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Open Studio Tour
The Red Deer Arts Council is excited to host our annual Open Studio Tour as part of the 2026 Alberta Culture Days celebrations over the month of September!
This self-guided tour features artists' homes across Red Deer and Central Alberta will be held on Saturday, September 12th and Sunday, September 13th from 10:00am to 4:00pm.
Join local artists in their home studios as they demonstrate their creative process with live demonstrations, view their artworks, and see the numerous ways creativity can be fostered at home and professional studios alike. There will be 23+ artists across a wide range of creative mediums participating this year including ceramics, painting, textiles, bookbinding, and more!
Four locations will only be open on Saturday, so check the map and plan your route ahead of time. Locations that are accessible for mobility aids will be noted on the website.
An up to date map of all the locations and open dates is available below.
Please note that are changes from the print maps. This page lists the most up to date and accurate information.
Saturday & Sunday
Kelvin Christensen
Boho Chic Art Studio and Gallery
5524-60 Avenue
Red Deer, AB
(825) 989-1255
Kelvin is a versatile painter of landscapes, abstracts and everything in between.
Demonstrating gouache in landscapes.
Marlene Evans
Marlene Evans Studio
(403) 877-8232
172 Dempsey Street
Red Deer, AB
Marlene is a multimedia artist working in her garden studio in watercolour, pastels, oils, and is a bookbinder who mixes art and collages into her books.
Demonstrating making handmade books.
With Guest Artist, Fran Hanson
Art by Fran Hanson
(403) 830-8857
Fran is an oil painter who uses both subtractive and traditional painting techniques.
Demonstrating oil painting on small to mini canvasses.
Alison Forsberg
Art Is Off the Wall
4818 50th Ave, Suite 112, Scott Block Building, 2nd Floor, enter from rear of building in the alley.
Red Deer, AB
(403) 307-3210
Alison Forsberg works in oils, acrylics, ink, pastel, watercolour, charcoal and creates illustrations, graphics as well as digital artworks.
Demonstrating oil pastel painting.
Veronica Graves
Veronica Graves Felt
(403) 505-0045
24 Oakwood Close, Red Deer, AB
Veronica is a fiber artist specializing in felting, using only her body to sculpt, manipulate and agitate raw wool into forms of art.
Demonstrating making a wet felted wall hanging.
Margaret Hall
Maggie’s Millinery Studio
48, Good Crescent
Red Deer, AB
(403) 346-8289
Margaret makes pretty to whimsical headpieces, using traditional millinery techniques and fabrics, one of a kind creations for special occasions.
Demonstrating blocking a felt hood.
Marianne Harris
Paintwerx Studios
95 Piper Drive
Red Deer, AB
(403) 350-8106
Marianne’s artworks are in watercolour, acrylic, and mixed media; over 200 pieces are on display in her permanent home gallery in a variety of sizes/subject matter from A to Z!
Demonstrating watercolour miniatures.
Sam Knopp
Sam Knopp Ceramics
Red Deer, AB
(780) 691-7419
20 Brookes Crescent, Red Deer, AB
Sam creates functional ceramics that are playful, minimal and richly tactile with interests in modern design, pop-culture and craftsmanship’
Demonstrating layered wheel throwing.
Rita Schoenberger
Bold Palette Oils Art Studio
(403) 347-0967
519 Jenkins Drive, Red Deer, AB
Rita uses creamy lights, warm seductive darks and a palette knife to create impressionistic paintings.
Demonstrating with oil paints, palette knives and brushes by both artists to create one single painting with visitors collaborating.
With Guest Artist, Janice Russell
403-820-0540
Janice uses a layered approach that blends realism with abstraction, celebrates colour and light and invites viewers to wonder, to memory and inspires natural poetry.
Greg Swainson
Raintreestudio
6289 Cronquist Drive
Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1E2
(403) 986-5361
Greg uses watercolour to express himself using bold colour, interesting textures and dancing light. In short, it makes him happy.
Demonstrating the use of watercolour techniques, how to use bold colours and good use of the equipment.
The studio is accessible for those with mobility issues / wheelchair or mobility-device users.
Three Robins Arts Club
Three Robins Active Living Community
4501 48 Avenue
Red Deer, AB
(403) 510-1792
Various artists who live in the Three Robins Active Living Community will display art they have created including painting, carving, quilting and glass art.
Demonstrating various techniques by the artists on their diverse pieces.
The studio is accessible for those with mobility issues / wheelchair or mobility-device users.
Maxine Whitehead
‘designs by Maxine’
#24 2821 Botterill Crescent, Red Deer, AB
(587) 377-1212
Maxine is a fabric artist working in Nuno-felt and hand-painted silk for wearable art. She also designs liturgical pieces.
Maxine will be demonstrating various stages of Nuno-felting.
Saturday Only 10am to 4pm
Brenda Hackenbrook
Hackenbrook Studio Iceline Studio
(403) 896-0617
146 Connaught Crescent, Red Deer, AB
Brenda is a watercolour artist specializing in using colour and detailed drawing to create vibrancy and movement in her work.
Demonstrating gridding and drawing process prior to painting.
Shirley Rimer
Works In Clay
(520) 331-6284
4517 - 35 St. Crescent, Red Deer, AB
Shirley has been working in clay for the past 40 years. Her work is both sculptural and functional and also included jewelry into her practice.
Demonstrating various techniques.
The studio is accessible for those with mobility issues / wheelchair or mobility-device users.
Eelkje VanderMeulen-Smart
Smart Images
29 Wigmore Close
Red Deer, AB
(403) 350-6980
Eelkje, a painter, is inspired by the effects of light and atmosphere on a location. She creates compelling views of our world that move beyond time and place.
Demonstrating mixing colours and different techniques.
Flux Studio
150, 4732 60th Street
Red Deer, AB
Flux Studio is a community ceramic studio that offers classes, workshops, and monthly memberships. The studio is accessible for those with mobility issues / wheelchair or mobility-device users.
Jen Pankratz
(403) 595-5265
Jen Pankratz is a ceramic artist that hand builds figurative sculptures with layered surfaces achieved through multi-firing and post firing surface treatments. Jen is also the owner of Flux Studio.
Demonstrating how to use pinch pots in a unique way to make enclosed forms.
Sheena McNiff-Wolfe
(403) 896-5875
Sheena works primarily in clay, creating functional as well as sculptural work using the ceramic surface as an opportunity for surface decoration.
Demonstrating surface decoration on ceramic pieces.
Kerry Tronnes
Mad Monkey Ceramic Studio
(403) 391-3335
Kerry enjoys colour and creates vibrant ceramic images using newsprint transfers with hand-drawn designs, coloured slips and underglazes applied and transferred onto clay.
Demonstrating creating coil building in a community project.
Out of Town Listings
Saturday & Sunday
Erin Davis and Gracie Davis
Hawthorn Studio
(403) 505-4313
245 Briar road, Burbank Lacombe County, Blackfalds, AB
The studio is accessible for those with mobility issues / wheelchair or mobility-device users.
With Guest Artist, Ariane Kamps
Kamps Studio
(403) 361-1963
Saturday Only
Karen Scarlett
Karen Scarlett Studio
(403) 803-0085
5713 51 Avenue, Innisfail, AB
The studio is accessible for those with mobility issues / wheelchair or mobility-device users.
