Please note we are still working hard to keep everyone safe. So please stay home if you are feeling unwell. While mask wearing is optional, please do so if you have concerns. Hand sanitizer and extra cleaning will still be in place.

Our most frequent question is lunch: locations include Kroger center and Daleville Town Center. The Heritage Market makes sandwiches (Saturday only) and our sponsor, Stoney Brook Vineyards, in Troutville, has a food truck on weekends. Ask the artists for their favorites.

Please fill out a Passport card as we will draw one name to receive $150 off of a selected artwork by a participating artist. It also helps keep our email and mailing lists current.

Don’t forget to thank our sponsors for making this year’s art tour possible: Botetourt County Office of Economic Development, Bank of Botetourt, Stoney Brook Vineyards and Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge.

Open Studios – Botetourt Artist Demonstrations
at Stoney Brook Vineyards on Saturday August 6

Open Studios-Botetourt’s popular Artist Demonstrations return at Stoney Brook Vine-yards, 516 Stoney Battery Road, Troutville, VA, 24175 on Saturday August 6 from 12pm to 5pm. Artist demonstrations will be held in their beautiful air-conditioned Gathering Room at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm. Plus, there will be an art show set up on the Covered Porch with examples of art by all the 2022 artists on the Tour.

The afternoon’s artist demonstrations begins with JD Martin hand building a clay animal at 1pm. Ed Bordett will paint an impressionist landscape in oil at 2pm. Dan Henderson will show and explain the photography process with his historic camera at 3pm. Brett LaGue will paint a watercolor sketch at 4pm.

Open Studios – Botetourt self-guided driving art tour will return for its 12th year on Oc-tober 22 and 23. “Art in the Country” will feature 18 artists in 9 locations opening their workshops and studios to the public.

The vineyards grew from the rich history as the Showalter farm growing tomatoes as well as growing wheat. Over the past centuries, the farm transitioned from tomatoes to chicken farming. As the family grew and dispersed, the farm went dormant. In early 2010, the family decided that the farm had been dormant for too long and since they all shared a passion and interest in vineyards and wineries in Virginia, Stoney Brook Vine-yards was brought to life in 2012. To date, Stoney Brook is a working vineyard and win-ery with four and ½ acres planted grapes consisting of Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Viognier and Cabernet Franc in the ground. All their fruit is carefully crafted into deli-cious red, white, and rose’ wines. The vineyard won a silver medal in the 2020 VA Gov-ernors Cup for Back Porch Red and their Rose. And Stoney Brook Vineyards also won a silver medal in the 2021 VA Governor’s Cup for Cabernet Franc.

Check out our map page for directions to this exciting event!

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Open Studios – Botetourt self-guided driving art tour will return for its 12th year on October 22 and 23.  “Art in the Country” will feature 18 artists in 9 locations opening their workshops and studios to the tour.

This year’s artists will be:

Lois Bisese

Edward Bordett

Vera Dickerson

Dan Henderson

Dan Jones

Cheryl Miller Lackey

Brett LaGue

Judith F. Lochbrunner

William Simmons

Jim Stadtlander

Mark Woodie

Courtney Cronin

J.D. Martin

Susan McLaren

Two Star Pony (Kim Crowder Paderick)

Robin Poteet