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The Floyd Artisan Trail Tour is a week-long tour featuring 65 sites
across Floyd County with activities at artisan home studios; galleries
and shops; wineries; farms and farm markets; and restaurant and lodging
sites.
Site activities include the sales and exhibit of fine art, hand-craft
and farm products; and demonstrations, classes and talks at sites
throughout the county. Some sites will offer discounts to tour visitors
with half-price wine tastings, discounts on chocolate, meals and
accommodations, or complementary items- portraits, herbal products,
pottery. Demonstrations and talks include paper-making, the operations of a
sawmill in furniture-making, sculpture carving, weaving and spinning at
an alpaca farm, herbal salves, photography, pottery and more.
An Opening Tour Exhibit will be held on Friday, June 10, 5-8pm at Troika
Gallery in the Station downtown Floyd. The Exhibit will highlight
participating sites and their work.
The staffed exhibit will remain open throughout the tour to provide a
central town location for information, brochure and map, and updated
schedule.
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Tour Hours
Saturday, June 11, 9am-5pm
Sunday June 12, 12-5pm
Monday-Wednesday June 13-15, 10am-5pm
Check on Trail Participants & Map page and on Tour Schedule page for information about each participants schedule for tour.
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Participating Artisan Studios include:
Pottery & Ceramics: Tom Baldwin, Ron & Susan Sutterer, Silvie Granatelli, Rick Hensley, Donna Polseno, Ellen Shankin, Jayn Avery, Tom Phelps.
Woodworkers & Furniture: Brad Warstler, Bill & Corinne Graefe, Swede McBroom, Bill St Pierre, Ernest Bryant.
Fabric & Fiber: Jenna Pynn, Alice Walker.
Fine Artists & Photographers: Karen Sewell, LaurelSong Cook, Joli Ayn Wood, Caroline Deck, Jeri Rogers
Others: Carter Holliday, Gibby Waitzkin, Michael Costello, Susan Icove, Teri Walters, Linda Osborne, Starroot, Christine Byrd (as well as many other artisans represented at participating galleries)
Participating Galleries and shops include:
Bell Gallery and Garden, Troika Contemporary Crafts Gallery, New Mountain Mercantile, Floyd Country Store, Over the Moon Gallery, Floyd Arts Association, The Jacksonville Center for the Arts, The Floyd Artisan Market, Presidio Arts, Jeanie O'Neill Gallery & Boutique, Old Church Gallery, St. Pierre Gallery, Woolly Jumper Yarn Shop, Finders Keepers, Woodsong Artisans Gallery
Wineries, Farms & Farm Markets:
Chateau Morrisette Winery, Foggy Ridge Cider, Black Snake Meadery, Villa Appalaccia Winery, AmRhein's Wine Cellars, The Tasting Room, Floyd Farmers Market, Republic of Floyd, Harvest Moon, Enchanted Hill Alpaca & Miniature Dairy Goat Farm, Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary, Spurlock Gardens
Restaurants, Food & Lodging:
Tuggles Gap Restaurant and Motel, Natasha's Cafe, Mickey G's Bistro & Pizzeria, Dogtown Roadhouse, Nancy's Candy, Historic Pine Tavern Restaurant, Hotel Floyd, Red Rooster Coffee Roaster, Black Water Loft, Woodberry Inn Restaurant & Bar, Oddfella's Cantina, Stone Barn Inn
The Tour is being facilitated by the community organization SustainFloyd as part of their goal to help create a local sustainable economy based on local assets.
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