SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS
11am - 5pm
OCTOBER 12.13.19.20
About Open Studios
Open Studios – Nevada County West is The Center for the Arts’ largest annual visual arts program which serves on average 200+ artists, in both urban and rural studios, with an estimated 5,000 attendees every year. This self-guided tour extends throughout western Nevada County every second and third weekend of October. In addition, The Center’s Granucci Gallery hosts a Preview Exhibition featuring one work from each participating artist, gallery or group studio. To attend the self-guided tour, use this guide and the Preview Exhibition to discover artists you’d like to visit and plan your route.
VIEW ONLINE OR PICK-UP GUIDE
Get the Tour Guide Book
Plan your tour with our comprehensive tour guide to find out about each artist, their location, demonstrations, and more. Get the guide by downloading online or visiting one of our pick-up locations for a physical copy.
Tour Guide Pick-Up Locations
- Center for the Arts
- Communal Cafe
- Heartwood Eatery
- Nevada City Winery
- Grass Valley Courtyard Suites
PLAN YOUR TOUR STOPS
Interactive Tour Map
Scan the QR code with your smart phone camera to pull up our interactive Google map, or click the button below to view the map on your device.
VISIT THE GRANUCCI GALLERY
Open Studios Preview Exhibition
With 80+ artists on the tour and only four days to visit, we recommend starting here to choose some favorites before planning your route.
TUESDAY-FRIDAY
Sept. 27 - Nov. 2
THE GRANUCCI GALLERY
Open Studios Kick-off Party
This is a great opportunity to meet the artists, view their work, and show support for this amazing program.
Oct 10
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2023 in numbers
ARTIST DIRECTORY
2024 Participants
Enjoy previewing our artists that are on the upcoming 2024 Open Studios Tour of Nevada County West!
STUDIO LEGEND
Crockett Tiles studio
ceramic tiles and sculpture
11060 Treehenge Ln., Auburn
Drive up Treehenge Lane and follow signs for parking.
- 530.957.1058
- crockett.tiles@yahoo.com
- crockett-tiles.com
- FB: Crockett Tiles
ADAM SHAW
painting
13044 Drummer Way, Grass Valley
Come through the gate, drive past the pond to the studio.
- 415.225.4706
- adam.shaw@comcast.net
- adamshawstudio.com
- FB: /adam.shaw.18488
Dan Gobert
stone & bronze sculpture
16471 Hwy 49 (southbound), Grass Valley
Turn at marked driveway and park near the red shop.
- 530.263.1542
- goberttile@att.net
- FB: Sculpture by Dan Gobert
sylviane giacoletto
oil painting
17108 Alioto Dr, Grass Valley
Park on the street. Studio in back.
- 916.521.9249
- sylvianegiacoletto@gmail.com
- IG: @sylvianegiacoletto
- FB: Sylviane Gaumer-Giacoletto – Fine Arts
antje dormeyer designs
jewelry
17108 Alioto Dr, Grass Valley
Park on the street. Studio in back.
- 530.205.6205
- ant65je@icloud.com
- antjedormeyer.com
- IG: @antjedormeyerdesigns
- FB: Antje Dormeyer Designs
thomas haddy th stonecarving
sculpture
17108 Alioto Dr, Grass Valley
Park on the street. Studio in back.
- 530.913.5269
- thstonecarving@gmail.com
- tomhaddystonecarving.com
- IG: @thstonecarving
donald l. Russel
wood and stone sculptures
17108 Alioto Drive, Grass Valley
Park on the street. Studio in back.
- naturesart88@gmail.com
- naturesart2000.com
- FB: donrussel
katie wolff studio
oil & acrylic
11630 Bernadine Ct, Grass Valley
At the top of the driveway U turn and face downhill or park in cul-de-sac.
- 415.279.8466
- katiewolffstudio.com
- queenkatiewolff@yahoo.com
- IG: @KatieWolffStudio
jay bear knives
knife making & bladesmithing
11630 Bernadine Ct, Grass Valley
At the top of the driveway U turn and face downhill or park in cul-de-sac.
- 415.297.2056
- jaybeartrading@yahoo.com
- jaybearknives.com
- IG: @JayBearKnives
martha jones
upcycled mosaic & collage
11630 Bernadine Ct, Grass Valley
At the top of the driveway U turn and face downhill or park in cul-de-sac.
