sat, JULY 6

WATERFRONT ART FAIR

Village Square
​Saugatuck, MI

SAT & SUN, oct 15 & 16

ARTS AND EATS

Home Studio Open House
Fennville, MI

SATURDAY, december 3

HOLIDAY MARKET

Saugatuck Center for the Arts
Saugatuck, MI

SAT, SEPT 14

LAKESHORE HARVEST RIDE
​Fennville, MI

Thurs-sat, july 19-22

ANN ARBOR ART FESTIVAL

U of M Campus
​Ann Arbor, MI

BRIAN J. NEWTON 

brian's bio

SAT & SUN, oct 5-6

BLUE COAST FALL TOUR

Home Studio
Fennville, MI

2024 ART show schedule

FINE Wood TURNING

FRI-sun, aug 9-11

CRAFT ALLIANCE ART FAIR

Chautauqua Institute
​Chautauqua, NY

FRIDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 18

WINTER'S EVE

Saugatuck Center for the Arts
​Saugatuck, MI

FRI-SUN, september 6-8

ARTS & APPLES

Rochester Municipal Park
Rochester, MI

SAT & SUN, OCT 19-20

ARTS & EATS

Home Studio 
​Fennville, MI

SAT, JULY 27

VILLAGE SQUARE ART FAIR

Village Square
Saugatuck, MI

 ROYCROFT MASTER ARTISAN

FRI-SAT, JUNE 7-8

ARTS FAIR 2024

Bronson Park
​Kalamazoo, MI

SAt-SUN, june 1-2

VILLAGE ART FAIR

Village at Winona
Winona Lake, IN

SAT-sun, june 29-30

LAKESHORE ART FEST

Hackley Park
Muskegon, MI

sat-SUN, july 13-14

KRASL ART FAIR 
Downtown On The Bluff
St. Joesph, MI


Friday night, november 4

WINTER'S EVE

Saugatuck Center for the Arts
Saugatuck, MI
I am a wood-turner living and working in southwest Michigan with my wife and our dogs. I am entirely self-taught and have been honing my turning skills for the past twelve years. I've been honored to receive a number of awards at various art shows and exhibitions in both New York and Michigan. In the spring of 2014,  I was accepted as a member of the historic Roycroft Artisans at Large group, based in East Aurora, NY. I am proud to be a part of this historic artist guild and was incredibly honored when I was elevated to the rank of Master Roycroft Artisan in 2019.

In 2019 I also  became a member of the Blue Coast Artists Group in southwest Michigan. This talented group of artists host a Fall Art Tour during the first weekend of October each year. It's an interesting, engaging and fun event allowing our customers to visit each artist in their working studios - to see first-hand how we create our work and be able to interact as you see exactly how we bring our work to life. I hope you'll come out to the shop to see what's new each October. Details and a tour map can be found on my Contact page.

As I've pushed my turning skills to new levels, I've found that I have a true passion for uncovering the hidden beauty that is locked away inside each piece that I mount on my lathe. I love the experience of watching each piece evolve with every pass of my chisel - every cut, revealing more of the character and warmth from within. I consider it my privilege to take a tired old piece of cut wood, and re-purpose it into something new and beautiful - whether it's a decorative art piece or a functional household item.

I hope you enjoy my work as much as I enjoy the process of bringing each of the pieces to life.