This festival always draws a huge crowd. On Saturday April 25th you can walk through beautiful Savannah to pick out your favorite sidewalk arts piece. The Savannah Sidewalk Arts festival is a arts competetion; first, second and third prize are awarded in a few different categories to the most impressive chalk masterpieces. The event takes place between Whitaker and Drayton Streets and admission is free. So bring your gang to the streets for a extraordinary art showing.
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37th Annual Flowertown Festival – Summerville, SC
This is one of the most popular yearly spring festivals in South Carolina, and it’s definitely one of the biggest events in Summerville. The Flowertown Festival offers a little bit for everyone, from arts and crafts to great food and fun rides for the kids.
Arts and Crafts
Over 200 artisans from across the country come to the Flowertown Festival to show their skills and sell their art. You’ll find a wide variety of arts and crafts from painting, pottery, glassworking, to woodworking, needlework and much, much more!
2009 Taste of Summerville
You definitely can’t miss this area. Here you can taste some of the best food the Lowcountry has to offer!
Some of the area’s finest restaurants participate in the event. Food in this section of the Festival is purchased with FOOD TICKETS which are available for $1 each.
Children’s Jubilee
This is the kids special area. The Children’s Jubilee is located on S. Main Street. Here you’ll find rides, games, treats and special arts and crafts projects to entertain the young ones.
Click here for more details about the Flowertown Festival in Summerville, South Carolina.
SCAD Hosts Annual Sidewalk Arts and Sand Arts Festivals, Savannah, GA
SAVANNAH Ga. – The Savannah College of Art and Design presents two popular annual arts festivals—the Sidewalk Arts Festival in Forsyth Park and the Sand Arts Festival on Tybee Island, Ga.
On Saturday, April 25, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., the Sidewalk Arts Festival will draw thousands of visitors to view temporary chalk masterpieces created on the sidewalks of the historic Forsyth Park, Savannah, Ga. First, second and third place monetary prizes are awarded in three categories: students, alumni and prospective students. Sidewalk Arts Festival participants represent SCAD’s many areas of study; different artistic styles are inspired by different cultures, interests and disciplines.
This year marks the university’s 30th anniversary, and to celebrate that milestone the Sidewalk Arts Festival will include the outdoor exhibition “30 Objects,†for which students and alumni submitted proposals for temporary interactive performance and/or sculptural exhibitions. All entries must incorporate 30 objects of the artist’s choosing and fit on a 48†round platform. Selected proposals receive a $2,000 prize and will be exhibited during the Sidewalk Art Festival.
On Friday, May 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., the Sand Arts Festival will feature competitions in sand castle design, sand sculpture, sand relief and wind sculpture on Tybee Island, Ga. Contestants may work individually or in teams. Entries in the sand castle, sand sculpture and sand relief competitions are judged for creativity of concept and design, as well as excellence of craft and detail. Entries in the wind sculpture competition are evaluated according to structural development, surface decoration and ability to fly. SCAD faculty members judge all competitions.
Both events are free and open to the public. Press inquiries should be directed to Emily Belford at 912.525.5210 or ebelford@scad.edu.
Alyssa Couturier (B.F.A., fashion, 2008) and senior painting student Jesse Herndon won first place in the Gray’s Reef Sea Creature Contest with their “Octopus†creation.
Image courtesy of SCAD
Arts & Craft Show at MOSH in Jacksonville
Don’t miss MOSH’s First Annual Arts & Crafts Show! Local vendors will set up booths where they will sell hand-crafted, artistic creations and art. For example ceramics, stationary and cards, floral arrangements, glassware, and jewelry. The Museum will also have representatives from the Pampered Chef, Arbonne International, Premier Jewelry and Tupperware. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and is included with Museum admission and the “Breakfast with Santa†event cost.
MOSH Arts & Crafts Show on December 6h from 10 am – 4 pm. Visit the Museum of Science and History for more information.
Fall Arts and Crafts Festival Comes to St Augustine, Fl
FALL ART AND CRAFT FESTIVAL COMING TO ST. AUGUSTINE
52nd Annual Event!
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Nov. 20) – The 52nd and largest edition of one of the Southeast’s favorite art and craft extravaganzas returns to St. Augustine on Thanksgiving Weekend, November 29-30. The Fall Art and Craft Festival will feature 160 of the finest regional artists, including jewelers, glass blowers, sculptors, woodworkers, gourd artists, potters, painters, photographers, textile batik artists and more, as well as jazz musicians and food vendors.
This juried festival is sponsored by the St. Augustine Art Association and serves as the primary fund raiser for this non-profit organization formed in 1924. Held at Francis Field, the festival takes place on both Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Admission is only $1 and plenty of parking will be available at the adjacent Historic Downtown Parking Facility located on West Castillo Drive just off US 1. For more information, call 904.824.2310 or go to www.staaa.org.
Each evening after the festival closes, the historic district of the oldest city will be bathed in the holiday glow of more than two million tiny white lights that make up the festive Nights of Lights – the perfect setting for dining, shopping or just strolling through the picturesque streets of old St. Augustine. For more information, go to www.nightsoflights.com.
The Fall Art and Craft Festival is sponsored in part by a grant from the St. Johns County Tourist Development Council. For more details visit www.Getaway4Florida.com or call 1.800.653.2489.