- mj@greenmosaics.com
- greenmosaics.com
- IG: @greenmosaics, @artworksgallery
pklein jewelry design
jewelry
11630 Bernadine Ct, Grass Valley
At the top of the driveway U turn and face downhill or park in cul-de-sac.
- pkleinjewelry.com
- pam@pkleinjewelry.com
- IG: @pkleinjewelry
- FB: PKlein Jewelry Design
michael larson
garden sculpture
11630 Bernadine Ct, Grass Valley
At the top of the driveway U turn and face downhill or park in cul-de-sac.
- 408.859.8771
- artsaria@gmail.com
- Fb: Michael Larson – Fine Art
gail lipson
photography
11630 Bernadine Ct, Grass Valley
At the top of the driveway U turn and face downhill OR park in cul-de-sac.
- 530.265.0850
- gaillipson@gmail.com
- gaillipsonphotography.com
- IG: @gaillipsonphotos
- FB: /glipson1
jane markham
woodworking
11630 Bernadine Ct, Grass Valley
At the top of the driveway U turn and face downhill OR park in cul-de-sac.
- 530.913.9403
- janeandco@gmail.com
- mountainexotics.com
- IG: mountainexotics
bill wilson
gourd art
11630 Bernadine Ct, Grass Valley
At the top of the driveway U turn and face downhill OR park in cul-de-sac.
- wm.cswilson@gmail.com
dugan essick
wood
15087 Lost Lane, Grass Valley
Follow signs and park at shop.
- 530.264.6062
- dugan@essickwoodworks.com
- essickwoodworkingschool.com
- IG: @essickwoodworks
- FB: Essick Woodworks
mindy oberne
twin star gallery
ceramics & photography
13169 Twin Star Lane, Grass Valley
Enter through bamboo gate and park at the gallery to the left.
- moberne117@gmail.com
- twinstargallery.com
suzanne christ-burr
fiber wearable art
13169 Twin Star Lane, Grass Valley
Enter through bamboo gate and park at the gallery to the left.
- suzannechristburr.etsy.com
- IG: scarvesbysuzanne
karin lawler
mixed media painting
13169 Twin Star Lane, Grass Valley
Enter through bamboo gate and park at the gallery to the left.
- karinalawler.art@gmail.com
- lawlerart.com
- IG: @karinalawler_art
- FB: KarinLawler.Art
darice machel osborn studios
painting & photography
901 La Barr Meadows Road, Suite C, Grass Valley
- 530.518.3344
- darice@daricemachel.com
- daricemachel.com, charlieosborn.com
- IG: @daricemachel | @mauichaz
- FB: Darice Machel – Fine Art
Indian Springs Art & Ceramic Center Glenn Husted
ceramics, sculpture, painting, digital media, & photo
16774 Indian Springs Rd, Penn Valley
Park in lower parking lot or side lot. ADA should park up top, 2nd studio inlet near studio.
- 530.446.4361
- glenn@isacc.info
- www.isacc.info
- IG: @glenn_husted_clayworks
- FB: Glenn Husted Woodfired Clay Works
jermyn studios
sculpture & painting
17150 Ladino Ave, Penn Valley
- 510.847.9026
- ronjermyn@hotmail.com
- jermynstudios.com
- IG: @ron_jermyn
- FB: Ronald Jermyn Sculptor
alice krasinski
acrylic painting
14015 River Rock Rd, Penn Valley
Studio is in the one story building behind the house.
- 510.717.6183
- alicekrasinski.com
- krasinskialice@gmail.com
- IG: @alicekrasinski
ricki kimball
ceramics
11485 Squirrel Creek Road, Grass Valley
Street parking only.
- 707.880.1469
- rickikimball46@gmail.com
- rickikimball.com
laura morton
etching, collage & painting
11485 Squirrel Creek Road, Grass Valley
Street parking only.
