Annual Spring Arts and Crafts Festival (STT)

ARTS ALIVE presents the Annual Spring Arts and Crafts Festival

Saturday May 3 & Sunday May 4, 2008 from 10am to 5pm

Tillett Gardens

The Arts Alive Annual Springtime Arts and Crafts Festival is coming once again to Tillett Gardens! It’s going to be a fun filled weekend with great opportunities to get your Mother’s Day shopping started. Come see the work of local artists, listen to the sounds of our wonderful local musicians, eat great food and get those kids involved in art – hands on.

Kids will have a chance to create their own artwork in the Kid’s Corner on Saturday and Sunday from 12pm to 4pm in the lobby of Pistarckle Theatre. The Kids’s Corner is brought to you by Arts Alive and is sponsored by The Traveling Road Show.

Live entertainment and music will start at 12pm and continue throughout each day until 4pm. There will be a raffle prize fundraiser all weekend with winners announced hourly as well a silent auction with great items to bid on.

Here is a sampling of some of the fantastic artists that were featured in last years show:

Fine artists: Gerard Lehner – Prints and lithographs, Shirley Stendahl-McLeod – Limited edition prints, oils and watercolors, Arroyo Rivas – Acrylics and gouache paintings, Larry Industrious – Colored pencil drawings and the world famous Tillett Gallery – Silk Screen island maps.
Jewelry makers: Caribbean Glo – Handmade beaded jewelry, Tiffany Miller – Beaded jewelry and accessories; Betsy Pfordresher-LaPlace – Original sterling silver and gold jewelry; Leah Norton – Wire wrapped jewelry; Lisa Nuñes – Handcrafted beaded jewelry, Staci Morgan – Custom beaded jewelry, Carla Clausen – Handmade silver and pearl jewelry, Water Candy – Sea glass jewelry.
Clay Artists: Alison’s Wonderland – Sculpture, sconces, napkin holders, bird feeders, Everyday Clay Studio (inside the Tillett Gallery) - ceramist, Ridván Studio – Vases, wall sculpture, tiles and more.
Crafts: Caribbean Herbals Candles & Soaps; Mary Mercer – Handmade soaps and lotions; Cheryl’s Taste of Paradise – Homemade Sauces, Jerks and Jams; Sharon Venzen – Afro centric creations; Dorothy Mercer – Handcrafted purses and guava berry liqueur, Cindy Male – Fiber Art; Merry Phillips – Handmade Christmas ornaments; Linda Wilcox – Scented and beaded ornaments; Laurie Hamilton – Fabric covers and beaded ornaments; Tulip Fleming – Plants in calabash, coconut & driftwood, Hand Paint’d Company – Hand painted silk, glass, clothing and tiles, Treasures of Zion – All natural body products, home décor items, clothing and more, Blaire Hughes – Photography, Dennis Parker – Wood crafts, Virgin Glass – Stained glass art, Valorie Stevens – Unique and one of a kind candles.
Food: Jack’s Restaurant – If you haven’t tried their wings, you don’t know Jack! Harriett Mercer – local foods, funnel cakes and local drinks, Ras Ko-Nya – Local vegetarian cuisine.

For booth space rental or for more information call 776-8566 or stop by the Tillett Gallery in Tillett Gardens.

Arts Alive is administered by the Tillett Foundation, a not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. This project is supported by a grant from the Virgin Islands Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency in Washington, D.C. The Kids Corner is sponsored in part by The Traveling Road Show.