Volume 10 |August 18th, 2025

The Studio Tour is less than two weeks away, and there is about a month of Farmer's Market Saturdays for sales. If you aren't participating in the Studio Tour as an artist, it is well worth the time to bring your family and friends to different studios where you can engage artists in their processes, and inspiration. The image above is a selection of tools and components of Tina Finneran's jewelry, one of the Studio Tour artists. She is featured in an article below.

Important Studio Tour Dates:

August 25th, 6 pm. Studio Tour Preview Show labels are due to Brooks. Make sure to put "Studio Tour Preview Show Label" in the subject line of your email, and after the price, your Studio number. See special label instructions for all shows under "LAG Labels for Shows" towards the end of this Newsletter.

August 28th. Drop off work for Preview Show: 10 am to noon.

August 29th. Studio Tour Opening Preview Show: 5 pm - 6:30 pm

August 29th. Pick up work in Preview Show: 7 pm

August 30th. Studio Tour: 10 am - 4 pm

August 31st. Studio Tour: 10 am - 4 pm

September 1st. Return Studio Tour signs.

Farmer's Market:

Lopez Island Farmer's Market has about one month left. Whether you are a vendor or not, many opportunities for advertising are available at the Market.

LAG Studio Tour Booth: The LAG has a booth at the Market to help advertise the Studio Tour. You can sign up to sit at the booth and talk with visitors about your studio and work.

LAG Artist Notebook: You can provide a tear sheet (one page with your art information) in the artist's notebook that visitors can flip through to learn about Lopez artists. This notebook is available at the FM Studio Tour Booth. You do not need to be part of the Studio Tour to include a page in the notebook.

Sales Booth: You can have a booth on individual Saturdays; for more information contact the Market Manager Noreen by emailing or stop by on Market days.

LIFM Website. If you already have a booth, you can email information and pictures you would like on your page to Stina.

The Lopez Island Studio Tour is one of the biggest art events on the island. It is an excellent way to feature and sell your art, and a wonderful event for locals and visitors alike. If you aren't one of the artists on the tour, please visit some of the open studios, and bring your family and friends. Anything you can do to help promote this event helps us all. Studio Tour guidebooks and postcards are available at the Lopez Island Farmer's Market LAG booth. And don't forget: Studio Tour Opening Preview Show is 5 pm - 6:30 pm, Friday August 29th.

Tina Finneran has been making jewelry on Lopez Island since the 1990s and has been a member of Chimera Gallery since 1994. Her work with precious metals (silver or gold) often features fossils and interesting gemstones, as well as high quality freshwater pearls. Tina’s early work progressed from making beaded jewelry to more complex pieces that involve torch work and keumbu (22 karat gold foil fused on fine silver).

She is part of the Studio Tour at the Lopez Island Grange, along with Terri Roush (glass), Becky Tilles (glass), Sandy Bricel Miller (watercolors and prints) and Linda Ann Vorobik (botanical art and hand-painted silks). Visit Tina at the Studio Tour to hear more about her processes and how she gathered her materials for her work, including south sea saltwater pearls. The image below is a pin featuring an ammonite (marine cephalopod mollusk) fossil placed in silver.

Figure Drawing will begin in September, TBA. For more information, contact Rick Wigre. Classes start September 14th.

September 3rd , 2025. Board Meeting. Family Resource Center, 10 am - noon.

September 10th 2025. General Meeting. Time and place to be announced.

Steve's two plein air paintings are now available at Windswept Fine Art Gallery. Shown below is "4th of July Daybreak at Port Stanley, 2025"

and you can also see "Where the Glacier Walked" at his gallery. Gallery hours are 11-5 daily; location is 783 Port Stanley Rd., Lopez, or call for an appointment: 360-472-0468.

Linda Ann Vorobik’s botanical art and hand-painted silks are showing at the Mono Lake Committee Information Center and Bookstore in Lee Vining, California. This is an excellent natural history bookstore with a one room gallery dedicated to one or two artists, located above the historic Mono Lake. If you are traveling to Yosemite, make sure to stop by.

Free up your creativity workshop at the Lopez Island Library, September 7th. Contact Molly Ware for more information.

Art at The Gathering Place

September Show: Group Show

September 2nd: Labels are due for the Group Show; send to Brooks. See special label instructions for all shows under "LAG Labels for Shows" towards the end of this Newsletter. Make sure to put "The Gathering Place Label" in the subject line of your email.

