Big Bella Vista show!

We went to the Bella Vista Arts and Crafts Festival today. It was a big show--noticeably larger even than last year. 

Here's a view of the north side of the Bella Vista Arts and Crafts Festival.

I found several artists of note--most particularly a paper sculptor! His name is Russ Erickson, and he also makes the paper. He does florals and other subjects.

Other highlights included the innovative ceramics of Bear Hollow Pottery, the striking wildlife art of Christina Smith, and the whimsical fantasy of Fleming Art Studio, not to mention the one-of-a-kind glass pieces by Steve Brewster.

I plan to write more about each of these in future! (This post was updated 10/24/12).

PHOTO: Taken with my iPhone on Sat. 10/20/2012, it shows a view facing east, just north of the food vendors and south of the first line of tents.

A quick report from the road

Unfortunately, this page is not available for free online.

I am still working on being able to afford a laptop, so I am writing this post with my iPhone Blogger app, and still figuring it out.

Therefore, this will be short, with only one picture (haven't been to any shows yet).

I have traveled to Northwest Arkansas, in part to see some of the many art and craft fairs going on this weekend.

There are LOADS of them! One of the oldest, the War Eagle Fair, actually is listed on the local newspaper's special map spread as three different shows.

The photo shows the map, which was compiled and published by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.*

My husband is working with our friend Randal Spangler at the Bella Vista Arts and Crafts Festival, in another cluster of events listed on the map.

In all, the map lists about two dozen different events.

I hope to return with photos, links, and wonderful artists to feature in future posts. Stay tuned! (Updated 10/24/2012)

*Anything older than 7 days is archived by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and is only available upon payment of a fee.
PHOTO: I photographed the "art fairs" map spread of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette with my iPhone in my father's back yard near Beaver Lake.