2026 Open Studio Tour
Our 8th Annual!!
October 10-11, 2026
11 am to 5 pm
Have you ever wondered about the "how" or "why" behind an artist's creation? This studio open house is a great opportunity to meet and mingle with the artists. The self-guided driving tour takes you through southern Anne Arundel County to studio locations, hosting artist members of the Muddy Creek Artists Guild. A variety of media will be represented, including painting, mixed media, fiber arts, glass, jewelry, drawing, ceramics, woodworking, and photography.
Note: The event will be held rain or shine.
~Directory of Artists~
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Studio #
Anderson, Jay
Bailey, Ruth
Bernard, Mitzi
Card, Patricia
Clem, Cindy
Cook, Kim
Cover, Kim
Dorantes, Ana
Fletcher, David
Fairbank, Lisa
Frederick, Wyatt
Hines, Chrissie
2
3
2
10
6
8
9
1
10
11
10
10
Studio #
Lynch Schuster, Janice
McLeod, Bonnie
Montgomery, Ann
Riley, Joanne
Saylor, Bruce
Schneider, Michelle
Shilkret, Robin
Smith, Charlie
Smith, Theodore
Staska, Kathie
Thompson, Fran
4
10
7
4
5
8
10
10
10
3
4
1
Ana Dorantes
(mixed media, watercolor)
"I am a Mexican artist from Cuernavaca, now living and creating near the Chesapeake Bay in Fairhaven. I work mainly in printmaking and watercolor, while also exploring cyanotype, collage and mixed media. My work is inspired by nature and simple beauty of everyday life."
Ana Dorantes
Ana Dorantes
Ana Dorantes
2
Located in the Arts Lab of South County
Jay Anderson
(mixed media, ceramics, sculpture)
Jay Anderson is an acrylic painter, a potter, and a mixed media sculptor. His current gallery exhibit, "The Reliquary Project," will be featured in the Arts Lab during the studio tour weekend.
20+
Jay Anderson
Jay Anderson
Jay Anderson
2
Located in the Arts Lab of South County
Mitzi Bernard Art
Mitzi Bernard
(mixed media)
"I create paper collages that celebrate the strength, resilience and complexity of women. Using hundreds of tiny fragments--often sourced from recycled materials like vintage magazines, books, and old advertisements, I transform images of women society has judged or dismissed into portraits of power and triumph."
20+
Mixed media Mitzi Bernard
Mixed media Mitzi Bernard
Mixed media Mitzi Bernard
Mixed media Mitzi Bernard
3
Ruth Bailey Art
Ruth Bailey
(watercolor)
"I love painting with watercolors and watching the paint flow across the paper, mingling with other pigments. Painting what I love gives me a peaceful mindset and makes me happy."
3
Ruth Bailey
Ruth Bailey
Ruth Bailey
3
Kaja Kreations
Kathie Staska
(sculpture, multi media)
"I'm a Maryland-raised, horse-loving sculptor. I work in whatever media is handy--wax, wire, glass, clay, papier mache, even veggies! I've been a guild member for 4.5 years."
3
Mixed media sculpture Kathie Staska
Bronze sculpture Kathie Staska
Mixed media sculpture Kathie Staska
Mixed media sculpture Kathie Staska
4
Joanne's Touch
Joanne Riley
(photography, woodworking/sculpture)
"Capturing the beautiful and unusual subject allows you to pause and connect with the simplicity, complexity, and soulfulness of their expressions and their stories. May we all celebrate life through our subjects."
1
Joanne Riley
Joanne Riley wood carving
Joanne Riley Photography on canvas
Joanne Riley
4
Fran Thompson
(fiber arts)
"Since childhood I have worked with fiber, as a sewer, crocheter, and now in adulthood, as a Felter. Blending wool, its colors and textures, feeds my creative side, making something useful or fun and allows me to share my artistry."
Fran Thompson
Fiber arts Fran Thompson
Fran Thompson
Fran Thompson
4
Janice Lynch Schuster
(mixed media)
I work in white, using plaster to explore the line between drawing and sculpture. Using a palette knife, I build, cut, scrape, and pull the material into forms drawn from the natural world without trying to reproduce it. Light moves across the raised surfaces and settles into their marks and fissures, allowing the work to change throughout the day. I am interested in what remains when color falls away: gesture, texture, shadow and form.
