Weekend Essentials: Open Studio Art Tour and More Happenings in Seekonk, Swansea

The newly formed Seekonk Artist Network will hold its first Seekonk open studio tour noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. The concept allows the public to take a peek into the world of local working artists. Visitors can not only see or hear the creative work that is passionately produced right here in our town, but they can also meet the artist to ask questions, and to understand the story, motivation, and technique behind their work. Sixteen local artists will be represented in the tour, showing at venues in Seekonk, situated on Walker Street, Read Street, West River Street and Thompson Drive. Studios will be marked with the Seekonk Open Studio logo on the mailbox. There will be paintings, prints, photography, drawings, jigsaw puzzles, sculpture, pottery, and sea glass jewelry on display and for sale throughout the weekend. Two of the venues will be hosting free musical performances, featuring guitar tunes, broadway vocals, a French cabaret group and a renaissance music ensemble. For more information about the artists, schedule of the musical performances, and a map of the tour, look for informational fliers at Seekonk Library, Seekonk Town Hall and local businesses that support the arts. You can also e-mail SeekonkArtistNetwork@gmail.com or visit the Facebook page at Seekonk Artist Network.