Mayne Island Fall Studio Tour 2026: Your Map to the Makers

My Mayne Island October 17, 2026 • 4 min read

There is something special about stepping through a studio door on a crisp November day. You smell the wood shavings or the kiln, half-finished work sits on the bench, and the maker stops what they’re doing to tell you how it all comes together. On November 7 and 8, Mayne Island’s artists, artisans and food makers open their doors for the Fall Studio Tour, with 22 locations and more than 35 creators spread across the island.

Event at a glance

Dates: Saturday, November 7 and Sunday, November 8, 2026
Hours: 10 am to 4 pm both days, except where noted
Stops: 22 studios, galleries and roadside stands, with 35+ creators
Presented by: Gardenia Collective and the Southern Gulf Islands Arts Council
Format: Free to wander and self-guided. Use the map below or if you prefer paper, pick up your map at one of the on island merchants.

Every piece you take home carries a little of the island with it, and the story of the hands that made it.

Hand drums by The Healing Place Foundation, elk hide stretched over cedar frames, built by David Fierro and painted by Susheela Kundargi.

Art, Craft & Food Made With Love

This year’s tour shows the full range of what gets made on Mayne. You’ll find acrylic, oil and watercolour paintings, kiln-cast architectural glass, and sterling silver jewellery shaped by ocean textures. There are functional ceramics and water-saving garden ollas, driftwood sculptures, crochet critters, laser-engraved signs, and hand-painted elk-hide drums. Several studios are also hosting guest artists, so one stop can mean meeting three or four makers.

Bring an appetite as well. Along the route you’ll find small-batch jams and marmalades, farm preserves, baking, and plant-based personal care made in small batches. The Montrose Local serves international comfort food alongside rotating local art exhibitions, and Shavasana Art Gallery Cafe is a good place to warm up with a coffee between stops.

With the holidays a few weeks away, it’s also an easy way to shop for calendars, Christmas cards and ornaments, prints and stocking stuffers, with your money going directly to our island makers.

Plan Your Weekend

Tips for Touring the Studios

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A little planning helps you get the most out of the weekend:

Bring cash. Not every location can take electronic payment, and cell signal is patchy in parts of the island. The organizers recommend carrying some cash.

Plan by neighbourhood. Stops cluster in a few areas: Mariners Way near Village Bay (1–4), Miners Bay and Mill Road (8–10), and the Bennett Bay area (17–22). Grouping nearby stops saves driving time.

Check special hours. A few stops keep their own schedule. For example, Minty Drive Studio (stop 9) is open Saturday evening 6–9 pm, Sunday 11 am–5 pm and Monday noon–3 pm. Check the map listings before you go.

Follow parking notes. Many studios are at private homes on narrow roads. Some stops include instructions, like parking in the lane at Carroway Crochet & Art (stop 18). Pull fully off the road and keep driveways clear.

Start early. One-of-a-kind pieces don’t restock, so the best finds often go on Saturday morning.

Dress for November. Some stops include garden paths or outdoor studios, so bring layers and good shoes.

Coming from off-island? Check BC Ferries sailings ahead of time, and give yourself extra time on the Sunday afternoon return.

All 22 stops, plus a day planner. Download Planner

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Prefer paper? Download the planner above, or grab a printed map from merchants around Mayne Island.

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Stop10

Craft

Anthony Jamieson Design Studio

Step inside a working glass studio. Bill Jamieson, AJ Kutchaw and Andrew Ferneyhough design and make custom kiln cast architectural glass panels, sculptural pieces that turn light itself into a building material. Visitors tour the studio where the panels are made, a rare chance to see the kilns, moulds and process behind work usually only seen finished and installed.

Stop18

Craft

Carroway Crochet & Art

Pam Carr's crochet and artwork are displayed inside her lovely cob house, a home built from earth, sand and straw that is worth the visit on its own. Expect crochet gloves and hats, soft stuffed critters and knit hats, with small and large artworks too. Park in the lane and stroll down to the house for one of the tour's most charming settings.