September 4th: Deliver artwork for Saturday art walk and group show.

September 6th: Art walk opening for the group show.

Art at The Gathering Place

August Show continues through August 27th.

Art at the Lopez Center:

September Group Show

September 7th. Labels are due; send to Brooks. See special label instructions for all shows under "LAG Labels for Shows" towards the end of this Newsletter. Make sure to put "Lopez Center Label" in the subject line of your email.

September 9th. Drop off 10:00 am to noon. Show title: “End of Summer”.

September 12th. Opening 5 pm -6:30 pm.

Art at the Lopez Center:

August Group Show

Continues through August 28th.

Lopez Island Library

For more information about who is showing at the Library, see their website. LAG members are encouraged to apply in late October of 2025 to exhibit at the Library on the walls and in the display cabinet (two separate spaces) for the 2026 year. There will be an official call for art, and Nikyta Palmisani will send it to LAG in advance for your members information. 

Library Pop-Up Show: Saturday, September 6th, 4:30-7 pm.

NOTE: the pop-up show at the library is still available for someone to show.

Lopez Grind Coffee Shop

Alayna Winter will be showing for the first Saturday Artwalk, September 6th, 5 - 7 pm. You can easily visit her there, then visit Chimera Gallery next door, where several LAG artists are featured in their group show.

Lopez Center:

See above for drop off deadline and other information for the Lopez Center shows.

The Gathering Place:

Call for art for one or two artists to show their work. If you are interested in having a one person show or to share the space with another person, contact Rick Wigre. 

LAG Labels for Shows

Each artist in a LAG show, either at the Gathering Place or the Community Center, needs to get label information to Brooks before dropping off work to Karen Hattman. Make sure to put the show venue (Gathering Place, Lopez Center, Studio Tour Preview Show) in the subject line of your email. All lines should be single spaced. Please put a capital at the beginning of each word. Send label content as a Word file so that Brooks can edit, copy, and paste. Brooks will make all labels uniform with respect to format and font.

Studio Tour Preview Show Labels should have your studio number after the price.

An example of a formatted art label is shown below:

Use The LAG Website!

The Lopez Artist Guild has 88 members, but only 67 have mounted a webpage on our site. Members are strongly encouraged to use this resource to share their art with others. If you have questions about how to do this feel free to ask for Rick Wigre for help. If you have forgotten your password, contact Lynne Davies.

Wanted: LAG Secretary

The Lopez Artist Guild is accepting nominations or self-nomination for the

position of Secretary. The secretary:

• is responsible for the recording of the minutes of the Board of Directors, General, and Special Board of Directors’ meetings 

• submits the Minutes by email to the Board for additions, corrections and/or approval. 

 • may complete any correspondence required by the Board.  

If you are interested, or if there is someone you wish to nominate for this position, contact Rick Wigre with a list of suggested nominees.

Wanted: Newsletter Editor

The Lopez Artist Guild will need a new Newsletter Editor beginning January, 2026. If you are interested, or if there is someone you wish to nominate for this position, contact Rick Wigre with a list of suggested nominees.

There is a strong need for art education instructors at all levels in all visual art areas on Lopez Island. We encourage you to share your expertise in any art medium with our local community.  Summer is an excellent time to have art workshops. Any artist who is interested in having a workshop please let the Artist Guild know. We can help advertise and assist in other ways. Help inspire the arts for the Lopez Island community.

Advertise your work: The artist guild wants to remind you that you have several ways to advertise your shows and workshops. Let us know what you're doing, date, location, and time. You can use our website, newsletter, and our social media links to advertise your visual art activities. 

Membership Calendar

There is a lot going on with the Lopez Artist Guild. Take a peek at the calendar by going to the Lopez Artist Guild website: https://www.lopezartistguild.org/ and selecting “Member Portal”. This will download the calendar onto your computer. Keep up-to-date with all of our shows, activities, and opportunities.

Newsletter Deadline: If you have copy and art for the LAG Newsletter, the deadline for submission is the 1st of each month for that month's newsletter. Send all to the newsletter editor, Linda Ann Vorobik. NOTE: For each item send a related image; text should range from 75 to 150 words. Remember, this is your newsletter!

Renew or Join up!

You can pay online or to join or renew your registration, or pay by check ($25; send to LAG, PO Box 767, Lopez Island, WA 98261). When you register you will receive an email welcoming you and a passcode to use at our website for our Member Portal. Inside this link you will find calendars, minutes, and more LAG activities.