Popular “Open House-Open Studio” Event Features 16 Artists at 6 Locations Over 3 Days

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ — Over 500 art lovers from across New England are expected to visit the New Hampshire Seacoast this weekend to attend the Third Annual Portsmouth Holiday Arts Tour.  The popular three-day event will feature 16 artists and craftspeople displaying their wares at 6 locations in Portsmouth.

The free, self-guided tour begins Friday, November 21 (4-8pm), continues through Saturday (10am-5pm), and closes on Sunday (10am-5pm).  The tour features work in a wide variety of media, including pottery, photography, painting, jewelry, collage, woodworking, and textiles.  Visitors can meet the artists, discuss their work, see their tools and techniques, and handpick pieces for sale.  In addition, attendees who visit all six studios can enter a raffle to win an artwork donated by the artists.

Exhibiting artists are Maureen Mills & Steven Zoldak, hand-thrown stoneware; Victoria Elbroch, etchings and monotypes; Karen Orsillo, colored porcelain pots and jewelry; Betty Wholey, jewelry; Bill Woods, wooden toys; Shawn Pelech, painting and printmaking; Neil Troost, photography and Giclee prints; Mike Norberg, nautical oil paintings  & pen-and-ink drawings; Tess Feltes, nature drawing and painting; Lisa Grey & Peter Happny, textile and paper collage & blacksmithing; John May, lathe-turned wood; Hope Murphy, fused-glass earrings; Patti Mitchem, handwoven items; Katherine Baucke, multimedia paintings.

About The Portsmouth Holiday Arts Tour

Founded in 2000 by Neil Troost, Maureen Mills and Steven Zoldak, the Portsmouth Holiday Arts Tour is an annual event that brings art-lovers into artists’ homes and studios.  The tour is self-supported by the artists with help from local business sponsors.  Ocean National Bank, which has won national recognition for its support of the arts, is the lead corporate sponsor.  Sponsoring businesses also include The Sheraton Harborside, “Accent on Home & Garden” magazine, The Flower Kiosk, The Genip Tree, D. Scott Campbell & Associates Public Relations, Piscataqua Savings Bank, The Portsmouth Brewery, Ceres Bakery, Moe’s Italian Sandwiches, Lollipop Tree, and Kennedy Studios Gallery & Framing.  For more information about the tour and the artists involved in the event, please visit: www.portsmouthartstour.com.