Local potter Sharon Kessler loves Halloween! She enjoys the fun of dressing up in spooking costumes and entertaining friends on the holiday. In addition, when she is not making her signature hand built functional pottery and clay animal figures, she also spends the months leading up to Halloween creating one-of-a-kind creepy décor to share with...
Over half a dozen local artisans have created new and unique furniture and furnishings for Goose Creek Studio’s September exhibit called (Re)setting the Table. An opening reception with the artists will be held during 2nd Friday, September 14, 5-8 pm. This exhibit features woodwork, pottery, glass, mosaic, and more. One centerpiece of the exhibit is...
Local artists Judy Lochbrunner and Mary Anne Meador will be featured at Goose Creek Studio during 2nd Friday, July 13, 5-8 pm. As longtime creative partners with Goose Creek Studio, Lochbrunner and Meador worked with the gallery owners to create new work that showcases their love of color and texture. For this exhibition, Judy Lochbrunner...
On Sunday, June 10, 2:00-4:00 pm, Goose Creek Studio will host a pop-up exhibit and gallery talk by installation artist Veronica Jackson. Jackson is new to the region, but her family has long and deep roots in Bedford County. After a career in architecture and museum exhibit design in Washington DC, Jackson decided to reinvent...
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But for an artist it is so much more. Artists copy or borrow from other artists to learn and grow more than to flatter. When local artist Carol Burnett encountered the work of Lynchburg artist Queena Stovall over twenty years ago, she knew that she not only encountered...
On Saturday, May 12, 9 am-2 pm, Goose Creek Studio and The Electric Company will be holding a spring YART Sale. Artists and artisans associated with both businesses are cleaning out their studios (and closets and basements and attics) for this event. Visitors will find lots of treasures - ART (paintings, drawings, pottery, wood, notecards,...
Beyond Likeness – Breaking Boundaries in Portraiture A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person. Some portraits are a mere likeness of the subject, while others tell a story, express an emotion, or touch on some universal truth. More than a dozen local artists have accepted the challenge to...
Artist Shelley Koopmann creates small yet captivating oil paintings of ordinary people doing ordinary things like taking a snooze in a beach chair or checking email on a cellphone. During the month of January, a collection of these image titled “Biding Time” will be featured in the Old Jail Hill Art Space on the 2nd...
As part of the 5th Annual Art Studio and Gallery Tour in the Town of Bedford - Sunday, December 4, 1-5 pm - Goose Creek Studio will be presenting a special exhibit by local folk art painter Carol Burnett. Burnett has selected 13 of her paintings – one for each month of the year plus...
Destination Bedford offers big, bold and unforgettable experiences. You’ll see stunning beauty in the Blue Ridge Mountains and hear stories of bravery that will take your breath away at the National D-Day Memorial.
