The ESVA Artisans Guild is excited to announce that the 20^th Annual Holiday Tour will be held Friday, November 25^th and Saturday, November 26^th from 10 am till 5 pm.  This self-driven show and sale event includes 18 stops at home studios, historic locations, and a winery where the art and fine craft work of 50 local artists and artisans will be featured. 

To highlight our 20th year, we will offer chances to win $50-$300 credit with your favorite Tour artisan, random door prizes at each Tour Stop, and our first ever photo contest, with cash prizes from $25-$100! Explore the beautiful ESVA and its wealth of creative talent and join us for a relaxing and entertaining shopping and wine-tasting experience. We look forward to kicking off the holiday season together!

To receive a brochure/map or view it online please visit https://www.esvaartisansguild.org/

ES Artists Guild Member Guy Shover needs help after a fire destroyed his workshop, as well as his tools and equipment, and many tangible pieces. On September 4^th, Guy was curing some molds that afternoon and while in the house, the barn where the workshop was located caught fire and burned to the ground.

“It was a hot fire,” says Guy. “I lost a lifetime of work—it all burned up…The days after the disaster were devastating; I was in total shock, but right away, decided to rebuild; I talked to my clients to advise them that their commissions will have to wait a bit.”

Rebuilding Guy’s shop is urgent, affecting his life, friends, and local Eastern Shore art in general.

Guy Shover has been a resident of the Eastern Shore of VA since 1989. His bronze sculptures and wood carvings vary from whimsical characteristic mice to realistic portrayals of the magnificent wildlife found on the ESVA and beyond. What Guy finds most enjoyable is seeing the abstract forms in nature and manipulating them to create a unique, one-of-a-kind bronze sculpture through the Lost Wax Method. In addition, Guy is a master at transforming forgotten salvaged wood into original carvings. For the past twenty-eight years, Guy has been employed as a Foundry technician and currently as a Master Patineur for William H. Turner and Dave H. Turner at Turner Sculpture Gallery and Foundry in Melfa, VA. 

Right now, Guy is working hard at creating a series of new wooden sculptures, since he lost the molds for his bronzes, and we are happy he will be part of our upcoming Studio Tour. But sometimes, when we are faced with major challenges, we need a little help in life. So right after the fire, Guy’s dear friend Jorge Díaz-Herrera, former president of a small liberal arts college in upstate New York, started a fundraiser to help him rebuild his burned-down workshop and studio in Clam, in the back creeks of Virginia’s beautiful Eastern Shore. To donate, please find GoFundMe link here:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/rebuild-guys-burned-down-workshop-studio?qid=f861dd30070b61516dc693b031dee01c

You can also see and purchase Guy’s newest work at stop #10 (Maurice Spector Studio, 29279 Harborton Road in Pungoteague) during the Guild’s Holiday Studio Tour on November 25 & 26 (10am-5pm) or you can contact him directly at: guyshover3@gmail.com or 757-894-1924.

The Orchestra of the Eastern Shore’s first concert of the season, “The Fantastic Flute ,” will be held on Friday November 4 th at the Nandua High School Auditorium at 7:30 pm. Under the direction of Dr. Paul Kim, the Orchestra will begin with the Idomeneo Overture by Mozart.

The next piece, Suite in A Minor for flute and strings, by Telemann will feature soloist Patti Watters on the flute. The concert will conclude with Symphony No. 5 in B flat Major by Schubert.

The concert also be performed on Sunday November 6th at 4:00 pm. at Hungar’s Episcopal Church in Bridgetown. All concerts are free however donations are welcomed.

This is a History Notes Special Series. This series will highlight one great painting from every year of the 20th century, in chronological order. They will come in 10-year increments.

We begin with 1900: Sunbeams by Vilhelm Hammershøi.

We are very lucky to live in one of the most photogenic places in the world. Do you like to take photographs of the Eastern Shore? If so, submit some of your best photos to the collection Picture the Shore. The deadline for submission is October 14 for amateurs, and October 21 for pros. Scan the QR code for more information.

Pianist Lee Jordan-Anders will be performing at Hungars Episcopal Church on Sunday, September 18th. The concert is scheduled for 4 pm.

Anders will be performing Mozart’s Sonata in F Major, Bach’s Prelude in F#Minor, Ravel’s Sonatine, Granados’ Villanesca, and Debussey’s Estampes.

This business-in-the-front, party-in-the-back style has been around way before it was popularized by actors and rock stars in the 1980’s. The mullet is indeed coming back in 2022, however, with a modern twist. This time around, it’s all about embracing natural texture, adding fun colors, and rocking more structured yet alternative shapes. 

As the film, Joe Dirt examined, the relative ease of maintaining it makes it possible to keep up even without the existence of barbershops and hair salons, and the practicality makes it perhaps one of the greatest haircuts in human history. The Mullet is awesome in every way, and to prove it, we have some of this year’s finalists from the Youth Mullet Championship (we picked the kids with the coolest names, except William who has a dull name, but awesome mullet):