Rain or Shine, 10 AM - 4 PM
Fabrics at the Carolina Fiber and Fiction Center |
I look forward to HopArts every year. Each year, Hopkinton and Richmond artists organize this weekend excursion that takes you around and about our area to visit the shops and galleries of some terrific local artists.
Regardless of your taste or budget, it's very unlikely that you'll come home empty handed. The tour includes painters, weavers, glass-blowers, potters, woodworkers, jewelry makers whose styles range from high-end serious to whimsical.
Taste is so personal that rather than try to point you toward any particular artist, you should look for yourself by viewing samples of the artists work on the HopArts website.
Pottery with wampum inlay by Brenda Hill |
New on the tour this year is the House of Two Fires, listed as #1 on the map and the only site located away from the cluster of other artists on the tour. The featured artists at the House of Two Fires are all Native American - Brenda Hill, Dawn and Endawnis Spears. I know Brenda Hill's work as a potter, being the proud owner of one of her pots purchased a couple of years ago.
If we have a nice weekend, this tour is the perfect weekend escape. But even if it's pouring down rain, the HopArts tour is not to be missed.