Explore Lavender

Explore Lavender
August Artisans of the Month: Brian & Penny Ross

Learn about the many uses of lavender
Saturday August 10, 2019, 1-3 pm

Artisans of the Month Brian and Penny Ross will be featured at the Barn Swallow Gallery on Saturday, August 10 from 1-3pm. They are owners of Tantivy Lavender Farm in Northern Rockbridge County, Virginia. They grow 1000 lavender plants of numerous varieties on the farm, which they sell and use to make a wide range of products.

Visitors to the Barn will explore the many uses of lavender, including a discussion of culinary uses of lavender, lavender lemonade sampling, recipe cards, and lavender wreath making ($3 materials for those wanting to make a wreath to take). The event will wrap up with a discussion of planting and harvesting lavender. A wide variety of Tantivy products will also be available for sale.

You can find out more about this and other Barn Swallow events on our website: http://www.thebarnswallow.com/events

You can find out more information about Second Saturday Crozet on the Downtown Crozet Initiative website: https://www.downtowncrozetinitiative.com/crozet-second-saturdays

For the Love of Bees

For the Love of Bees
July Artisan of the Month: Nicole Balenger

Learn about bees, honey and beekeeping
Saturday July 13, 2019, 1-3 pm

Saturday July 13 is Second Saturday Crozet! The Barn Swallow will feature expert beekeeper Nicole Balenger of Thorny Bottom Bees.  She will share her knowledge and expertise, including innovations, such as her "bee sheds" that protect hives from bears and weather.

Nicole will speak from 1-3pm on July 13 at the Barn Swallow Artisan Gallery.

You can find out more about this and other Barn Swallow events on our website: http://www.thebarnswallow.com/events

You can find out more information about Second Saturday Crozet on the Downtown Crozet Initiative website: https://www.downtowncrozetinitiative.com/crozet-second-saturdays

- Janice Arone and Mary Ann Burk

Elizabeth b. Design Pop Up Jewelry Show

Elizabeth b. Design Pop Up Jewelry Show

Saturday June 22, 2019, 1-5 pm

Jeweler "Elizabeth B" pops into the Barn Swallow Gallery for an exhibition of her latest line of personal adornment.  Come see her new stacking bracelets, stargazer earrings, and more!  This Saturday June 22 from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.  See you at the Barn!

Meet the Maker: Encaustic Painter Giselle Gautreau

Meet the Maker: Art Demonstration by Giselle Gautreau

Second Saturday Crozet Art Demonstration
Saturday June 8, 2019, 2-4 pm

Meet our June Artisan of the Month: Encaustic painter Giselle Gautreau. Giselle will be at the Barn Saturday, June 8 from 2-4pm to demonstrate encaustic painting technique.  Giselle’s paintings have a transient, dreamlike quality to them, like snapshots capturing an elusive moment in time. 

Encaustic painting is an ancient technique from Greece, coming from the Greek word meaning “to heat or burn in” (enkaustikos). Heat is used throughout the process, from melting the beeswax and damar resin to fusing the layers of wax.

The demonstration is a part of Second Saturday Crozet, an event organized by several Crozet-area art venues, including the Barn Swallow. Join us each month for art events that explore, teach, demonstrate, introduce, inspire, and celebrate the wonder of art and the bounty of talented artists in our area.

You can find out more information about Second Saturday Crozet on the Downtown Crozet Initiative website: https://www.downtowncrozetinitiative.com/crozet-second-saturdays