Art Treasures of Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is home to many gifted artisans and craftspeople. During the Art Treasures of Prince Edward Island tour, you will have a chance to visit many local studios showcasing the wide variety of exclusive and unique handicrafts and art. The following is a brief description of a few such places:
- Sandscript features unique sand treasures handcrafted with class by artisans Nicole, Albert and Claude.
- At Gaudreau Fine Woodworking in Rustico, you can marvel at the unique designer woodenware made by the studio`s award-winning artisans, Diane and Jacques Gaudreau.
- New London Village Pottery is PEI`s longest running pottery shop. Here you can watch pottery being made, browse through a large selection of handmade crafts and artwork, or stroll through the perennial gardens on site.
- Also located in New London is Gallery 18, owned by Aubrey Bell and Patricia Bennett. The gallery offers a surprising selection of authentic antique maps and prints, fine art, old and collectible books, original vintage posters, and small antiques. Much of their inventory is related to Canada, especially Prince Edward Island. They also carry original works by noted Island and Canadian artist Robert Harris (1849-1919), and offer a wide selection of original works by PEI artists Charles & Eileen Bentley. Additionally, they carry a significant selection of first edition titles by British author Graham Greene, including many signed copies. Gallery 18 is also home to an impressive selection of original prints from 19th century illustrated newspapers, including Canadian Illustrated News, Illustrated London News, The Graphic, and Harper's Weekly.
- Anne Gallant is an acrylic painter who lives in Summerside. The natural beauty of Prince Edward Island is her greatest inspiration, the colours, the shoreline, the lighthouses and old barns. You can find Anne's work at the Mermaid Gallery in Charlottetown and Spinnakers Landing in Summerside where a gallery will be opened to feature her work.
- Studios in Stanley Bridge offer pottery, jewelry, linens, quilts, antiques, iron works, and prints of local art aspired by the earth, sea and sky with amazing views.
- Perhaps visit The Dunes Studio Gallery and Cafe on Route 15, Brackley Beach featuring the pottery of Peter Janson. Peter's pottery career began at age 13 in his mother Velgas studio in Toronto. After majoring in ceramics at Sheridan School of Design, he taught pottery at Western Tech and in 1978 opened Janson's Pottery in the old Brackley Point schoolhouse. In 1983 with his father Harry's assistance, Peter designed and built The Dunes, a studio and gallery featuring fine Canadian crafts. Ten years later he added the restaurant, new studio and a large upper gallery with a reflecting pool garden and fourth floor lookout. You may visit Peter and his associate potter of 20 years, Joel Mills, as they produce the award-winning Dunes pottery. Peter draws inspiration from the surrounding gardens, beautiful beaches, bays and landscape of PEI and the global design village. His passion for travel has brought to The Dunes a stream of art, fine furniture, jewellery, housewares and artifacts from Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Nepal.
- Also located in Brackley beach is Howes Hall Gallery. Howes Hall Gallery offers original fine art and hand hooked rugs by The Group on Brackley Bay composed of artisans Betty Jenkins, Mary Ploughman Jones, Margaret Muzika, Linda Shaw Packard, and Mary Roscoe Murphy Robertson.
As with all of our excursions, your itinerary will be uniquely yours. We will visit the places that you want to visit and spend as much or as little time as you determine - it is your day in Prince Edward Island. So please tell us what you wish to see and do and we'll strive to meet your requirements.
This Private Pre-BookeD tour is fully narrated by your guide and will take an estimated 5 to 6 hours (+/-) to complete.
