This blog is for Ann Sharp and for Gil Garcia. You do not grieve alone. You are thought of. The uniqueness of your loss is your own, but...

If you love artists who communicate with brilliant color, extreme simplicity, deep emotion and beautiful composition, don’t miss the work...

Are you watching it in your area? It’s January and a purple vinca flower bloomed beside our deck. The air current belongs to Spring. It...

by LINDA CASE Don't forget a gift for yourself this holiday season, We as artists and crafters need physical and psychic nurturing but...

By Joy Bridy In the hubbub of the final month of the year, there is usually at least one morning when I wake up thinking about how to...

It most likely is. At our tour stop at Cool Spring Preserve, Linda posed the question: “Where do you express your creativity?”...

I am always amazed when I find a long time resident of Jefferson County who has never heard of the Over the Mountain Studio Tour. It’s...

Well actually, a whole lot. We’ve added a new stop! Stop 4 has been added at Cool Spring Preserve, the Potomac Audubon nature center....

There’s something so evocative about rustic twig furniture. It speaks of people using what is available to fill their needs for daily...

I was standing right there, with dozens of others milling about or studying, or taking photos (no flash) at the Van Gogh Museum in...

A successful show can be a real boost to an artist/crafter and a poor one can be a financial and personal downer. So how do you know when...

Get a few artists in a room and soon you’ll hear laments that the local art scene is so fractured. We got a glimpse of how a community...

We emerged, those setting up the summer show (Taste of the Tour?) Not everyone from the tour was there, but we represent everyone. We...

There are ninety-six present and past members of The Over the Mountain Studio Tour, and we are the oldest tour in West Virginia, although...

Have you noticed folks converting calendar to a verb as in “I’m going to calendar the summer Studio Tour exhibition and sale in...

The Brain on Creativity

By Tara Bell With today’s climate, both politically and earthly, an artist can’t help but want to generate images, shapes, messages, or a...

By Tara Bell This is our 30th year for the Over the Mountain Studio Tour. Ninety-four participants later and we are still setting up our...

How does a retired psychiatric nurse find her métier in glass artistry? Check with artist Fran Brolle of Shepherdstown Art Glass and...

Don’t you find how people get to where they are in life fascinating? I particularly love to hear how artists and makers arrive at their...