The El Rito Studio Tour
The next tour will be October 2nd and 3rd 2010, please check back for more information.

TOUR MAP DIRECTIONS SPONSORS DIRECTORY PRINTER FRIENDLY MAP CONTACT
2009 Studios and Participants:
1
Community Artist Mercado
Arts and crafts, food
2
NNMC: Spanish Colonial Furniture:
Hand carved furniture, home accessories
College open house and tours
3
NNMC: Fiber Arts
Contemporary & traditional textiles, place mats, purses, yarns, rugs, naturally dyed yarns and natural dye class during tour
4 David Michael Kennedy
Traditional fine art photography, silver gelatin and platinum / palladium prints
5
Vanderbrook Studios
Prints, mixed media, pottery, handmade paper
6
Barbara Campbell, Stoneware Artifacts Pottery—decorative, functional, sculptural
7
Gedeon Santos
Hand-woven textiles on a backstrap loom
8
Carmen Campos
Traditional & contemporary tin art
9
Vincent Campos Retablos
10 Joan Starr Ward
Pieced and stitched textiles and quilts, practical and decorative
11 Nicholas and Elena Herrera
Retablos and santos
12 El Rito Library
Various artworks and performances by library contributers. “Death by Chocolate” desserts and introducing the “Charity Chairs” event
13 Emmy Cheney
Fine micaceous pottery
14 Julie Claire
Intuitive paintings, art cards, intuitive painting group show
15 David Coleman, Isatu Pottery
Pinch pottery, fountains, Ikebana flower dishes, pottery-mosaic mixed media pieces
16 Carol Martin Davis
Quilts, wall hangings, fabric sculpture
17 Julie Wagner
Drawings, prints, artist's books, ravens
18 Molly Hennerty White
Fine jewelry
19 Michael Hennerty
Hand-forged iron works, Blacksmith Shop
2009 El Rito Studio Tour Site Map:
(Click on the numbers below for more about each artist.)

The 2008 El Rito Studio Tour Site Map El Rito Studio Tours Wagner-Hennerty Isatu Fountains/Pottery El Rito Studio Tour Julie Claire Community Arts Mercado Emmy Cheney, Mauna RichardsonThe El Rito LibraryEl Rito Studio ToursThe Weaving Program of Northern New Mexico College Wagner-Hennerty


Food:
Community Artist Mercado
El Rito Library:
“Death by Chocolate” until 4:00 pm Saturday & Sunday

El Farolito Restaurant: 1212 Main St. Lunch and dinner
Northern Café at NNMC
College Campus Rt. 554
 

Tour Highlights:

During this weekend, you can visit individual artists’ studios as well as stops where many artists are showing, such as the Mercado (#1) and Northern New Mexico College (#2, 3,).

Three venues are also stops on the new, state-wide New Mexico Fiber Arts Trail: Julie Wagner (#17), Northern New Mexico College (#3) and Vanderbrook Studios (#5).

At the El Rito Library (#12), don’t miss “Death by Chocolate,” offerings of to-die-for desserts, artworks and performances by library contributers and introducing the "Charity Chair" event.

Acknowledgments:

The El Rito Studio Tour is funded in part by the County of Rio Arriba
Lodger's Tax
and fiscally sponsored by Luciente,Inc.

Thanks to the El Rito Library for its leadership in supporting community arts projects and use of its facility for this event.

Thanks to all the artists and volunteers who donated their time and special skills to organize this tour to include as many community members as possible.

Thanks to Northern New Mexico College.

Thanks to the El Rito residents for their support and hospitality during this festive weekend.

Please patronize the businesses of our generous benefactors and patrons.

While you are enjoying your stroll from studio to studio in this charming town, please respect the privacy and property of the people who live here.

Enjoy the tour!

The next tour will be October 2nd and 3rd 2010, please check back for more information.