About Us:

Ever wonder how artists find their creative muse? Ashland Open Studio Tour is a new event sponsored by the Ashland Gallery Association to visit the very places where art happens.  Artist’s studios are always one of kind.  Each artist studio has its own peculiarities in set up and working methods depending on medium and the artist’s needs. Each creative person needs a room of their own to think, work, organize, and dream.  While these places where art is made are as individual as the artist, what they all have in common is the energy of creation. This is the forum where an artist is allowed to freely experiment, develop ideas, and fail or succeed.

Ashland St Clair Productions, founded by Ariella St. Clair in 1995, is dedicated to bringing quality music and entertainment to the Rogue Valley. Our specialty is singer/songwriters in the folk genre and traditional and ethnic music from the US and around the world. Some seasons we also throw in a one-person theater piece or comedian into the mix, thus the name "Eclectic Music and More".

In April, 2000, St. Clair Productions became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit under the group exemption of the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance. A group exemption allows a large organization to over-see smaller organizations that have similar missions. Each of the smaller organizations remain independent entities and are considered 501(c)(3) non-profits with their own EINs. Thus, St. Clair Productions can accept donations directly and all donations are tax-deductible. Our EIN is 93-1309156. The Folk Alliance Group Exemption Number is GEN 8047.

Our concert season runs September through May. Most concerts are held at the Unitarian Fellowship, 87 4th Street, Ashland, and begin at 8 p.m. We also sometimes use Havurah Shir Hadash or the Historic Ashland Armory. Capacity of the Fellowship is 250. We present one to two concerts a month, usually on Friday or Saturday. Past performers include: Jai Uttal, Andy Statman Trio, Rosalie Sorrels, Kitka, Harry Manx, Patrick Ball, Golden Bough, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, Bill Staines, Rajeev Taranath, Kate MacKenzie, Robin and Linda Williams, Radim Zenkl, Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen, Battlefield Band, Susan McKeown and the Chanting House, On Ensemble, Klezmatics, Christine Lavin, Lucy Kaplansky, and many, many more. See our Past Shows page for a complete list.

From 2001-2010, we produced the Rogue Valley Blues Festival during Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend in January. However, until the economy improves, we have decided to discontinue producing the festival and concentrate on our concert series.