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RB Studio & Gallery is an art centre, gallery, and teaching studio at 1624 Hanwell Road, run by Renata Britiz, a textile artist originally from Brazil who is now based in Fredericton and teaches at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. The gallery side carries a curated selection of fine craft and handmade goods by Maritime artists and artisans, representing more than 40 makers, with handmade pottery, textiles, and jewelry the mainstays. If you want a gift that was actually made in this region by an identifiable artist, this is that kind of shop. The studio side offers creative workshops open to the Fredericton community, along with private art classes for children and teens on flexible schedules tailored to the student's interests. Britiz's own specialty is traditional printing methods and natural dyes, and the property reflects it: RB Studio is home to Fredericton's first educational dye garden, where dye plants are grown on site and visitors can learn which flowers produce which colours and how natural dyeing works. That garden makes it one of the more unusual creative spaces in the area, part gallery, part classroom, part growing experiment. The location is on Hanwell Road toward the southwest edge of the city, so it is a short drive rather than a downtown stroll. Tip: the space operates by appointment, so call or email before making the trip, and ask about the dye garden if you visit in the growing season.

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