Stop1

Art

Dell Maxwell

A stone path leads past the garage to Dell Maxwell's studio, where acrylic paint does the talking. Dell works at both ends of the scale: small originals that tuck into a bookshelf or bedside nook, and large canvases with the presence to anchor a whole room. Wander the studio, see the work where it was made, and if an original isn't in the cards this year, take home a print or a handful of cards that carry the same colour and energy.

Stop3

Gallery

Donna Dubock Gallery & Roadside Stand

Donna Dubock paints in abstract mixed media with touches of realism, drawing on the many landscapes she has called home and the wildlife and coastline she meets while sailing the Gulf Islands. Her shoreline studio in Village Bay, known as "The Villa," opens its gallery and roadside stand for the tour, with original paintings alongside prints, tote bags, notebooks and greeting cards that bring her bold, layered island scenes into everyday life.

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Stop5

Art

Elisabeth Jahren

At Fairview Farm on Bell Bay Road, Elisabeth Whitelaw shares her original watercolour paintings along with her “local wild things” posters. You’ll also find postcards and Christmas cards, as well as home baking. It’s a stop that captures the island’s creative spirit, part studio, part farm kitchen, all heart.

Stop11

Gallery

EnVision Gallery & Gifts

EnVision is Mayne Island's showcase for exceptional creations in glass, ceramic, wood, metal, paint and silk. The gallery features work by more than 70 artists and artisans from in and around the Southern Gulf Islands, from fine art and jewelry to décor and island mementos, in an ever-changing collection. It's an easy place to see the breadth of island making in one visit, and to find a gift with a story behind it.

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Stop16

Art

Fairview Farm

At Fairview Farm on Bell Bay Road, Elisabeth Whitelaw shares her original watercolour paintings along with her "local wild things" posters. You'll also find postcards and Christmas cards, home baking, and her rhubarb gin. It's a stop that captures the island's creative spirit, part studio, part farm kitchen, all heart.

Stop20

Art

Gardenia

Gardenia is home to local horticulturist and photographer Lorie J Brown, who bridges botanical beauty and fine art. Her island photography is available as 2027 calendars, in Mayne Island images or tree frogs, and as Christmas cards, canvases, metal prints, coasters and mouse pads. Hand-painted Christmas ornaments, stocking stuffers, unique glass art and mosaic works make this a favourite stop for holiday shopping.

Stop21

Art

Happy Accident Art

Lucie Walker's retro-inspired acrylic and oil paintings are joyful, nostalgic and full of personality. Her originals are joined by prints, cards, magnets and journals, plus Women & Whimsy, a line of adult colouring books created from her own artwork, so you can add your own colours to Lucie's world.

Stop19

Craft

Lou's Creations

Lou LaRock's studio is where modern technology meets local craftsmanship. Using 3D printing, precision laser cutting and CNC router woodworking, Lou brings digital designs to life as custom wood signs, address signs, garden signs and intricate laser-engraved pieces. It's a fascinating look at how new tools are becoming part of the island's maker tradition.

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Stop17

Craft

Mayne Island Clay Works

Ceramic artists Kim Korol and Kristine Webber share a studio and gallery rooted in material exploration, environmental awareness and craftsmanship. Their work spans functional ware, sculptural vessels and handmade architectural tile, as well as water-saving clay ollas: unglazed pots buried in the garden that slowly release water to plant roots. For the tour weekend, they're joined by three guest artists, making this one of the busiest creative stops on the map.

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Stop22

Gallery

Mayne Island Resort

Near Bennett Bay, Mayne Island Resort turns its lobby and events room into a pop-up gallery for the tour weekend. You'll find a wonderful collection of work by 17 local artists all under one roof, and several of the artists will host tables of smaller pieces and gift items. It's a great place to start or end your tour, and to discover artists who don't have their own studio stop.

