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Since the first Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival in 1979, the number of exhibitors has expanded to 200 talented artists, and guest attendance has swelled to some 20,000 art lovers from across the mid-Atlantic region. Fine artists and craftspeople from 45 states, the District of Columbia and 2 countries vied to be one of the 200 exhibitors in the 2007 Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival.

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From Friday, August 31 through Monday, September 3, 2007, this beautiful Lancaster city park will be transformed into one of the top fine art and craft shows in the country. Nationally rated the fourth best in America, the festival will welcome guests, rain or shine, from 10 am to 6 pm Friday through Sunday and from 10 am to 5 pm Monday.

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Even better than a gallery, at the Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival guests get to talk to the very artists who created the works. In this way they take home more than a heirloom; they take home its story, too. Plus, throughout the weekend selected artists will actually demonstrate how they create their work.

Exhibitor Creations NOTE: These works have been created by exhibitors who were juried into the 2007 Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival. Their participation is subject to change without notice.

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Gary Genetti, Warwick, NY
Glass, from $250
Jurors selected the 200 best from nearly 1,200
applicants, including Warwick, NY glass designer Gary Genetti. His “Covered Jar with Frogs” was hand blown and sandblast etched. Using his original art design, he then overlaid the glass with bold colors that with his amphibian wilderness light up any room.

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Daiga Henson and Sarmite Svilis, East Windsor, NJ
Wearable Fiber, from $300
Just in time for winter, wearable fiber artists Daiga Henson and Sarmite Svilis from East Windsor, NJ, will be bringing to Long’s Park their wool cashmere coats, jackets and suits. This “Golden Redingote” suit features wool crepe inlays and silk piping embroidered with variegated stitching.

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NEW! Kelly Hewitt and Marlene Denn, New Lothrop, MI
Decorative Fiber, from $33
Over a third of the exhibitors at the 2007 Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival will be new, and these mother and daughter decorative fiber artists will be among them. Kelly Hewitt and Marlene Denn speak through their fabric sculpture people. Like “Soulmates,” shown here, each intricately detailed figure comes to life through a variety of materials and found items.

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NEW! Andrea Shin, Brooklyn, NY
Precious Jewelry, from $100
The playfulness of water and light in motion are captured by Brooklyn precious jeweler Andrea Shin in this crown necklace from her Gavarnie Collection.

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NEW! Kimberly Shing, Boca Raton, FL
Photography, from $20
A veritable outdoor gallery of originals and limited edition prints of bold, colorful landscapes by Florida photograper Kimberly Shing will be open for business at Long’s Park.

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Mariko Swisher, Lancaster, PA
Ceramics, from $200
Mariko Swisher not only sought to exhibit her finely decorated figurative ceramics at the Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival, but she and her painter husband also chose to relocate to Lancaster County a year ago to be a part of its vibrant, growing arts community.

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