- lauramortonart.com
- laura@lauramortonart.com
- IG: @LauraMortonArt
- FB: Lauramortonart
shayna christie
gourd luminaries
625 Pelton Way, Grass Valley
- shaynachristie@gmail.com
- IG: @gourdsthatglow
STUDIO LEGEND
jori phillips
mixed media soft sculpture, wearable art, & mask work
St. Joseph’s Cultural Center,
410 S Church St., Room 311, Grass Valley
Follow the signs up to the 3rd floor.
- joriphillips@gmail.com
- joriphillips.com/jori
- @jori.phillips
art works gallery
various media
113 Mill St, Grass Valley
Public parking lots on S. Auburn St. or S. Church St.
- 530.477.1600
- artworksgalleryco-op.com
- artworksgalleryinfo@gmail.com
- IG: @artworksgallerygrassvalley
- FB: Art Works Gallery Grass Valley
the granucci gallery
various media
The Center for the Arts
314 W Main Street, Grass Valley
Parking lot off Richardson St. behind building plus street parking out front.
- 530.274.8384
- thecenterforthearts.org/the-granucci-gallery
james chester
book binding, printmaking, & other paper arts
602 W Main Street, Grass Valley
Street parking on W. Main & limited driveway parking. Studio at the back of teh house.
- mrchestersir@gmail.com
- IG: @jamesreadsbooks
michelle jewett
acrylic, mixed media, & fluid acrylics
220 Cameron Court, Grass Valley
Park on the street. Studio is located up the driveway and through the gate on the left.
- 530.277.7001
- mjewettart@gmail.com
- michaellejewettart.com
- IG: @michellejewettart
claire ray
painting & wood sculpture
13178 Ridge Road, Grass Valley
Parking in driveway. White flags will mark the studio building.
- claire@clairerayart.com
- clairerayart.com
- IG: @clairerayart
meredith manning
painting, assemblage, & ephemera
10717 Butte View Drive, Grass Valley
Park on street. Studio is at end of driveway.
- 415.902.9859
- mermanning@gmail.com
- mmanningworks.com
- IG: meramaxit
mike ryan
photography
10717 Butte View Drive, Grass Valley
Park on street. Studio is at end of driveway.
- 415.760.8034
- stoopball@gmail.com
mary lett kober
painting, figurative art
11769 Logans Run Court, Grass Valley
Park on right side of the street after entrance gate.
- mkober@koberdesigns.com
- marylettkober.com
- IG: @koberart
neighborhood center of the arts
painting, wood working, ceramics, textiles, & hand woven rugs
200 Litton Dr, #212, Grass Valley
Drive through parking lot, left around the building. Take elevator or stairs to the 2nd floor.
- 530.272.7287
- ncadirector@nccn.net
- ncagrassvalley.org
- IG: ncagrassvalley
- FB: Neighborhood Center of the Arts
the chambers project • PACT
painting, sculpture, jewelry,
& prints
627 E Main St, Grass Valley
On-site parking available.
- 530.777.0330
- info@thechambersproject.com
- IG: @the_chambers_project
- thechamberproject.com
- enterthepact.org
ARTISTS' STUDIO IN THE FOOTHILLS (ASiF) ART CENTER
painting, sculptural/ functional ceramics, & mixed media
940 Idaho Maryland Rd, Grass Valley
Two parking lots as well as street parking.
- 530.274.7000
- asifstudios.com
- IG: @asifstudios
- FB: /asifstudios
andrea caturegli
painting, digital design, & textile art
ASiF – 940 Idaho Maryland Rd, Grass Valley
Two parking lots as well as street parking.
- 4215. 793.6459
- andreacat23@gmail.com
- @andreacat_art
cheri guerrette
oil & watercolor painting
ASiF – 940 Idaho Maryland Rd, Grass Valley
Two parking lots as well as street parking.
- 530.305.5566
- cheri@artspiritstudios.com
- cheriguerrette.com
- IG: @cheriguerrette
- FB: /cheri.guerrette
dori greenbaum
watercolor
ASiF – 940 Idaho Maryland Rd, Grass Valley
Two parking lots as well as street parking.
- 530.559.7117
- dorigrbm@gmail.com
- dorigreenbaum.com
claudia jeffers
ceramic sculpture
ASiF – 940 Idaho Maryland Rd, Grass Valley
Two parking lots as well as street parking.
