Port Hood Beach
Region: Canada’s Musical Coast
Community: Port Hood
Port Hood Beach is a sandy and well protected beach that overlooks Port Hood Island and a rock breakwater. The water is calm and very shallo...
Ann Schroeder Studio – Fine Art Quilts
Overview
A spectacular ocean view and a warm welcome await you at Ann Schroeder’s home studio.
Ann’s fine art quilts, mixed media paintings and collages often evoke the landscapes, weather and music of Cape Breton Island. Others are playful abstract compositions.
This year visits are by appointment only; please email or call to arrange. This is a home studio and visitors will need to follow current COVID-19 guidelines.
Nearby attractions include the Red Shoe Pub, Mabou Farmers Market, Cape Mabou hiking trails and beautiful West Mabou Beach.
About the Artist
Ann’s artwork has been shown at Quilt National in Athens, Ohio; the Mary Black Gallery in Halifax and the Inverness County Centre for the Arts. It has been published in Fibrearts Design Book Six and Art Quilts : A Celebration.
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