Six local artists welcomed a steady stream of visitors Saturday during the annual Moostletoe Artists' Spotlight, which is now in the second year of a new streamlined format at artisaNGrounds Studio. The event, running from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 262 Athabasca Street East, featured artists demonstrating their craft while showcasing handmade pottery, paintings, jewelry, and other creations for the holiday shopping season. It was November 1st, but the weather reached nearly 20 degrees downtown as Moostletoe progressed. Norma Gieni-Dunbar, whose daughter Nissa Gieni-Wareham owns artisaNGrounds, served as greeter for the day's festivities. "It's pretty cool to see, and the fact that she opens her space to five other artists to showcase their work is quite wonderful," Gieni-Dunbar said. "We've really got a lot of talent in this room." Gieni-Dunbar reported consistent foot traffic throughout the morning hours. "It's been a steady stream of people since 10 A.m.," she said while offering cinnamon tea and cookies to visitors and distributing raffle tickets. Among the attendees were Donna and her daughter Sydney, who stopped in to browse the seasonal offerings and learn more about the local art scene. "It's beautiful," Donna said. "We just popped in to see what was out for the season and look at this beautiful work of the artisans." The pair purchased clay pieces and a coaster during their visit before continuing their day's shopping. For watercolour painter Patti Lewis, the event marked her first participation in Moostletoe after years of attending other sales with Gieni-Wareham. "Nissa and I have been at several sales together and we've been talking," Lewis explained. "So, I was interested in joining in and seeing what it's about." Lewis, who specializes primarily in landscape work, prepared a miniature painting workshop for later in the day, teaching participants to create four-inch watercolour pieces. "That's my main theme. That's usually what catches my eye," Lewis said of her landscape focus, though she noted she produces other work as well. The artist said she enjoyed meeting her fellow participants for the first time. "I had never met any of them other than Nissa before, so it's kind of cool to interact a little bit and see what everyone's doing and all the different talents that there are," Lewis said. "It's always interesting to me to see what everybody creates and what's in their imagination." Jude Radwanski, who creates jewelry under her brand Firefly Art Jewellery, led an afternoon workshop teaching adults and children to make miniature Christmas wreaths from polymer clay. "I just finished a little activity where some adults and children made little Christmas wreaths out of polymer clay," Radwanski said. "They learned how to roll it and how to condition it. And they made a little wreath and right now they're curing. And when they're hard they can take them home and maybe hang them on their tree as a Christmas decoration." The centralized format represents an evolution from previous years when Moostletoe operated as a city-wide studio tour. Organizers consolidated the event to just two venues last year — artisaNGrounds and the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery — after several participating artists no longer operated from fixed studio locations. The artists in this year's spotlight included painter and ceramics artist Nissa Gieni-Wareham, candlemaker Mariia Ablitsova, Tanya MacKay and her hyperrealistic drawings, and basketweaver Beth Crabb, as well as Lewis and Radwanski. The Moostletoe Artists' Spotlight is scheduled to return in 2026.