4th Annual North Frontenac Back Roads Studio Tour

Sep 20, 2017

It’s time for the annual North Frontenac Back Roads Studio tour! This is the tour’s 4th year, and takes place on the last weekend of September. This is Sept 30th /Oct 1st in 2017. More Artists than ever are participating. The tour’s great success has brought almost all of last year’s artists and artisans back, and 5 or 6 more have joined. 24 artists will be displaying their work in 15 different studios locations. Several of the new artists are located on the 506 end of the tour, near Cloyne, which will give some new territory for visitors to explore.

Many visitors make the tour an annual event. As well as seeing the new work of your favourite artists, there will be new ones to check out and enjoy. A tremendous variety of work is displayed. At last count there were 10 painters with a variety of styles and subject matter, 5 fabric artists create everything from quilts to bags to clothing. Artists in three dimensions work in wood, concrete and scrap metal – one paints on gourds. There is a photographer and a jeweler working in gold and silver. Favorite stops are at an alpaca farm and at an artisanal cheesemakers.

Although the tour covers a wide area reaching almost every corner of North Frontenac Township, the drive between studios is worth spending a day or two on by itself. The autumn colours should be at their peak, and the hills and lakes of North Frontenac are legendary in their beauty. A more detailed description of the artists and their work would be too lengthy to cover here, but can be found on the tour’s website northfrontenacbackroadsstudiotour.com.

A map is also available there, if you have not been able to pick up a brochure already. Whether you are driving in from Sharbot Lake, or from Perth or Ottawa or Highway 41, the first studios will be easy to find and will have maps to direct you further on the tour. The North Frontenac Artists are looking forward to the tour, and all of them will make you most welcome when you visit their studios.