San Diego Coastal Art Studios Tour will be showcasing local art through a self-guided experience as event-goers will have the chance to walk through four featured homes and gardens in the Pacific Beach and La Jolla areas.
As its third annual event, SD Coastal Art Studios will be bringing together the works of 33 local professionals in the homes of four of the participating artists. Throughout the interior and gardens of a 1926 Kate Sessions house, a 1920 Morrish-style house with a 20-foot-tall studio, and two Bird Rock neighborhood homes, art lovers can browse through art of all genres.
Each house will display a wide variety of art – with works that fall into realism, abstracts, oils, watercolors, mixed media, jewelry, pastels, fiber arts, ceramics, wood, gourds, metal garden art – and a new addition: high-end stain glass and glass sculpture.
This year brings a new location to the San Diego Coastal Art Studios Tour. Participating artist Krista Heron will be opening up her Bird Rock home and garden to showcase her working glass studio, which will feature her glass projects and the works of various talented painters.
The artists will be stationed near their pieces at each location so viewers can ask questions and get a deeper and more informed experience with the art.
Dot Renshaw, co-founder of SD Coastal, will have an African statue collection, her own art, as well as collections from local artists set up in her Spanish Mediterranean-style home overlooking the sea.
“I created this event to share with the public my joy and the other artists’ visions as well,” said Renshaw. “Just like when I taught art, I said ‘once you see life through the eyes of an artist, it will always be with you.”
The event is free for those who wish to participate in the self-guided tour. Last year, the SD Coastal Art Studios Tour brought in over 1,500 art lovers.
“My joy is watching others look at and enjoy my art,” said co-founder Leah Higgins. “SD Coastal allows me to open my home to neighbors and strangers who are true art seekers.”
This year, the SD Coastal Art Studios Tour has partnered with the San Diego nonprofit Promises2kids to work toward a brighter future for local foster children. While the event is free, people will have the opportunity to donate to the nonprofit at the entrance of each home. A portion of the entry fee for the featured artists is also donated to Promises2kids.
TOUR
The event will run from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sept. 16. For more information regarding the locations of the featured homes, or to browse through the showcasing artists, go to sdcoastalartstudios.com.