Cash/check only
Mixed Media Janice Lynch Schuster
Mixed Media Janice Lynch Schuster
Mixed Media Janice Lynch Schuster
5
Pop Pop's Workshop
Bruce Saylor
(woodworking)
"I have enjoyed woodworking from a young age. My inspiration comes from nature and its movement. When I am finished nature reveals a hidden surprise in the wood grain. I am drawn to the Arts and Crafts movement, and Asian woodworks. All my woodwork is with local hardwoods and my inlays are done by hand."
Bruce Saylor woodworking
Bruce Saylor woodworking
Bruce Saylor woodworking
6
Crafty Creations by Cindy
Cindy Clem
(mixed media)
"My work combines hand-sculpted wire trees with carefully designed miniature landscapes, creating small worlds that invite contemplation and imagination. Each piece begins with the formation of a tree and evolves into a complete scene within its container."
4
pets on premises
Cindy Clem Mixed media
Cindy Clem Mixed media
Cindy Clem Mixed media
7
aGm Studio Art
3
Ann G. Montgomery
(mixed media, sculpture)
"I’m drawn to pattern, texture, and color in natural material. I look for small details imbedded within an object and seek harmony by narrowing the viewfinder. A piece removed or repositioned becomes its own story."
Ann Montgomery
Ann Montgomery
Ann Montgomery
Ann Montgomery
8
Kim Cook
(mixed media, photography)
"I am an Emerson artist in epoxy on several mediums. Using wood, glass and metal, I incorporate different techniques for special effects on a variety of products. Bold colors give special eye appeal to the art."
1
Kim Cook Epoxy art
Kim Cook
Michelle Schneider
Kim Cook Epoxy art
8
Added Touch
Michelle Schneider
(mixed media, jewelry)
"There's a certain magic in working with clay. It's a primal connection, a dance between my hands and the malleable earth, that culminates in something beautiful and wearable. My clay jewelry art is more than an adornment; it's a testimony to patience, a canvas for creativity, and a tangible embodiment of stories waiting to be told."
Michelle Schneider
Michelle Schneider
Michelle Schneider
Michelle Schneider
9
Kim Cover Photography
Kim Cover
(photography)
“Living on the South River, I explore the Chesapeake Bay, capturing bountiful shores, working harbors, wildlife, and watermen harvesting oysters, crabs, and other catches. I am drawn to workboats and timeless sailboats gliding across its waters. My photographic journey also reaches distant shores and the people who call them home.”
Photography Kim Cover
Photography Kim Cover
Photography Kim Cover
Photography Kim Cover
10
Located at Davidsonville Family Recreation Center
Charlie Smith
(photography)
A photographer for over 6 years, Charlie started his creative life as a film major, but after graduation he decided to pivot to photography due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a simple change because films are just "moving pictures." Because of this, Charlie chooses to look at his images like a movie."
Charlie Smith Photography
Charlie Smith Photography
Charlie Smith Photography
10
Located at Davidsonville Family Recreation Center
Chrissie Hines
(mixed media)
"I make books for journaling, drawing, notes, or whatever your pleasure.
I will have a "make and take" book for visitors at our location."
Chrissie Hines
Chrissie Hines
Chrissie Hines
10
Located at Davidsonville Family Recreation Center
Frederick Photography
Wyatt Frederick
(photography)
"As a photographer, I work to capture the spirit of the world we live in, My work comes in varying forms, from close-ups that shows texture and essence, or far off landscapes that reveals it's broad beauty."
20+
Photography Wyatt Frederick
Photography Wyatt Frederick
Photography Wyatt Frederick
10
Located at the Davidsonville Family Recreation Center
Bonnie McLeod
(oil/acrylic painting, mixed media)
Bonnie creates out of her home studio in Edgewater. Her passion is painting people in oils, and she often combines her portraiture with clay relief and mosaic glass. You can read more about her journey at her website.
