Tickets On Sale Now - 20th Anniversary Mother's Day Weekend Art, Garden & Studio Tour

Come join us and bring your mom (or your friends) to explore this year's amazing collection of distinctive North County gardens that are chock full of exciting art pieces on display and for purchase

This year's eight unique gardens are easily accessible in a day and feature the artwork of San Dieguito Art Guild's multi-talented artists who will have their artwork on display and for sale. Please note:some locations may not be disabled-friendly. Please, no pets.

All art pieces, priced directly from the artists, include paintings, original drawings, photographs, and distinctive jewelry, garden decor, sculptures, and unique glass, metal and gourd art.


Tickets are $20 per person and cover admission for both Saturday and Sunday and include a souvenir booklet and map with driving directions to each location. Ticket holders can feel free to re-visit a favorite home or split their visits over the weekend. Children 17 and under are free when accompanied by an adult.

Tickets available online at: TICKETS or in person at the Off Track Gallery, 937 South Coast Highway 101, Suite C103, Encinitas, CA (in the Lumberyard Shopping Center behind St. Tropez Bakery). 760-942-3636

This Year's Featured Artists: Diann Abadie, Cindy Alcoset, Gayle Baker, Jackie Bissell, Charlene Bonney, Julie Bubar, Donna Butnik, Ida Candelaria, Kathy Chin, Carolyn Cretella, Lynn Ely, Peter Fay, Karen Fidel, Julie Fitch, Joan Grine, Joanne Heaviland, Bobbi Hirschkoff, Virginia Holt, Gary Koop, Carol Korfin, Lauren LeVieux, Elizabeth Levine, Kevin McGinnis, Linda Melvin, Karla Nederlof, Mary Anne Nilsson, Tom Nordstrom, Terry Oshrin, Elizabeth Pourat, Paul Richter, Phyllis Rothbart, Heidi Rufeh, Judy Salinsky, Susan Schulte, Wendy Gauntlet Shaw, Sarwat Suleiman, Jill Treadwell Svendsen, Grace Swanson, T.E.R.i, Carolina Van Leeuwen, Patricia Watkins, Toni Williams, Marla Zanelli, Christina Zeller

The Mother's Day Weekend Art, Garden & Studio Tour is an annual fundraiser that helps support Off Track Gallery operations and art education. The San Dieguito Art Guild, established in 1965, is a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 organization that offers continuing art education to its members and the community at large. The Guild also operates the Off Track Gallery in Encinitas, CA as a place for its members to showcase and sell their art.

Classes Now Available - Landscape and Figurative Painting taught by Toni Williams

Join Toni Williams on her journey as she continues to interpret the world around us with oil, brushes and canvas.  

Toni is one of those artists whose earliest memories revolved around the love, passion, and creation of art. Life swirled around as it does for all of us and time marched on. The one constant for her has been creating art. As with all artists a time comes in life when the pursuit of the creative process becomes all encompassing. So join Toni and share her passion.

Class Details: (2) two eight  (8) hour sessions, Wednesday and Thursday, June 18 and 19, 2014.  The workshop is 9am to 12 noon, one hour break for lunch, then 1pm to 4pm. 10 student maximum.  $100 for 2-day class.  

Contact: Kate O’Brien at: zelda1970@cox.net to reserve space and send payment.

Location:  San Diego Botanic Garden, Lawn House,  230 Quail Gardens Dr, Encinitas, CA 92024.

For further information, please contact Kate at zelda1970@cox.net or Toni at stonig@netzero.net

Spring Time Art Classes with Artist, Char Cee- Register Now

Learn to create impressionist watercolor paintings.

Plein Air Watercolor Classes - During four (3) hour sessions, you will learn how to create impressionist watercolor paintings that are loose and colorful.  This fun, comprehensive class nurtures success and new ideas and includes drawing instructions. You will be making several quick color and shape paintings then proceed to a larger format and explore color combinations that are beyond your imagination.

Classes held at Alta Vista Gardens, Vista, CA., Fridays, April 18, 25, May 2, 9 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm.  Please bring your own basic watercolor supplies.  Questions?  Contact Kate O’Brien at zelda1970@cox.net  to reserve your space and pay for classes.   Fee is $100.