Stop9

Art

Minty Drive Studio

Oil painter Glenn Payan opens his studio with new and former paintings, along with art-related merchandise. Glenn studied for two years under Polish master Agata Teodorowicz, and he was a passionate mountaineer and rock climber before painting took centre stage. His colourful, sometimes moody canvases capture mountains, west coast villages and roads winding along coastal waterways, scenes that feel full of memory. His work is also represented by galleries in Alberta.

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Stop12

Art

Ravenvale Farm

Ravenvale Farm on Glen Echo Road becomes a creative hub for the tour weekend. Host Jody Waldie shares original oil and acrylic paintings alongside a wonderfully varied mix of handmade goods: darling dragon stuffed toys, Christmas ornaments, dog toys and treats, farm preserves and much more. Two guest painters join her for the weekend, making this one of the tour's fullest stops for art lovers.

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Stop15

Craft

Sea & Cedar Craftworks

Up on Bayview Drive at the island's north end, Sally Craig's Sea & Cedar Craftworks brings together a little of everything she makes: jewelry, handmade soaps, jellies and abstract art. It's a stop for collectors of small treasures and for anyone who loves a studio where craft, kitchen and canvas share the same table.

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Craft

Seaglass Beach Jewelry & Gifts

Krista Barrett makes art from what the tide leaves behind. Driftwood, seashells, stones and frosted seaglass gathered from local beaches are transformed into jewelry, ceramics, woven goods, art décor and greeting cards. Every piece begins with a walk along the shoreline, which means no two are ever alike, and each one carries a small, wave-worn piece of the island with it.

Stop8

Cafe

Shavasana Art Gallery Cafe

A funky little gallery, studio and coffee shop in Miners Bay, Shavasana is one of the island's cultural hubs. George Bathgate uses the space for his own ceramic mask work, as well as occasional painting, podcasting and writing, and the walls are filled with local arts and crafts. Settle in with a coffee, one of more than twenty teas, and a homemade cookie or pastry, and take a well-earned break between stops.

Stop13

Food

The Briary

Brenda Webster and Sam Israel turn island fruit into something worth stopping for. The Briary's artisanal jams, jellies and marmalades are made in small batches right here on Mayne, from seasonal fruit preserves to savoury spreads. A local favourite: the Red Pepper Jelly. Visit their farmstand on Horton Bay Road during the tour, or find them at the Mayne Island Saturday Farmers' Market the rest of the season.

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Stop4

Craft

The Healing Place Foundation-Tsi Tesakotitsèn:tha

At The Healing Place Foundation, Susheela Kundargi and David Fierro create handmade work rooted in ethically harvested natural materials. Their painted drums are made from elk hide stretched over cedar, and their salves are rendered from fallow deer tallow. Original artwork, t-shirts and traditional handcrafted pieces round out a stop that honours the land as much as the craft, and invites a slower, more reflective kind of visit.

Stop6

Art

The Yellow Door

Behind The Yellow Door is a community maker space devoted to collage, messy art, voice, music, poetry and every other kind of expressive art. Their guiding motto, "Art for connection's sake," sets the tone: this is a place where making together matters more than making perfectly. Step inside, get a feel for the space, and discover a new way to be creative here on Mayne.

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Art

Vivian Fan

Painter and illustrator Vivian Fan explores the deep resonance between nature and human beings. Working in mixed media, she moves between landscapes of Mayne Island and organic human forms, weaving narrative together with abstract expression. The result is work that feels both rooted in place and quietly dreamlike, where the island's hills and shorelines echo the curves and rhythms of the body.

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Craft

Waters Edge Silver

Jess Phillips captures the textures of the Salish Sea in sterling silver and bronze. Inspired by beachcombing, her rings, earrings, necklaces and bracelets often hold seaglass, beach stones, fossils and gemstones. She works in a range of techniques, including sand casting, lost wax casting, metal clay and fabrication, so the shoreline's ripples, barnacles and tide-worn edges are translated directly into metal.