Artist Studio Tour | Maker’s Market
Battle of the Brushes | Live Music
Join us
Saturday September 16 from 12PM until 6PM
for a full day of art and music
Artist Studio Tour
Bike, drive or walk along Russell and Embrun’s side streets and trails to meet artists in their studios demonstrating their craft. From pottery to painting to live music and more, this is your chance to see the magic in action, and learn a little bit about different artistic techniques. This is a self-guided tour to complete at your own pace.
Keep an eye out for the sign posts along the way to help guide you.
Artist Studio Tour
12PM - 5PM
Visit public and private spaces to meet the artists, see their work and watch how they create. Learn a little bit more about the participating artists in this section.
CMS Pottery
Christina Stapper looks for the balance between fine art and function in small batch pottery and unique touches that enhance your home and life.
Russell Photo Expo
See an exhibition of over one hundred photographs by incredibly talented photographers. Find out which 4 images won top marks and vote for your favourite.
Jane Lacroix at the Russell Library
Emerging artist Jane Lacroix works with acrylic paint to capture the inspiration around them.
Wellman Studios at Euphie d’Ici
Pastel artist and photographer, Stephanie Wellman focuses on light, detail and texture in order to create unique perspectives in her practice.
Hidden Daisy Fine Art Studio
As a classically trained artist, Carly’s practice and inspiration stems from her desire to capture beauty through art.
Leslie Chandler
Leslie Chandler is a freelance visual artist whose artwork ranges from photo-realistic to abstract contemporary and contemporary impressionism. All of it best expresses her experience outdoors in Canada’s great natural beauty.
CAPRAC at Tuque de Broue
New exhibition of CAPRAC members at the Tuque de Broue Brewery. With live music and 3 on site artists, discover a collection of works by local artists.
Johanne Richer at La Maison des Arts
Figurative painter, she uses oil as a medium. Movement is a common thread for each of her creations. She makes it her backstory in the freedom of gesture and movement while keeping in mind the techniques, postures, aesthetics related to dance.
Russell Heritage Festival
Learn more about Russell’s history and important milestones. The Keith M Boyd museum will also be showing the inspiration behind the new public mural unveiled this year.
Maker’s Market
12PM - 5PM
The Maker’s Market is your one stop shop for handmade one of a kind creations that include painting, jewelry, polymer clay, beadwork and sculpture. Incredible talent located throughout our township all under one roof.
Mystical Skais
Anna Bedard creates unique gemstone and wire wrapped jewelry.
Scheeps Caramels
Fresh, small batch salted caramels with new flavours added seasonally.
Art of Rebecca Menard
Rebecca’s artwork is characterized by bright happy colours, and draws inspiration from animals and nature.
Wildfeather Creations
Two Local indigenous artists working in many different aspects of art mediums including beadwork, jewelry and hand made traditional regalia.
One of A King Creations
Handmade polymer clay earrings and jewelry for all occasions.
Carrie A Keller
Oil painter Carrie Keller draws inspiration from her Ontario surroundings, painting in the open air and capturing that magic.
Pour My Mind Abstract
Inspired by the fluid art form, Mel Faucher uses her creations as an opportunity to put all of my emotions that I can't express verbally into a more visual form.
Makeup by Maissa
Face painting and incredible makeup artistry
Cut ‘n Carve Designs
Unique designs that are plasma cut and/or use CNC routing for long-lasting and outdoor-safe artwork.
Tina Hoare
Tine Hoare captures that whimsy and imagination of our natural world, combining it with her memories growing up on a farm. Her work gives her the opportunity to not only to express childhood memories of chasing monarch butterflies around sweet-smelling lilacs, but also to show my children the joy of slowing down to observe the wonders that nature has.
Jennifer Pershick
Photographer and watercolour artist Jennifer Pershick captures her subjects from the heart, whether that’s the land around her or families in front of the camera.
Maya Labelle
Emerging artist who’s always busy drawing. Maya Labelle’s work in bold and colourful acrylics as well as monotone graphite investigates qualities of light and graphic design.
Battle of the Brushes
4PM - 6PM
Russell Fairgrounds
Watch professional and amateur artists go head to head, putting their creative skills to the test. Artists are given a prompt and a small amount of time to create something magical. Winners are voted on by the audience, and all artworks are auctioned off after.
Live music, food and bar!
