,and lamps, all are one of a kind. She uses various techniques, including fusing, etching and batiking, when working with the glass, The joy she feels creating with castoff materials has inspired her to build a cabin and gallery in the woods of northern Michigan, living “off grid” in the su, mmer months.
Address: Del Mason Road, Bellaire
Directions: At corner of M88 & Del Mason Rd, go South on Del Mason (gravel road) 1/4 mile. Take first two-track on Left. Go 1/4 mile to clearing. Studio is behind the cabin.
Applesauce Inn- Artist #1 - Jamie Creason, Jewelry, www.bungelowjame.etsy.com
Bio: One of a Kind Re-purposed Vintage Inspired Jewelry. I have always been creative, and I love to paint and take photos. I am inspired by everything “vintage.” My Granmama loved her “costume” jewelry and those pieces are what I am using as inspiration for my designs (along with some funky stuff just for fun). I use old, orphaned pieces of jewelry and re-create new lovely one of a kind pieces. I am especially fond of using old brooches and creating statement necklaces. I have sold my jewelry pieces on Etsy for a year and a half. My jewelry creations have been featured in many blogs and various websites. My jewelry has been sold to folks all over the world. I love the beach, boogie boarding and snow. I live in Bellaire, Michigan, and own the Applesauce Inn Bed & Breakfast.
Applesauce Inn- Artist #2 - Gary Juliano, Painter
Bio: Gary is a self taught oil painter! He has been painting off and on for over 15 years. He enjoys the look and feel of the old world masters, and his personal painting passions are landscapes, oceanscapes and junkscapes! He will often paint from photos that he has taken, or he will just take his easel and paints out and paint on location! His paintings have an “old world” feel to them, they are very warm and inviting!
Address: Applesauce Inn, 7296 S. M-88 Hwy, Bellaire
Directions: M-88 toward Bellaire. The Inn is 6 1/2 miles out on M-88 on the left (1.5 miles past Del Mason Road).
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Bio: After graduating from high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Peter Balestrieri won a scholarship to study art in Florence, Italy, under Italian artist, Pietro Annigoni, who created memorable portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and President John F. Kennedy, among others. During Peter’s time in Italy, he learned the fine points of oil painting, including preparation of the canvas, importance of perspective in drawing and painting, and compositional elements. Upon returning to Milwaukee, he was active in the art scene as an artist and a gallery owner. In mid-life he had the opportunity to take employment in Japan. While there, he was awarded two modern museum prizes for his oil paintings, and he held many exhibitions in Tokyo of his oils, drawings and watercolors. He decided to retire in Bellaire because of family connections but also because of “painter’s light.” In the past four years, he has exhibited at the Crooked Tree Art Center, earning prizes in 2006 and 2008, at the Jordan River Art Center, and at the Charlevoix Circle of Arts.
Address: 404 Cayuga Street, Downtown Bellaire
Directions: M88 South in Downtown Bellaire.
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Tom Brown, Photographer
Bio: After many failed career attempts in such illustrious paths as “pier remover”, copier salesman”, “ lawn care provider”, and “ house painter”, photographer Tom Brown returned to his lifelong passion of photography with the opening in 1996 of Northern Exposures Photography.
Tom’s photos have graced the virtual stage of web sites, and the physical stage of billboards, posters, brochures, and numerous people’s homes.
Address: 890 N Buhland Road, Central Lake
Directions: M88 North into Central Lake. Left on Sunset Hill Road for 1 mile. Turn right on Buhland Rd. Studio is the first house on the left, tan house blue trim tan garage blue trim.
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Mary Ellen Murphy, Stained Glass
Bio: Mary Ellen has been studing art since 1976. She started out in pottery and moved on to other mediums, including studies in sculpture, drawing,watercoler,jewelry making, and metalsmithing.
After starting a family she learned the art of stained glass construction. Her design work fit in perfectly with this medium, which became her nitch in the art world. She loves doing custom work and has been at it for 21 years. Her work can be found throughout Michigan in churches, offices, and private residences.
Address: 3832 Shadynook Road, Central Lake
Directions: Off of M88 South, after King Orchards go straight onto Shadynook Rd. Off of M88 North turn left onto Meggison Rd which turns into Shadynook.
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Bio: Margie Guyot moved to Eastport about 4 years ago, having put in her 30 years on the Line at Ford Motor Company’s Wixom Assembly Plant. She now paints full time from Possum Hollow, her studio. She works directly from life, doing plein air landscapes and still lifes in oil.
Address: 12486 Scott Road, Ellsworth/Eastport
Directions: At the northeast corner of Old Dixie Highway and Scott Road. Between Eastport and Atwood, just 1/2 mile west of US 31 North.
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Bio: What a joy it is to live in northern Michigan and make pottery!
We moved to Antrim County in 1976 and started our pottery business in 1979. For 32 years Ron was the primary studio artist, building and glazing the pottery, while Cynthia concentrated on design and decoration. In 2007 after retiring from teaching Cynthia now gives her full attention to what she loves to do: make things out of clay. Our partnership in the studio has enabled us both to grow in both skills and creativity.
Our pottery is handbuilt using a mid-range stoneware clay. It is designed to be both functional and decorative. The glazes and stains are all food safe. It is electric fired to cone 5.
The pieces themselves are created using the clay slab process. Thin slabs of clay are rolled out and impressed with various textures. We get our textures from a wide variety of materials including fabrics, lace trims, crocheted work, textured papers, plastics, wood and metal. After the textures are impressed into the slabs, the pieces are constructed by cutting, forming and joining the slabs. After bisque firing, stains and glazes, chosen to enhance the textures, are applied by pouring, dipping and brushing. The pieces are then glaze fired.
We design our pieces to be used and hope that our customers enjoy having distinctive pottery that is built by hand and designed for daily use.
Address: 3245 Six Mile Road, East Jordan
Directions: We live about 4 miles east of Central lake and 7 miles south of Ellsworth. Our address is 3245 Six Mile Lake Road. We are 2 miles north of 624 (Old State Road) and Six Mile Lake Road intersection; or 1/4 mile south of Bunker Hill Road and Six Mile Lake road intersection. Our house cannot be seen from the road but we will have an artist tour poster clearly marking the driveway.
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About: The goal of the Hill House Residency is to support talented emerging songwriters, writers at all stages of their career and non-studio artists with a two, three or four week stay in a semi-secluded log cabin near East Jordan, Michigan.
Bio: Born and raised in Michigan, Jason has lived all over the United States, in South American and in Great Britain. Professionally, he has worked as the overnight editor for the New York Times web site, the London editor for Yahoo News and as an English teacher in Ecuador. He now focusses his work on writing fiction.
Address: 1610 Autumn Lane, Mancelona
Directions: M-66 to Graves Crossing Road. Follow Graves Crossing Road for 1 mile south. Turn Left onto Autumn Lane. House will be on 260 ft up the hill on the Right.
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