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Open Studio

July 9, 2026 By Bob Spangler

Save the date: Open Studio Weekend 

Please mark your calendars for July 18th-19th. Birgit and I will be having an Open Studio and want to invite you for an afternoon of some new work, a few sale pieces and some fun things too. 

Our studio is participating in a first-of-its-kind National Craft Open Studios Weekend. It is a pilot nationwide celebration to invite the public into independent craft artists studios across the country. 

National Craft Open Studios is presented by the American Craft Council as a part of “Craft in America Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026″.

Our studio will be open July 18-19, 12pm-5pm on both Saturday and Sunday.

Hope you can join us, bring a friend.

Bob & Birgit

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