- 530.575.2671
- claudiajeffersart@gmail.com
- claudiajeffersart.com
- IG: @mudhutceramics
- FB: Claudia Jeffers Art
BETH LEYDON FIBERGARTEN STUDIO
nuno & wet felting
ASiF – 940 Idaho Maryland Rd, Grass Valley
Two parking lots as well as street parking.
- 530.368.1952
- fibergarten@gmail.com
- fibergarten.com
- IG: @fibergartenstudio
- FB: Fibergarten
denise wey
large-format acrylic river paintings
ASiF – 940 Idaho Maryland Rd, Grass Valley
Two parking lots as well as street parking.
- 530.559.9112
- www.denisewey.com
- dwey@denisewey.com
- IG: @yubariverlove
- FB: /Denise Wey – Artist
STUDIO LEGEND
david hill
ceramics, sculpture, drawing, & watercolor
ASiF – 940 Idaho Maryland Rd, Grass Valley
Two parking lots as well as street parking.
- 925.788.9820
- seekeerr22@gmail.com
- artistdavid.com
- IG: seekeerr33
nevada county media
jewelry, metalwork, sculpture, digital & mixed media
355 Crown Point Circle, Suite D, Grass Valley
Behind Analog Devices in the patio area.
- 530.272.8862
- davinchistudios@gmail.com
- madelynroberts25@gmail.com
- nevadacountymedia.org
- FB: /al.martinez.5817
sierra rose
alpacas & friends
fiber art, natural hand-dyed alpaca yarn, painting w/ fiber, mixed media, pyrography
15895 Greenhorn Road, Grass Valley
Studio located near house.
- 530.272.1218
- sierrarosealpacas.com
- cynthia@sierrarosealpacas.com
- IG: @sierrarosealpacas
404 ceramics
kelly oliver
pottery & ceramic sculpture
11182 Weatherly Place, Grass Valley
Street parking only. Studio in the first garage.
- 530.278.8382
- 404ceramics@gmail.com
- 404ceramics.com
- IG: @404ceramics
- FB: 404ceramics
burma oaks studio
sculpture, painting, & beaded art
13207 Burma Oaks Rd, Grass Valley
Park at end of driveway or across from garage.
Studio at the end of the lower driveway.
- 925.487.5437
- robert.d.bennett.ii@gmail.com
- portermazzeihd1@gmail.com
- robertbennett.artcall.org
- portermazzeidesigns.com
lostyetnot
photography
12858 Iron Rock Road, Grass Valley
- lostyetnot.photography@gmail.com
- lostyetnot.com
- IG: @ lostyetnot
ellen davis photographic art
alternative process photography & printmaking
12858 Iron Rock Road, Grass Valley
- 907.980.5450
- ellendavisphoto@gmail.com
- ellendavis.photography
- IG: @winter_laurel
- FB: /ellen.b.davis
david wong
photography
13580 N Meadow View Drive, Grass Valley
- 650.619.8819
- dw@photographybydavidwong.com
- photographybydavidwong.com
- FB: photographybydavidwong
jude bischoff
painting
13580 N Meadow View Drive, Grass Valley
- 530.265.8781
- judebischoff@gmail.com
- judebischoff.com
- IG: @judebischoff
- FB: /jude.bischoff
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joanne evers
painting, drawing, Chinese calligraphy, & watercolor
19111 Louis Road, Grass Valley
Go through the gate, follow the driveway, park at the house.
- 916.716.4426
- jevers888@gmail.com
- joanneeversart.com
- IG: @joanneeversfineart
sierra mohr
fiber art
fiber art, eco print dyeing, & refashioned garments
10033 Narrow Gauge Lane, Grass Valley
Park at end of road.
- 530.913.2763
- sierra@hautesteel.com
- IG: @sierramohrfiberart
- FB: Sierra Mohr Fiber Art
third bay studio
& gallery
oil painting & ink drawings
12520 Gayle Lane, Nevada City
- 714.222.3236 | ronkenedi@gmail.com
- ronkenedi.com
- IG: @ronkenediart
- FB: Ron Kenedi Art
lilja gudmundsdottir
photography
11125 Crescent Drive, Nevada City
- 530.333.7581
- riverrhapsodies@yahoo.com
- IG: @riverrhapsodies
- FB: Riverrhapsodies
ellen gammelgard pinewood creations
pine needle basketry art, acrylic painting, & turned wood
10951 Banner Mine Way, Nevada City
Street parking recommended- short walk up driveway to front door.