Bonnie McLeod painting
Bonnie McLeod painting
Bonnie McLeod painting
10
Located at the Davidsonville Family Recreation Center
Healing Creations
Robin Shilkret
(drawing and pastel, mixed media, oil and acrylic, glass art)
Robin's favorite medium is stained glass mosaics. She also dabbles with mixed media. Robin leans toward impressionism in her works. Her works are exemplified by bright colors, metaphysical themes, and creativity.
20+
Robin Shilkret mosaics
Glass arts Robin Shilkret
Robin Shilkret
Robin Shilkret mosaics
10
Located at the Davidsonville Family Recreation Center
Eye of the Beholder
David Fletcher
(photography)
"Photography is my happy place where I am one with nature. It brings me peace to watch the early morning or late day light and all that it creates. Photography starts with a scene, but I have the vision for the photograph and create it in my mind before I click the shutter. It is my belief that art is in the eye of the beholder. My goal is to connect you to my photographs"
David Fletcher photography
David Fletcher photography
David Fletcher photography
10
Located at the Davidsonville Family Recreation Center
Masterworks by Patsy
Patricia Card
(mixed media, watercolor, oil/acrylic painting)
Patricia Card has a range of creative knowledge in different mediums and subject matter. she is always willing to learn new techniques to broaden her creativity in painting, pastels, watercolor, and printmaking.
20+
Patricia Card
Patricia Card
Patricia Card
Patricia Card
10
Located at the Davidsonville Family Recreation Center
C. Theodore Smith
(oil/acrylic painting)
"My work is of real places taken back over 100 years and brought to life. It is dramatized, romanticized, critterized, mechanized, and flowerized. I work mostly in oils."
20+
Ted Smith Oil
Ted Smith
Ted Smith Oil
11
Note: This studio is only open on Sunday during the tour
FireLight Art Glass
Lisa Fairbank
(jewelry, glass arts)
"I use fusible glass in sheets, chips, powders, dichroic glass, metal inclusions and handmade murine glass flowers to create my unique forms of fused glass art. Most popular today are my nightl lights with unique designs. Enter my basement studio from the back yard."
12
Pet on premises
Glass arts Lisa Fairbank
Glass arts Lisa Fairbank
Glass arts Lisa Fairbank
Glass arts Lisa Fairbank
~Planning Your Trip~
The studios will be open from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., both Saturday, October 10, and Sunday, October 11, unless otherwise noted. You can visit one, some, or all of the participating artist studios.
Start your journey here!
1) Look through the participating artist directory above. Each entry provides you a bit about each artist and a sample of their work. The directory icons give you more information about what to expect at each studio.
2) Select the studios you "must see" and plot your basic route. If you're planning to visit multiple studios, we suggest your route follow studios by number--either forward from #1 or backward from #11. Of course, the adventurous among you wanting to meander a bit through lovely South County may choose to zigzag randomly between studios. Don't forget to support locally-owned restaurants along the way by stopping for lunch or dinner. Check out our raffle sponsors (on the map and described below) for dining suggestions.
3) Click on the map to see studio addresses and to get driving directions. (Note: The map will become active on October 3rd.) Just a reminder that while Google Maps and GPS can be very helpful in navigation, they are not always completely reliable in rural areas like this.
4) Follow the signs! Our distinctive road signs will help guide you on your journey to your destinations.
If you get turned around, don't worry. On tour days, each studio marker on the map will provide a phone number for the artist. If you find yourself in a pinch, don't hesitate to contact one of the artists for help getting back on track. Additionally, each studio will have a one-page handout with studio locations to support visitors who prefer paper over digital.
~Raffle~
RAFFLE
All of this beautiful art, chatting directly with the artists, and having a good time traversing the rolling hills of South County! What more could you want on a Fall weekend? Well, how about entering a raffle for your chance to win prizes? Each studio will have a sign-in sheet. When you visit, make sure you sign in to be eligible to win one of the donated items at the end of the tour. The more studios you visit, the more chances to win! Check back later for a list of raffle items from our generous donors. Winners will be contacted at the end of the tour.