This year’s Open Studio was a delight! Once again the weather was at its springtime best (maybe the Sunday following Mother’s Day is magical) even though it rained for much of the preceding week. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and congratulations to door prize winners, Wendy, Dan and Annie Lou!

When asked, I normally say that it’s been about twenty years since my first open studio. Actually, this was number twenty-two. In the early 1990s Akron/Summit County artists participated in Cleveland’s NOVA (New Organization for the Visual Arts) Open Studio Days. When NOVA folded, many of the Akron area artists continued to host open studios, but interest waned after a few years. Apparently I never got the memo that the event had been discontinued. . . and I’m glad I didn’t!

After the last guests departed Dylan let me know just how much work was involved in being a semi-official greeter all day!