Peninsula Arts Association holds 2nd Annual Summer Art Festival this weekend.
Whether you are a visitor to the peninsula area or are lucky enough to be living here, mark your calendars to attend the Peninsula Arts Association 2nd Annual Summer Art Festival. Held July 24, 25 and 26, at the Edgewater Inn on Sid Snyder Drive West (at the beach end of the southern Long Beach, WA beach approach), the festival will be filled with artistic creations from many of the area’s favorite artists.
Peninsula Arts (PAA) holds two very large art shows every year. One of the favorite sections of these spring and fall shows has been Inspired Creations, where artists with pieces entered in the art show may sell other art inspired work. As the art shows have grown, the space available for this important aspect of the event has lessened. In 2008, it was decided to add a summer event designed specifically to showcase the work of these talented artists.
“The biggest way the festival differs from the art show’s Inspired Creations is that the artists man their own tables at the summer event,” said Vickie Branch, Chair of this year’s festival. Branch is the owner of M & D Designs in Chinook, a family business where along with her husband Terry and daughter and son-in-law Marion and Patrick Ogle, classes are held in their fully equipped hot glass studio and bead shop.
“An exciting dimension is added when a customer gets to meet the artist. There is a lot of curiosity about how art is made. It also gives the artists a chance to hear what people are looking for and to maybe pick up some custom work too,” said Branch.
A total of nineteen artists will participate in the festival. All the work is either one-of-a-kind as in the original paintings, pottery pieces, glass creations and jewelry or it is artist inspired as in the prints, handmade art cards, magnets and such. Prices range from low to high, but visitors will be happily surprised by the affordability of many original works. Treasures await for all.
For more information call 360-777-8778 or visit www.beachartist.org. Hours for the festival are: Friday 1 to 5, Saturday 10 to 5 and Sunday 10 to 4. Admission is free and parking is plentiful.
Beautiful handmade glass beads sparkle throughout a Vickie Branch original necklace. Handmade art cards by Maxine Brown and original miniature works of art by Ruth Carpenter are just some of the treasures to be found at Peninsula Arts Association Summer Art Festival.
An angel, one of several small and beautiful original paintings by Ruth Carpenter is sold as a card for a very affordable price at the Summer Art Festival.