- 530.470.3168
- kespa.gammelgard@gmail.com
louis thiele
quaintance
cast bronze
10777 Banner Mine Way, Nevada City
Please park on the street.
- 510.333.0241
- bodyart@lmi.net
- quaintancesculpture.com
stephanie schriver
gallery & studio
sculpture & painting
11950 Red Gate Road, Nevada City
Park on Red Gate Rd and follow driveway to front door entrance.
- 831.588.1643
- schriver1@aol.com
- stephanieschriver.com
- IG: @stephanieschriverartist
jennifer rugge
natural earth paints with oil on wood & clay sculptures
12811 Spring Road, Nevada City
Park inside gate on immediate left.
- 530.615.4786
- ruggej@aol.com
- jenniferrugge.com
- IG: @jenniferruggefineart
annette wolters
painting & mixed media
10675 Kate Vincent Court, Nevada City
Parking in driveway and in front of studio.
- 530.559.9290
- annettewoltersartist@gmail.com
- annettewoltersartist.com
- IG: @annettewoltersartist
florence carland
acrylic painting
11465 Via Vista, Nevada City
Street Parking. Enter through the white gate to the left of the garage.
- 650.296.3666
- fcarland@comcast.net
- florencecarlandartist.com
- IG: @nevadacityscenes
laurel vieaux
modern leaded glass
11543 Lothlorien Lane, Nevada City
Enter through front door. Art on main floor, studio open during demos only.
- laurelvieaux@gmail.com
- IG: @laurelvieaux
eli rush
photography
571 Searls Avenue, #B, Nevada City
Located within Nevada City Picture Framing & Gallery.
- elirushimages@yahoo.com
mark wilcox
oil painting
571 Searls Avenue, #B, Nevada City
Located within Nevada City Picture Framing & Gallery.
- 530.263.3220
- bluecliffdesign@gmail.com
- IG: @markwilcoxpainter
lucy tova gailbraith
resin, acrylic, photography, pastel, & wood
542 Searls Avenue, Nevada City
Take the driveway across from Big Brand Tire (formerly Plaza Tire). Studio in Salsa Sierra.
- 530.913.5563
- lucy.tova@gmail.com
- visionsmultimediagroup.com
- FB: Visions Multimedia Group
barbara schafhauser
painting
STUDIO LOCATION CLOSED
Please contact the artist for further info:
- 530.615.8596
- mtndecor@gmail.com
- IG: @abstracts_etc_
satya
acrylic, charcoal, graphite, crayon, collage, ink, & pastel
752 Lindley Avenue, Nevada City
- 530.205.5022
- malavanya@mac.com
- IG: @malavanyaart
kristin aplin
acrylic painting, collage, mixed media, & digital painting
752 Lindley Avenue, Nevada City
- 530.368.2709
- lafhorse@jps.net
bodhi-hive
collective
painting, jewelry, ceramics, sculpture, & photography
420 Providence Mine Rd. Nevada City
Patrons can park at either Bldg N4 or N3.
- 530.575.7912
- katie@bodhi-hive.com
- bodhi-hive.com
- IG: @bodhi_hive
- FB: Bodhi-Hive
yuyo hues textile studio
natural dyes & botanical prints soft art
400 Providence Mine Rd, N4, Ste 209, Nevada City
Once inside, take the stairs on the left. On
the 2nd floor, follow the corridor to the right.
- 530.264.6291
- yuyohues@gmail.com
- yuyohues.com
- IG: @yuyohues
- FB: Yuyo Hues
leann brook fine art
mixed media
427 Sacramento Street, Nevada City
Parking in front of house, or on Searls Ave and Sacramento St.
- 530.557.5160
- leeann@brookdesign.com
- leeannbrookfineart.com
- IG: @leeannbrook_fineart
gary swenor
fine art photography
211 Clay Street, Nevada City
Walk through and front gate and flower garden and into the backyard.
- garyswenor.photography.com
- IG: @garyswenor
phil's guild
oil, acrylic, pastel & casein paintings, prints, pyrographics
427 Nimrod Street, Nevada City
Seaman’s Lodge in Pioneer Park. Large
parking lot out front.
