Open Doors Visitors Choose Their Own Experience

During NH Open Doors, visitors can start their holiday shopping early and purchase items that are made here in New Hampshire, meet and talk with artists and craftspeople as they work in their studios, sample fresh products from farmstands and orchards, and savor fine cuisine and wine at local restaurants. The tour is self-guided, so visitors create their own driving routes and visit the participants and locations that interest them. To help visitors plan their self-guided tour, the NH Open Doors website – www.NHOpenDoors.com – will feature an interactive map listing participants by region. Each listing will describe what each participant will be offering, and a custom-designed Google map showing the location of each participant with detailed driving directions. The website also features recommended itineraries suggested by NH Open Doors participants that highlight different areas of the state

Passport Contest for Visitors

The NH Open Doors Passport Contest provides visitors with another reason to take the tour – they can win great prizes. Visitors can download an NH Open Doors Passport from the NH Open Doors website to take with them on their tours. For the contest, you must visit 10 NH Open Doors locations and have the participant sign and date your passport. Those who visit 10 locations during NH Open Doors will be automatically entered to win free lodging, gift certificates, gift baskets, fine craft, and more.

NH Open Doors managed by the League of NH Craftsmen and is sponsored in part by the state of New Hampshire. The League of NH Craftsmen (www.nhcrafts.org) is a non-profit arts organization that encourages, nurtures and promotes the creation, use and preservation of fine craft through the inspiration and education of artists and the broader community.

Amherst Participating Artists Welcome Open Doors Visitors

Creative Ventures is participating in NH Open Doors, at their studios on 28 Route 101A, in Amherst, from 10 am to 4pm, where visitors will find, a ‘Make and Take’ activity, a watercolor demonstration of a still life, a pastel demonstration, palette knife and brush paintings in oil.

White Birch Fine Art Studio at 20 Brook Road, will be open on November 7 & 8 from 10am – 5pm both days.  Elizabeth Farmer’s award winning oil landscape paintings, will be on exhibit and for sale.

“Pop-Up” Gallery in Amherst

East Colony Fine Art will open a temporary gallery space at the Salzburg Square, 292 Rte. 101 opening November 5 and offer fine art and other special gift items created by the artists.

The Gallery will only be open until December 24th also will be participating in NH Open Doors, November 7 & 8 from 10am - 5pm.

Other events include a public Holiday Open House from 4:00pm - 7:00pm on Thursday, November 19th and on Black Friday, November 27, 10am-6pm and on Small Business Saturday, November 28, 10am-5pm, the Artists will be on hand demonstrating their art, offering a unique buying experience for these one of a kind works.

Visit www.eastcolony.com for more info or call Dee: 603-661-8305.