ARTISAN MARKET
Washington Street on both sides of the
Hull Street Stage Area
Friday, June 20, 5:00–10:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 21, 12:00–10:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 22, 12:00–8:00 p.m.
As always, it’s FREE

The open-air Artisan Market is an integral part of AthFest. Booths will feature fine arts and crafts for sale. Exhibited work can include ceramics, drawings and watercolor, folk art, furniture, glasswork, handmade instruments, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, prints, stoneware, woodwork, or sculpture. More than 50 artists from Georgia and all over the Southeast will exhibit in the 45 booths of the Artisan Market. From classical to funky, and from the practical to the serendipitous, their art will amaze and entice you. Works are for sale as well as enjoyment. So, even if you are not in the market for anything in particular, come on out and enjoy this fun section of AthFest.

Prizes! Prizes! Prizes!
The booths will be judged and more than $1000 in awards will be presented to selected artists.
Best in Show will earn $500
Second Place brings in $250
And there will be Five Merit Awards at $100 each

A Little Bit About This Year’s Judges:

Ann May Woodward: From Durham, NC. Ann is an artist and also the director of The Scrap Exchange, an organization that collects industrial & manufacturing waste products for creative use. Under Ann's direction, The Scrap Exchange has expanded their outreach of "art-from-trash" programs to schools and festivals all over the southeast. Check out her organization at: scrapexchange.org

Michael Pierce:  From Farmington, GA. Michael attended the Atlanta Institute of Professional Arts and studied under Eddy Owens Martin (aka. ST EOM).  Michael has lived and traveled extensively all over the US, Europe & Asia and works in many mediums, ceramics, paint, drawing, sculpture, wood, mosaic, mural painting, as well as building a straw bale house in Farmington.  He has been working as an artist for over 30 years.

This Year’s Artisans Are:
Allison Low and Karen Low Phillips - Jewelry  Photography/Printing on fabric
Annette Paskiewicz - Jewelry
Beth Cyr and Monica Jones - Jewelry / Ceramics
Beth Thompson - Photography
Catherine Stinson - Painting
Cathy Dailey – Painting
Chuck Masek – Sculpture
Chris “Chub” Hubbard and Rachel Cabaniss – Painting/Mixed Media/Folk Art
Craig Bennett – Mixed Media
Dawn Rivera – Mixed Media
Deana Maxwell and Leslie Spornberger – Photography/Mixed Media
Delton G. Moody - Jewelry
Denise Ruiz – Jewelry
Deona Fish – Painting
Diane Perry and Deena Parham – Jewelry
Genevieve Vannoy – Prints
Greg Turco – Photography
Holly Williams – Ceramics
Ian Williams – Sculpture
James Pinneau - Painting
Jamie Calkin - Painting / Prints
Jillian Guarco – Photography
John and Tara Roberts – Glass
John Bond – Photography
Josh Payne – Photography
Jude Stuecker – Fabric
Julie Hardy – Fabric
Katie McFarland – Ceramics
Ken Turk – Glass
Kwan Soi Koi – Painting
Lindsey Sessions – Photography
Macon Cathey – Jewelry
Mark Warren – Glass
Melissa Banks – Jewelry
Michelle Crouch – Jewelry
Monica Jones – Ceramics
Nancy Wooten – Mixed Media
Peter Pinholster – Mixed Media
Paul Oatman – Mixed Media
Paul Shafranski - Painting
Mitchell Chandler – Sculpture
Phil and Dia Price – Mixed Media
Richard T. Scott – Painting
Rosemary Kimble – Accessories/Henna Tattooing
Samantha Gordon – Fabric
Serra Ferguson – Fabric
Vicky Kiker - Jewelry
Will Eskridge – Painting

Donald Keyes
This year’s arts components of AthFest are missing the ebullient figure of Donald Keyes, who chaired the committee over the past few years. His passing in May of 2007 left AthFest and the Athens community with a sizable void. He was an ardent supporter of the local arts community, and AthFest’s hope is that his enthusiasm for artistic endeavors and the artists behind them remains in spirit through AthFest and the other initiatives he was involved in and finds its way into you and others to passionately support the arts.

For more information about the art side of AthFest, contact
at (706) 548-1973 or art@athfest.com.