- 530.277.9460
- kathleenaddress@gmail.com
studio caliari
ceramics
116 Parkside Place, Nevada City
Public parking in lot near Seaman’s Lodge on Nimrod St. Walk uphill to Parkside Place on right.
- 510.309.1612
- studiocaliari@hotmail.com
- studio-caliari.com
- IG: studiocaliari
david b. mckay
photography
343 Clay Street, Nevada City
Park on the street.
- davidmckayphotography@gmail.com
- davidmckayphotography.com
ginny davis metal garden art
sculpture
240 Boulder Street, Nevada City
Street parking on Boulder St.
- 707.299.7069
- greenisgreat@att.net
- ginnydavismetalgardenart.com
KATHRYN WRONSKI
oil painting
506 Nevada Street, Nevada City
Street parking.
- 530.913.8757
- kwronski@sbcglobal.net
- kwronski.com
- IG: @kathywronski
- FB: Kathryn Wronski Oil Paintings
devine studio
oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, & graphite pencils
111 Nihell Street, Nevada City
Street parking out front.
- 530.265.3104
- tomsandyd111@gmail.com
The snow goose studio
ceramics, watercolor, & mache sculpture
15561 Wet Hill Road, Nevada City
Street parking out front.
- 530.277.5731
- susanbarry.us
- snowgoosestudionc@gmail.com
Domenica mottarella
underglaze painted functional ware, & sculptural ceramics
15561 Wet Hill Road, Nevada City
Street parking out front.
- 530.575.8081
- dmottarella1@gmail.com
- faducci.com
- IG: @domenicamottarellaceramicart
jeans potts
pottery & ceramic sculpture
15561 Wet Hill Road, Nevada City
Street parking out front.
- 530.559.1885
- mottpott13@gmail.com
- IG: @pottspotsandsculpture
eileen blodgett fine art
painting & mixed media
11225 Golden Oaks Court, Nevada City
Studio directly ahead after turn on Golden Oaks Ct. Park off pavement on circular drive.
- 530.277.9919
- eileen@eileenblodgett.com
- eileenblodgett.com
- IG: @eileen.blodgett.art
- FB: /eileen.blodgett.5
Angela apostal
acrylic & mixed media
14630 North Bloomfield Rd, Nevada City
Studio across from Blue Tent Rd. Parking on Blue Tent Rd.
- 707.301.0316
- 1extraad@gmail.com
- apostalart.com
liz collins
mixed media
19728 Dylan Court, Nevada City
- lizstudio123@gmail.com
- lizcollinsart.com
- IG: @lizcollinsart
betsy lombard
oil
17705 Hicks Road, Nevada City
Hicks Rd. is accessed from Rock Creek Rd. not N. Bloomfield. Two story brown house at end of road.
- 530.470.9290
- betsylombard@gmail.com
- betsylombard.com
- FB: /betsy.lombard
mark oldland
sculpture, furnishings, & architectural elements
17705 Hicks Road, Nevada City
Hicks Rd. is accessed from Rock Creek Rd. not N. Bloomfield. Two story brown house at end of road.
- 530.205.5838
- alpinexile@gmail.com
- markoldlandarts.com
lily vigil
oil painting
17705 Hicks Road, Nevada City
Hicks Rd. is accessed from Rock Creek Rd. not N. Bloomfield. Two story brown house at end of road.
- vigil.lily@icloud.com
Nadine enderlin
turned wooden bowls
20122 Rector Road, Nevada City
Follow driveway left to studio.
- nadine.n.enderlin@gmail.com
The curious forge arts center
ceramics, jewelry, paper arts, & wood
13024 Bitney Springs Rd, Bldg 9, Nevada City
ADA parking is on east side of building, call ahead for entry.
- 530.446.2777
- spark@thecuriousforge.org
- thecuriousforge.org
- IG: @thecuriousforge
- FB: The Curious Forge Arts Center
MARK FOLLANSBEE POTTERY
ceramics
14169 Rudd Road, Nevada City
- markfollansbeepottery@gmail.com
- markfollansbee.com
- IG: @markfollansbee
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