Backroads Studio Tour

Jul 20, 2021

It wasn’t all that difficult for the members of the North Frontenac Backroads Studio Tour to decide to run the tour in 2021. They had already taken the necessary steps to hold a tour completely out of doors in order to put on a successful event in 2020, under COVID restrictions.

In 2021, the members of the tour will use that experience to make sure that the tour is as hands on an event as is safe and legal, no matter what rules are in place when the tour takes place on September 25 and 26.

The tour features over 20 artists, who work in a variety of media, from concrete to oil and acrylic paint, fabric to ceramic, cheese to re-purposed leather, just to name a few.

Over the years, some of the artists have combined forces to being variety to each of the stops on the tour, and the drives between them is spectacular but not overly long. This year, there will be a new stop at the Clarendon-Miller Hall in Plevna, creating more concentration in the village that is central to the tour, and North Frontenac Township. As well, the Snow Road/Mississippi Station studios, Mariclaro and Back Forty Cheese, are back, and there are 4 new to Backroads artists on the tour this year as the local artist community continues to expand.

The new artists include: Carol Kavish - painter, Liz Jackson - painer, Wendy Clement - fabric artist, Marion Farrell - jewellery

Food and bathroom stops are also easy to find on the Backroads Studio tour, whichever route visitors choose to travel on the self guided exploration of the best art that North Frontenac has to offer.

Everything anyone needs to know about this year’s event, which is set for September 25 and 26, can be found at www.northfrontenacbackroadsstudiotour.com.