Missi Carini has been an artist for her entire life.

“I’ve pretty much been producing work for the past 35 years,” the Bowling Green woman said. “I teach at Warren East Middle School. This is my 19th year (as an art teacher there).”

Carini also does artwork such as fused glass, printmaking and jewelry outside of school. She will show her work at the World’s Greatest Studio Tour and Art Sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday in various places in Bowling Green and Warren County. For a complete map of the 15 locations with nearly 30 artists, visit worldsgreateststudiotour.com/map. Maps will also be available at each of the locations.

Fused glass is a newer phenomenon for Carini, who works with fellow artist Kim Soule to make up Two Local Girls.

“Probably four or five years ago at a Kentucky Art Education conference we had the opportunity to be part of a workshop. I’ve always been fascinated with glass, but I was fascinated how with the right tools I could manipulate the glass,” Carini said. “I got a great little kiln. It was something I could do with my students. I bought a second kiln a couple of years later.”

Carini decided to be on the tour for the first time and is excited about it.

“I’m looking forward to it all,” she said. “I’m excited that I’m at that point where I can do this.”

Carini will be at 248 Timberhill Ave.

Rhonda Smith will have paintings, oil paintings and prints on the tour. The Warren County woman said she started taking lessons in 1999.

“I had always been interested in art, but I majored in business,” she said. “At some point in time I felt like I needed a release. I needed something to use the other part of my brain.”

She studied with some nationally known artists such as Michael Shane Neal and local artists such as Angela Kuprion. She also studied with the late Evelyn Law of Scottsville.

“I took a six-week art lesson from her when my son was 8,” she said. “It was really fun.”

Smith retired from Camping World’s corporate headquarters three years ago and has done other things like master gardening.

“This has allowed me to concentrate more on my art,” she said.

For the tour she will have paintings that describe Americana. She will do similar paintings for a show she is participating in at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center. She also likes to paint dancers and images from Bowling Green. She will have about 25 pieces of artwork, prints, note cards, ornaments made in Kentucky from one of her paintings and easel forks with mini paintings.

“I like to interact with the people who are interested in art,” she said. “You can tell they really enjoy sharing in your arts.”

Smith will be at 210 Carter Lane.

Marilee Salvator, who does printmaking and some installation-type work, has been a professional artist for 20 years.

“As a kid I would spend a lot of time by myself drawing, doodling and creating worlds that were more interesting than the world I was in,” the Bowling Green woman said. “I went to school for art and had so many wonderful teachers who got me interested in printmaking. That’s when I got excited about making art.”

Salvator is a printmaking professor at Western Kentucky University. She also teaches two-dimensional design.

“My work is influenced by biology and cellular growth and basic plants,” she said.

This is Salvator’s first time on the tour.

“I think it’s a good opportunity to get to learn more (about) people in the community. It would be nice to share my work with others I haven’t met,” she said. “It’s a good way to promote the university and promote printmaking. A lot of people aren’t familiar with printmaking.”

Salvator will be at 1436 Nutwood St.

Cheree Federico has been a fine art photographer for 10 years, professionally for about five. She also does portraits of people and pets.

“I do what you might decorate your walls with. I do a lot of individual sales,” the Bowling Green woman said. “Graves-Gilbert Clinic on Nashville Road purchased 49 pieces of mine to hang there. It’s always interesting to see what people think.”

Federico has always had in interest in photography.

“I notice things people don’t notice, things I like to get a closer look at,” she said.

This is Federico’s second year on the tour. She got involved in ArtWorks, a visual arts coalition, and has been entering a lot of area exhibits.

“I wanted another way to connect with local artists,” she said. “I wanted to get the word out about my own art in the process.”

Federico will be at 1148 College St.

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